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Creator:
Neuberger, Roy R. (Roy Rothschild)  Search this
Subject:
Rockefeller, Nelson A. (Nelson Aldrich)  Search this
Africano, Nicholas  Search this
Ajay, Abe  Search this
Austin, Darrel  Search this
Avery, Milton  Search this
Baldessari, John  Search this
Baziotes, William  Search this
Bearden, Romare  Search this
Brooks, James  Search this
Browne, Byron  Search this
Calder, Alexander  Search this
Constant, George  Search this
Davis, Stuart  Search this
Evergood, Philip  Search this
Feininger, Lyonel  Search this
Gatch, Lee  Search this
Gottlieb, Adolph  Search this
Hurd, Peter  Search this
Kinigstein, Jonah  Search this
Knaths, Karl  Search this
Kopman, Benjamin  Search this
Lamis, Leroy  Search this
Laufman, Sidney  Search this
Lawrence, Jacob  Search this
Levine, Jack  Search this
Levine, Les  Search this
Maccoy, Guy C.  Search this
Magriel, Paul David  Search this
Marin, John  Search this
Moller, Hans  Search this
Morris, George L. K.  Search this
Orr, Elliot  Search this
Pereira, I. Rice (Irene Rice)  Search this
Quirt, Walter  Search this
Rivers, Larry  Search this
Roth, Frank  Search this
Rothschild, Judith  Search this
Schueler, Jon  Search this
Shahn, Ben  Search this
Sheeler, Charles  Search this
Snyder, Joan  Search this
Sonfist, Alan  Search this
Steinberg, Saul  Search this
Walker, Hudson D. (Hudson Dean)  Search this
Weber, Max  Search this
Wight, Frederick Stallknecht  Search this
Place of publication, production, or execution:
Other
Physical Description:
5.4 Linear feet, (partially microfilmed on 2 reels); 0.2 Linear feet, Addition
Access Note / Rights:
Use of original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C., Research Center. Microfilmed materials must be consulted on microfilm. Contact Reference Services for more information.
Summary:
Correspondence, printed material, photographs; and "birthday books" containing drawings and writings by artists sent to Neuberger on his 50th and 75th birthdays.
REEL NSM 1: A "Birthday Book," 1953, for Neuberger containing drawings, sketches and written birthday greetings from 38 artists, compiled by Mrs. Neuberger. Contributors include Alexander Calder, Byron Browne, George Constant, Adolph Gottlieb, Jack Levine, Lyonel Feininger, Lee Gatch, Benjamin Kopman, Jonah Kinigstein, Karl Knaths, William Baziotes, Peter Hurd, Walter Quirt, Milton Avery, Ben Shahn, George L. K. Morris, Hans Moller, Guy Maccoy, Irene Rice Pereira, Max Weber, Stuart Davis, Charles Sheeler, Jacob Lawrence, Romare Bearden, Darrel Austin, Philip Evergood, Saul Steinberg, Elliot Orr, and John Marin.
REEL 4588: A scrapbook containing illustrated birthday cards from artists sent to Neuberger on the occasion of his 75th birthday (1978). Included are cards from Nicolas Africano, Abe Ajay, John Baldessari, Romare Bearden, James Brooks, Les Levine, Judith Rothschild, Joan Snyder, and Alan Sonfist, and others.
UNMICROFILMED: Material relating to Neuberger's activities as an art collector, patron, and trustee consisting of: clippings, exhibiton catalogs and announcements; photographs; and correspondence with Leroy Lamis, Sidney Laufman, Paul David Magriel, Larry Rivers, Frank Roth, Jon Rudolf Schueler, Hudson Walker and Frederick Stallknecht Wight.
ADDITION: Correspondence with artists and other prominent people including: Edward Albee, Alexander Calder, Merce Cunningham, Lyonel Feininger, Henry Geldzahler, Henry Moore, Gerald Ford, Robert F. Kennedy, John V. Lindsay, George McGovern and Nelson Rockefeller. Also included are a letter from Mr. and Mrs. John Walker relating to their trip to Europe to return the "Mona Lisa" to the Louvre in 1963; printed material relating to Nelson Rockefeller; and four lists of art related papers remaining with Neuberger.
Citation:
Roy R. Neuberger papers, 1940-1979. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Additional Forms:
35mm microfilm reel NSM 1 (fr. 1-64) and 4588 available for use at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
Location of Originals:
Reels NSM 1 and 4588:: Originals returned to the lender, Roy R. Neuberger, after microfilming.
Biography Note:
Art collector, patron; New York, N.Y. Born 1903. A collector of primarily American art. President of the American Federation of the Arts, 1958-1968; a trustee and member of Friends of the Whitney Museum of American Art; honorary trustee of the Metropolitan Museum of Art; member of the executive committee of the Council of Friends, Institute of Fine Arts, New York University; and many other positions and memberships. A large part of his private art collection was donated to the Roy R. Neuberger Museum of the State University of New York College at Purchase.
Language Note:
English .
Provenance:
"Birthday books" on reels NSM 1 and 4588 lent for microfilming 1963 and 1992 by Neuberger. He donated the unmicrofilmed material in 1975 and 1993.
Location Note:
Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, 750 9th St. NW, Washington, D.C. 20001
Topic:
Art patronage -- New York (State) -- New York  Search this
Artists and patrons -- New York (State) -- New York  Search this
Artists' books  Search this
Art -- Collectors and collecting -- New York (State) -- New York  Search this
Theme:
Patronage  Search this
Record number:
(DSI-AAA_CollID)9085
(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)211278
AAA_collcode_neubroy
Theme:
Patronage
Data Source:
Archives of American Art
EDAN-URL:
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