Found here are research files compiled and organized by Peter Selz about artists. Files may include original and photocopied correspondence, photographs, negatives, slides, articles, clippings, artist statements, resumes, and writings. Artists include Bedri Baykam, Max Beckmann, Fletcher Benton, Ciel Bergman, Barbara Chase-Riboud, Bruce Conner, Jean Dubuffet, Lyonel Feininger, Leon Golub, Dimitri Hadzi, Tobi Kahn, Christopher Lane, Rico Lebrun, Harold Paris, Irving Petlin, and many others. There is 1 sound cassette. Some of teh materials are in digital format.
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Collection Citation:
Peter Howard Selz papers, 1929-2018, bulk 1950-2005. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Sponsor:
Funding for the 2014 processing of this collection was provided by the Frederick Hammersley Foundation. Funding for the processing of the 2018 addition was provided by Gerald and Bente Buck.