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Stevenson Scott papers relating to Augustus John
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Creators:
Scott, Stevenson
Dates:
1923-1949
Size:
9 Items
Collection ID:
AAA.scotstev
Repository:
Archives of American Art

Letters from British artist Augustus John to his dealer, Stevenson Scott of Scott & Fowles, and related clippings. Included are three letters, 1929, discussing John's painting, "Chrysanthemum," which Scott had to send back to John before it could be included in his show in New York; one letter, 1942, referring to his portrait of Trelawney Dayrell-R...

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Papers relating to Alexander Phimister Proctor's statue, The Pioneer Mother
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Creators:
Proctor, Alexander Phimister, 1862-1950
Dates:
1924-1950
Size:
0.2 Linear feet
Collection ID:
AAA.procalep
Repository:
Archives of American Art

Papers concerning Proctor's bronze statue THE PIONEER MOTHER, commissioned by Howard Vanderslice in 1924 and presented to the city of Kansas City, Mo. in 1927. The figures depicted in the sculpture are Vanderslice family members, including Major Daniel Vanderslice, a veteran of Indian wars and an appointed agent to tribes in Missouri; his son Thoma...

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[Louise Nevelson exhibition installation at Grand Central Moderns, Jan. 1958] [motion picture] / filmed by Ilya Bolotowsky
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Creators:
Nevelson, Louise, 1899-1988
Dates:
undated
Size:
1 Item (film reel (3 min.), si., b&w, 16 mm.)
Collection ID:
AAA.neveloui2
Repository:
Archives of American Art

Installation of Louise Nevelson's premier exhibition at Grand Central Moderns, held January 4-23, 1958. The exhibition catalog cover is also shown. Nevelson appears briefly. Also found on videocassette copy is unrelated footage (3 min.) of Mitchell Siporin, copied to the same cassette during the transfer from motion picture film to video.

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Nelly Littlehale Murphy papers
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Creators:
Murphy, Nelly Littlehale
Dates:
1846-1945
Size:
0.2 Linear feet
Collection ID:
AAA.murpnell
Repository:
Archives of American Art

Clippings, exhibition catalogs, and photographs documenting Murphy's work as a painter and illustrator in the Massachusetts area. The clippings are comprised of reviews for Nelly Murphy and her husband, painter Hermann Dudley Murphy, and his 1945 obituary. The exhibtion catalogs, many of them illustrated, range from 1846 (National Academy of Design...

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Digitized Content Benjamin March Papers
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Creators:
March, Benjamin, 1899-1934
Dates:
1923-1934
Size:
15 Linear feet
Collection ID:
FSA.A1995.10
Repository:
Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives

Writer, curator, and professor Benjamin Franklin March Jr. (1899-1934) studied, lectured, and wrote in the United States and in China, and through his works gained respect as one of the foremost authorities on Chinese art during the 1920s and 1930s. His papers, dating from 1923 to 1934, document his professional and personal life in the United States and in China and include lecture notes and outlines; research notes; diaries; scrapbooks; and photographs.

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Whitney Halstead collection of photographs of indigenous art
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Creators:
Halstead, Whitney (collector and photographer)
Dates:
undated
Size:
27 Negatives (acetate)
140 Prints (silver gelatin (including proof sheets of contact prints))
1 Print (albumen)
11 Copy prints
Collection ID:
NAA.PhotoLot.89-43
Repository:
National Anthropological Archives

Photographs documenting pottery and pottery designs from historic Pueblo groups and archeological sites, including pottery by Hopi potter Nampeyo and an image of Maria Martinez of San Ildefonso and examples of her pottery. There are also some photographs that depict a pueblo, Southwest landscapes, cliff dwellings, rock art, craftspeople, and dwell...

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Digitized Content Thomas Prichard Rossiter and Rossiter Family papers
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Creators:
Rossiter, Thomas Prichard, 1818-1871
Dates:
1840-1961
Size:
0.5 Linear feet
Collection ID:
AAA.rossthom
Repository:
Archives of American Art

The Thomas Prichard Rossiter and Rossiter Family papers measure 0.5 linear feet and date from 1840 to 1961. Included are letters to painter Thomas Prichard Rossiter and letters to his son, architect Ehrick Kensett Rossiter, documenting their friendships with many artists and Thomas Prichard Rossiter's sketchbook and loose sketches. Edith Rossiter Bevan's papers include her writings on her grandfather, Thomas Prichard Rossiter; a scrapbook; photographs of the Rossiter family; notes by Bevan; news clippings; and other printed material. Also found is Bevan's collection of artists' letters.

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Maurice Becker papers
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Creators:
Becker, Maurice, 1889-1975
Dates:
circa 1910-1970
Size:
2.3 Linear feet
Collection ID:
AAA.beckmaur
Repository:
Archives of American Art

The papers of painter and political cartoonist Maurice Becker measure 2.3 linear feet and date from circa 1910 to 1970. Found within the papers are biographical material; personal and professional correspondence; writings; printed material, including radical labor and political periodicals; artwork; and photographs of Becker, his family and friends, and his artwork.

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Abraham Joel Tobias papers
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Creators:
Tobias, Abraham Joel, 1913-1996
Dates:
1913-2000
Size:
2.8 Linear feet
Collection ID:
AAA.tobijoel
Repository:
Archives of American Art

The Abraham Joel Tobias papers date from 1913 to 2000 and measure 2.8 linear feet. Through project and exhibition files, printed material, correspondence, and photographs, the collection provides an overview of Tobias's career as a painter and muralist in New York City.

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Publications
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Creators:
Smithsonian Institution. Scholarly Press
Dates:
1972-2014
Size:
1 cu. ft. (1 record storage box)
Collection ID:
Accession 14-180
Repository:
Smithsonian Institution Archives

This accession consists of a reference set of publications from the Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press, plus older publications issued by Smithsonian Institution Press. Materials include books and serial publications.

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