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Martha Jackson Gallery
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1954-1964
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200 Items (ca. 200 items (on 2 microfilm reels))
- Collection ID:
- AAA.martjack
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Archives of American Art
Artists' files, containing mainly correspondence with Jackson and her son David Anderson concerning exhibitions. Some files also contain resumes, price lists, exhibition catalogs, checklists, and receipts. Also included is a letter from John Hultberg, 1963.
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Bacon, Peggy, 1895-1987
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1893-1973
bulk 1900-1936
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4 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- AAA.bacopegg
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
The papers of printmaker, illustrator, caricaturist, and writer Peggy Bacon measure 3.6 linear feet and date from 1893 to 1973, with the bulk of materials dating from 1900 to 1936. Much of the collection consists of family correspondence, although writings, photographs, artwork, and personal business records from Bacon's late career are also found.
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Messer, Thomas M.
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1949-2010
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4.6 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- AAA.messthom
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
The papers of New York museum director and independent curator Thomas M. Messer measure 4.6 linear feet and date from 1949-2010. Material includes correspondence, a diary transcript, and printed material that reflect Messer's long career, primarily as director of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation. Correspondence comprises the bulk of the collection and documents the relationships he built with artists, art historians, curators, and others colleagues. Notable correspondents include Francis Bacon, Will Barnet, Larry Bell, Alberto Burri, Pol Bury, Marc Chagall, Chryssa, Jean Dubuffet, Max Ernst, Dan Flavin, Helen Frankenthaler, Alberto Giacometti, Richard Hamilton, Jean Hélion, Grace Knowlton, Rosemarie Koczy, Jirí Kolár, Katharine Kuh, Agnes Martin, Henry Moore, George Rickey, Charles Simonds, Clyfford Still, Jack Tworkov, and many others.
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Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden. Department of Painting and Sculpture
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1968-1993, with related records from 1956
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66 cu. ft. (66 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 481
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These records document the planning, development, and installation of exhibitions by the Department of Painting and Sculpture, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden (HMSG). Included are biographical and bibliographical research files on artists; correspondence with museums, galleries, and artists concerning loan of artwork; loan reports; ...
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National Portrait Gallery (Smithsonian Institution). Office of Exhibitions
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1980-1996
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29 cu. ft. (29 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 97-083
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of records which document the work of the Office of Exhibitions on exhibitions that were mounted by the National Portrait Gallery (NPG) from 1980 to 1995. Major exhibitions undertaken by the NPG in this period, and documented in these records, include Benjamin West and His American Students (1980-1981); Charles Wil...
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Henri Gallery (Washington, D.C.)
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circa early 1900s
1940-1996
bulk 1957-1995
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55.4 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- AAA.henrgall
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
The records of Henri Gallery, a Washington, D.C. gallery that showed painters from the Washington Color School and emerging artists, measure 55.4 linear feet and date from circa early 1900s, 1940 to 1996, with the bulk of the materials dating from 1957 to 1995. The gallery's relationship with artists and clients, exhibitions, sales, and other business is documented in alphabetical files containing a wide variety of materials, including correspondence, sales records, printed materials, photographs, slides, and motion picture film. Additional correspondence, newspaper clippings, 114 exhibition posters, scattered drawings, illustrated cards, and photographic materials are also found in the collection.
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Blue Eagle, Acee, 1907-1959
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1907 - 1975
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673 Paintings (visual works) (approximate)
30 Linear feet (55 document boxes and 8 oversize boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NAA.1973-51
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National Anthropological Archives
Acee Blue Eagle was a Pawnee-Creek artist, poet, dancer, teacher, and celebrity. The papers relate to both Blue Eagle's personal and professional life. Also included are some materials of Blue Eagle's friend Mae Abbott and a collection of art by other Indians.
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circa 1976-1985, 1989-1992, 1997-2011
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8 cu. ft. (8 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 15-292
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of records documenting press coverage of exhibitions, events, programs, staff, films, and general news at the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden. Materials include clippings, media reports, press releases, and related materials. Some materials are in electronic format. Some materials were created while the unit ...
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Adams Davidson Galleries
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1922-2013
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21 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- AAA.adamdavi
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
The records of the Adams Davidson Galleries measure 21.0 linear feet and date from 1922 to 2013. The records document the history of the galleries through board meeting minutes, legal cases, appraisal course materials, and other administrative files; correspondence with insitutions and customers seeking to acquire artwork or have thier artwork appraised; artist files consisting of notes, photographs of works, and background information for specific pieces of artwork; correspondence and materials related to exhibitions held at the galleries; correspondence and some receipts with institutions and individuals regarding the purchasing of artwork or having artwork appraised; receipts, price lists, invoices, and other financial records; articles, clippings, exhibition announcements and catalogs, and other printed material; and photographs, slides, and transparencies of artwork.
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Kurtz, Charles M. (Charles McMeen), 1855-1909
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1843-1990
bulk 1884-1909
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27.74 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- AAA.kurtchar
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
The papers of arts administrator, museum director, collector, dealer, and editor Charles M. Kurtz (1855-1909), measure 27.74 linear feet and date from 1843-1990 (bulk dates 1884-1909). The bulk of the collection consists of detailed chronological correspondence between Kurtz and his wife and family, friends, colleagues, and business associates that documents many notable exhibitions, galleries, museums, private collections, as well as cities, people, and events of the period. Also found in the collection are Kurtz's diaries, scrapbooks, printed materials, and photographs.