Chester Beach papers
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Beach, Chester, 1881-1956
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1846-1999
bulk 1895-1999
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7.32 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- AAA.beacches
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
The Chester Beach papers measure 7.32 linear feet and date from 1846 to 1999, with the bulk ot the material dating from circa 1900 to 1999. The work and professional activities of Beaux Arts sculptor Chester Beach (1881-1956) and his family's efforts to exhibit and sell work from the estate are documented by project files, business records, correspondence, scrapbooks, printed material, and photographs. The papers also include many artist-designed Christmas cards sent and received by the Beach family, and artwork by Chester Beach and others.
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Taylor, Davidson, 1907-1979
- Dates:
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1965-1966
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5 Items ((on partial microfilm reel))
- Collection ID:
- AAA.tayldavi
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
Correspondence, 1965-1966, between Davidson, Chairman of the Program in the Arts, Columbia University, and Edwin Dickinson, following the award of the Brevoort-Eikemeyer Prize given by the University to Dickinson, 1965. Taylor comments on Dickinson's Whitney Museum show and commends his painting "Gonzales Studio." Dickinson acknowledges Taylor's co...
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Von Schlegell, David, 1920-1992
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1967 June 5
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1 Sound cassette (analog)
30 Pages (Transcript)
- Collection ID:
- AAA.schleg67
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
Interview of David Von Schlegell, conducted by Dorothy Gees Seckler for the Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, in New York on June 5, 1967.
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Simon, Sidney, 1917-1997
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circa 1917-2002
bulk 1940-1997
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8 Linear feet
2.21 Gigabytes
- Collection ID:
- AAA.simosidn
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
The papers of sculptor, painter, and educator Sidney Simon measure 8.0 linear feet and 2.21 GB and date from circa 1917-2002, with the bulk of the papers dating from 1940-1997. The collection documents Simon's career through biographical material, correspondence, writings and notes, subject files, sketches, sketchbooks, printed and digital material, and photographs.
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Storm King Art Center
- Dates:
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1972-1978
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1.4 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- AAA.storking
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
Files on 121 sculptors including: photographs, printed illustrations, and slides of works of art; a few photographs of sculptors; resumes; exhibition catalogs and announcements, clippings; and some correspondence.
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Gross, Chaim, 1904-1991
Brown, Milton W. (Milton Wolf), 1911-1998
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1981 May 26- 27
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2 Sound cassettes (Sounding recording )
49 Pages (Transcript)
- Collection ID:
- AAA.gross81
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
An interview of Chaim Gross conducted 1981 May 26-27, by Milton Wolf Brown, for the Archives of American Art.
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Diamond, Hester
Richards, Judith Olch
- Dates:
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2017 October 4-5
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87 Pages (Transcript)
2 Items (sound files (3 hr., 14 min.) Audio, digital, wav)
- Collection ID:
- AAA.diamon17
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
An interview with Hester Diamond conducted 2017 October 4-5, by Judith Olch Richards, for the Archives of American Art and the Center for the History of Collecting in America at the Frick Art Reference Library of The Frick Collection, at Diamond's home in New York, New York.
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National Museum of African Art (U.S.)
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1976
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448 negatives (photographic) (black & white, 120 mm.)
44 prints (visual works) (contact prints (1 volume), black & white, 8x10 in.)
227 negatives (photographic) (black & white, 35 mm.)
- Collection ID:
- EEPA.XXXX-002
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Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
Photographs of art objects and of Chaim Gross's art objects taken by Lisa Little and Delmar Lipp at the Museum of African Art, now the National Museum of African Art, for the exhibit entitled, "The Sculptor's Eye," 1976. Lisa Little images are all 120 mm while Delmar Lipp photographed solely 35 mm. The exhibit was held at Worcester Art Museum, Cincinnati Museum of Art and the University of Georgia Museum, 1976-1977.
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Kasuba, Aleksandra, 1923-2019
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circa 1900-2019
bulk 1960-2010
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12.4 Linear feet
42.7 Gigabytes
- Collection ID:
- AAA.kasualek
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
The papers of sculptor and environmental artist Aleksandra Kasuba measure 12.4 linear feet and date from circa 1900-2019, with the bulk of the material from 1960-2010. The collection documents Kasuba's career through biographical material, correspondence, interviews, lectures and writings, extensive project files, printed material, a scrapbook, artwork, and photographs.
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Kiesler, Lillian, 1910?-2001
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circa 1910s-2003
bulk 1958-2000
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49.1 Linear feet
0.001 Gigabytes
- Collection ID:
- AAA.kieslill
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
The papers of New York artist Lillian Kiesler and architect and sculptor Frederick Kiesler measure 49.1 linear feet and 0.001 GB and date from circa 1910s-2003, with the bulk of the material from 1958-2000. The collection documents their personal and professional lives and the legacy of Frederick Kiesler's work through biographical material, correspondence, legal, financial and business records, teaching files, exhibition and performance files, artwork, subject files, printed and digital material, writings and interviews, monographs, photographic material, and sound and video recordings. Also found are papers related to Abstract Expressionist painter Hans Hofmann and the papers of artist Alice Hodges.