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Faul, Jan, 1945-
- Dates:
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1991
- Size:
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0.3 Cubic feet (1 box)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0441
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection is a set of twenty-four black-and-white silver gelatin prints entitled "Potomac: East and West," by Jan Faul, 1991. They include agricultural landscapes, cemeteries, industrial buildings commercial buildings in rural areas, etc., in the Potomac River region of Washington, D.C., Maryland, Virginia, and West Virginia. Each image contains a small area hand-colored by the photographer, providing a subtly mysterious, often whimsical or humorous effect.
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Vogel, Susan M.
- Dates:
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between 1970-1979
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672 slides (photographs) ((1 volume), color)
361 negatives (photographic) ((1 box), black and white, 35 mm.)
- Collection ID:
- EEPA.1999-008
- Repository:
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Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
The collection is comprised of photographs taken by Susan Vogel in Côte d'Ivoire during the 1970s. Most depict the Baule peoples, including during their Goli Dance in Bokpli.
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Tanager Gallery records
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Tanager Gallery
- Dates:
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1952-1979
- Size:
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2.6 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- AAA.tanagall
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
The records of contemporary New York City Tanager Gallery measure 2.6 linear feet and date from 1952 to 1979. Found are administrative files, financial and legal records including detailed receipt books, scattered correspondence, artists' files for circa 70 artists that include price lists and biographies, two scrapbooks of printed materials, newsclippings, exhibition announcements and other printed materials, and five photographs of openings at the gallery and of the exterior of the building.
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Betty Stanley, Mrs
Roy, Christopher D.
Stanley, C. Maxwell, 1904-1984 (collector and philanthropist)
- Dates:
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1985
- Size:
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120 slides (photographs) (1 volume , color)
- Collection ID:
- EEPA.1987-002
- Repository:
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Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
Photographs of art objects collected by Maxwell C., 1904-1984, and Betty Stanley. The Stanley's had begun to collect African art objects during a business trip to West Africa in the 1960s, and they gradually acquired nearly 600 pieces. The objects are found today in the University of Iowa Museum. Events documented include official government ceremonies with staged indigenous dances; rituals in villages such as young members of the female sande society returning from the initiation camp; and visits by foreign heads of state such as Queen Elizabeth II and Josip Broz Tito of Yoguslavia. Art works include figures, masks, musical instruments, sculptures and staffs.
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1979-2015
- Size:
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4 Linear feet (consisting of 8 legal document boxes.)
- Collection ID:
- FSA.A2016.06
- Repository:
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Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives
The Shirley Z. Johnson Papers, dating from 1979-2015, measure 4 linear feet and include an inventory, correspondence, and research files related to Johnson's collection of Chinese textiles.
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Galerie Darthea Speyer (Paris, France)
- Dates:
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1953-2010
- Size:
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17.2 Linear feet
1.58 Gigabytes
- Collection ID:
- AAA.galedars
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
The records of Galerie Darthea Speyer measure 17.2 linear feet and 1.58 GB and date from 1953 to 2010. The majority of the collection consists of artists' files containing a wide variety of materials documenting the Paris gallery's relationship with American and European artists, as well as gallery exhibitions. Also found are scattered financial records, guestbooks, documentation on the Park Hyatt Paris-Vendome art collection, exhibition announcements, posters, and additional photographs.
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Roux, Barbara A., 1946-
- Dates:
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circa 1979-2017
- Size:
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0.2 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- AAA.rouxbarb
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
The papers of environmental artist and sculptor Barbara A. Roux measure 0.2 linear feet and date from circa 1979-2017. Included are biographical material and printed material consisting of press releases, exhibition catalogs and announcements relating to Roux's ecological and environmental themed installations and sculptures. Also found are two video recordings of televised interviews with Roux,1988 and 2000. Of note, is a letter featuring a drawing of a flower by Ray Johnson,"Poppy Day/ febr. 4, 1979" inscribed, "for Barbara R. from R. Johnson."
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Breuer, Marcel, 1902-
- Dates:
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1920-1986
- Size:
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37.6 Linear feet
0.14 Gigabytes
- Collection ID:
- AAA.breumarc
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
The Marcel Breuer papers, 1920-1986, contain biographical material, correspondence, business and financial records, interviews, notes, writings, sketches, project files, exhibition files, photographs, and printed material that document the career of architect and designer Marcel Breuer.
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National Museum of African Art. Office of the Director
- Dates:
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2003-2010
- Size:
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1 cu. ft. (1 record storage box)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 16-045
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of records relating to the National Museum of African Art (NMAfA) created by the director's office during the tenure of Johnnetta Cole, 2009- . The records relate to grants, fundraising, exhibitions, partnerships, workplace diversity, and budget. Materials include correspondence, memoranda, reports, grants, clippings, ...
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Smithsonian Institution, Office of the Secretary
- Dates:
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1949-1964
- Size:
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42.9 linear meters.
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 50
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These records document part of the secretarial administration of Alexander Wetmore and the whole of Leonard Carmichael's tenure. During this period the Smithsonian's capacity to carry out research in its traditional scientific disciplines was substantially strengthened. At the same time the Institution was able to invest much more effort ...