Collections

Search Results

Collection
Hartigan, Grace.
Correspondence, primarily incoming, 1942-1970; drawings by Alfred Leslie and Saul Steinberg; exhibition catalogs; a notebook containing recipes and sketches; photographs of Hartigan, her work, and various of her artist friends, including Mary Clyde, Willem de Kooning, Helen Frankenthaler, Alfred Leslie, Frank O'Hara, and Larry Rivers; and writings of Hartigan and others, including that of Ted Joans, Barbara Guest, and Frank O'Hara
Collection
Turnbull, Grace Hill, 1880-1976.
Papers of the American sculptor, painter, author. Collection includes correspondence (1938-1943); book manuscripts, as well as manuscript poems and essays; drawings; photographs; and published material by and about Turnbull, including articles, clippings, pamphlets, and exhibition catalogs.
Collection
Grand Central Moderns.
The Grand Central Moderns, under the direction of Colette Roberts, was a "non-profit organization dealing in Modern American Art," a branch of the "long-established institution known as Grand Central Art Galleries." Original material pertaining to group and solo exhibitions held at Grand Central Moderns as well as an assortment of personal papers of Colette Roberts. Gallery material consists of clippings, correspondence, exhibition catalogs, photographs, and press releases relating to seventy-nine artists represented by the Gallery as well as several group exhibitions. The Colette Roberts material contains correspondence, photographs, miscellaneous printed material, writings, and memorabilia.
Collection
Weston, Harold, 1894-1972.
Papers of the American painter, humanitarian. The collection includes artwork reproductions, correspondence subject files, memorabilia and writings, much of which deal with Weston's work in various organizations, including the Adirondack Trail Improvement Society, the American Federation of Arts, the Federation of Modern Painters and Sculptors, Food for Freedom, the International Association of the Plastic Arts of Plastic Arts, the National Council on the Arts and Government and the United Nations. The collection provides a detailed look at the lobbying efforts to create the National Endowment for the Arts as well as development of post-World War Two international cooperation in the arts.
Collection
Durney, Helen R.
Spanning 1934 to 1942, the Helen R. Durney Papers comprises Artwork, Correspondence, Writings, and Memorabilia of the American illustrator (d.1970). In addition to the Dumbo material, the collection includes sketches for other projects, copies of Durney's column for Design Magazine, and a transcript of her radio program over station WFBL of Syracuse.
Collection
Williams, Hiram.
Papers of the American painter and educator. Collection includes incoming and outgoing correspondence, original book illustrations and a painting of his parents, reproductions of Williams' artwork, financial and legal material, lists of paintings, photographs of Williams and his family, and printed material. Correspondents include Luis Eades, Hobson Pittman, and art galleries and museums.
Collection
Giles, Howard, 1876-1955.
Papers of the American painter, lithographer. Correspondence, 1918-1957; exhibition catalogs, photographs, published material by and about Giles; and sketches and watercolors by Giles.
Collection
Cook, Howard Norton, 1901-1980
Correspondence (1928-1972); artwork (original watercolors and reproductions); writings by Cook (articles, essays, reminiscences about the Taos community, statements and notes on Cook's artistic philosophy); and memorabilia, including financial and legal documents, and printed material (articles, reviews, clippings about Cook, exhibition announcements, invitations, and catalogs). Correspondents include artists Ernest L. Blumenschein, Victor Candell, Jean Charlot, Fred Conway, Russell Cowles, Andrew Dasburg, Lamar Dodd, Ernest Fiene, Lez Haas, John Haley, Ward Lockwood, Henry Lee McFee, B.J.O. Nordfeldt, Arthur Osver, Rudolph Ruzicka, Millard Sheets, and Carl Zigrosser. Other correspondents include Margaret Anderson, Joseph Blumenthal, John Hodgdon Bradley, J. Frank Dobie, and Lenore Marshall. Extensive correspondence relating to Cook's mural work includes that of the Mayo Clinic, the U. S. Post Office, the U.S. Public Buildings Administration, and the U.S. Treasury Department.
Collection
Lehman, Irving, 1900-1983.
Papers of the American Jewish painter, sculptor, engraver, designer. Born in Russia. Photographs of Lehman's paintings and sculpture (1935-1963); clippings (1958-1961); and exhibition catalogs, invitations, and posters (1947-1960).