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Whitney Chadwick papers

Creator:
Chadwick, Whitney  Search this
Names:
Brooks, Romaine  Search this
Carrington, Leonora, 1917-2011  Search this
Hicks, Sheila, 1934-  Search this
Extent:
10.1 Linear feet
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Interviews
Scrapbooks
Date:
circa 1970-2021
Scope and Contents:
The papers document art historian Whitney Chadwick's groundbreaking studies of gender and sexuality in surrealism, modernism, and contemporary art. Files include research materials for Chadwick's books including the seminal Women, Art and Society and Women Artists and the Surrealist Movement. Included are correspondence with artists, colleagues and publishers; photographs and slides; interviews on microcassettes; transcripts of interviews and letters; scripts for lectures and public talks; and documents related to rights and reproduction requests, speaking engagements, teaching at San Francisco State University, fellowship at the Radcliffe Institute, research in Scandinavian, and her honorary doctorate from the University of Gothenburg, Sweden. Artists of particular emphasis include Leonora Carrington, Romaine Brooks, and Sheila Hicks. Additional items include an early scrapbook detailing Chadwick's trip to Berlin as the recipient of an American Field Service "America Abroad" scholarship when in high school, and reviews and other materials related to her novel "Framed".
Biographical / Historical:
Whitney Chadwick (1943-) is an art historian in San Francisco, Calif.­ Chadwick was educated at Middlebury College and The Pennsylvania State University. She specialized in twentieth-century European and American art, feminism and gender studies. She taught at San Francisco State University. She was married to painter and fellow SFSU faculty member Robert Bechtle.
Provenance:
Donated in 2023 by Robert Firehock, Chadwick's nephew.
Restrictions:
This collection is open for research. Access to original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C. Research Center.

Researchers interested in accessing audiovisual recordings in this collection must use access copies. Contact References Services for more information.
Rights:
The Archives of American Art makes its archival collections available for non-commercial, educational and personal use unless restricted by copyright and/or donor restrictions, including but not limited to access and publication restrictions. AAA makes no representations concerning such rights and restrictions and it is the user's responsibility to determine whether rights or restrictions exist and to obtain any necessary permission to access, use, reproduce and publish the collections. Please refer to the Smithsonian's Terms of Use for additional information.
Occupation:
Art historians -- California -- San Francisco  Search this
Topic:
Women art historians  Search this
Feminism and art  Search this
Genre/Form:
Interviews
Scrapbooks
Identifier:
AAA.chadwhit
Archival Repository:
Archives of American Art
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw95cfbf4ba-8b4e-4fcd-8014-46512bcef7ca
EDAN-URL:
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Apparitions 妖怪図

Artist:
Ogata Gekko 尾形月耕 (1859-1920)  Search this
Medium:
Ink and color on silk
Dimensions:
H x W (image): 112.1 × 50 cm (44 1/8 × 19 11/16 in)
Type:
Painting
Origin:
Japan
Topic:
woman  Search this
Japan  Search this
Japanese Art  Search this
Credit Line:
Gift of Mary and Cheney Cowles
Accession Number:
S2023.11.1
Restrictions & Rights:
Usage conditions apply
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Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
GUID:
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EDAN-URL:
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At the Café カフェにて

Artist:
Nonagase Banka 野長瀬晩花 (1889-1964)  Search this
Takehisa Yumeji 竹久夢二 (1884-1934)  Search this
Hada Teruo 秦テルヲ (1887-1945)  Search this
Medium:
Ink and color on paper
Dimensions:
H x W (image): 132.2 × 30 cm (52 1/16 × 11 13/16 in)
Type:
Painting
Origin:
Japan
Date:
1910s
Topic:
woman  Search this
man  Search this
Japan  Search this
Japanese Art  Search this
Credit Line:
Gift of Mary and Cheney Cowles
Accession Number:
S2023.11.11
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GUID:
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EDAN-URL:
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“Living on the island” haiku 「島にすめば」の句

Artist:
Kawahigashi Hekigoto 河東碧梧桐 (1873-1937)  Search this
Medium:
Ink on paper
Dimensions:
H x W (image): 132.9 × 33.2 cm (52 5/16 × 13 1/16 in)
Type:
Calligraphy
Origin:
Japan
Topic:
Japan  Search this
Japanese Art  Search this
Credit Line:
Gift of Mary and Cheney Cowles
Accession Number:
S2023.11.4
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GUID:
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EDAN-URL:
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Villa in the Bamboo Grove 竹裡荘

Artist:
Ochi Shokan 大智勝観 (1882-1958)  Search this
Medium:
Ink and color on silk
Dimensions:
H x W (image): 146.7 × 49.8 cm (57 3/4 × 19 5/8 in)
Type:
Painting
Origin:
Japan
Date:
1920s
Topic:
bamboo  Search this
villa  Search this
Japan  Search this
Japanese Art  Search this
Credit Line:
Gift of Mary and Cheney Cowles
Accession Number:
S2023.11.8
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GUID:
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EDAN-URL:
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Jizō and Enma 地蔵閻魔和合之図

Artist:
Ki no Hironari 紀廣成 (1777-1839)  Search this
Medium:
Ink and color on silk
Dimensions:
H x W (Overall): 206.5 × 72 cm (81 5/16 × 28 3/8 in)
Type:
Painting
Origin:
Japan
Date:
1839
Topic:
Buddhism  Search this
bodhisattva  Search this
Japan  Search this
Japanese Art  Search this
Credit Line:
Gift of Mary and Cheney Cowles
Accession Number:
F2023.3.10
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Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
GUID:
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EDAN-URL:
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Letters to Kuroda Kōryō 黒田光良宛 書状

Artist:
Otagaki Rengetsu 大田垣蓮月 (1791-1875)  Search this
Medium:
Ink on paper
Dimensions:
H x W (Overall): 21.2 × 909.9 cm (8 3/8 × 358 5/16 in)
Type:
Calligraphy
Origin:
Japan
Date:
19th century
Topic:
Japan  Search this
Japanese Art  Search this
Credit Line:
Gift of Mary and Cheney Cowles
Accession Number:
F2023.3.15
Restrictions & Rights:
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GUID:
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EDAN-URL:
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Landscape/Calligraphy Screens 山水書画屏風

Medium:
Ink and light color on paper
Dimensions:
H x W (F2023.3.17.1 overall): 169.5 × 363.2 cm (66 3/4 × 143 in)
H x W (F2023.3.17.2 overall): 169.5 × 363.2 cm (66 3/4 × 143 in)
Type:
Painting
Origin:
Japan
Date:
1863
Topic:
landscape  Search this
mountain  Search this
Japan  Search this
Japanese Art  Search this
Credit Line:
Gift of Mary and Cheney Cowles
Accession Number:
F2023.3.17.1-2
Restrictions & Rights:
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Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
GUID:
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EDAN-URL:
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Aibika 黄蜀葵図

Artist:
Amano Hoko 天野方壺 (1824-1894)  Search this
Medium:
Ink on silk
Dimensions:
H x W (Overall): 206.5 × 72 cm (81 5/16 × 28 3/8 in)
Type:
Painting
Origin:
Japan
Date:
19th century
Topic:
Japan  Search this
Japanese Art  Search this
Credit Line:
Gift of Mary and Cheney Cowles
Accession Number:
F2023.3.19
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GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ye3c3471a3f-af56-497d-9320-a0e23f99deb1
EDAN-URL:
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Twelve Letters by Courtesans 遊女恋文十二通

Medium:
Ink on decorated paper
Dimensions:
H x W (Overall): 30.3 × 580 cm (11 15/16 × 228 3/8 in)
Type:
Calligraphy
Origin:
Japan
Date:
late 17th century
Topic:
Japan  Search this
Japanese Art  Search this
Credit Line:
Gift of Mary and Cheney Cowles
Accession Number:
F2023.3.2
Restrictions & Rights:
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GUID:
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EDAN-URL:
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Plum Blossom Studio 梅花書屋図

Artist:
Tomioka Tessai 富岡鉄斎 (1836-1924)  Search this
Medium:
Ink and color on silk
Dimensions:
H x W (Image): 145.8 × 42.5 cm (57 7/16 × 16 3/4 in)
Type:
Painting
Origin:
Japan
Date:
1911
Topic:
plum blossom  Search this
mountain  Search this
Japan  Search this
Japanese Art  Search this
Credit Line:
Gift of Mary and Cheney Cowles
Accession Number:
F2023.3.26
Restrictions & Rights:
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GUID:
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EDAN-URL:
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Abode of Peace and Happiness 安楽窩図

Artist:
Tomioka Tessai 富岡鉄斎 (1836-1924)  Search this
Medium:
Ink and color on paper
Dimensions:
H x W (Overall): 208.5 × 72 cm (82 1/8 × 28 3/8 in)
Type:
Painting
Origin:
Japan
Date:
1915
Topic:
landscape  Search this
mountain  Search this
Japan  Search this
Japanese Art  Search this
Credit Line:
Gift of Mary and Cheney Cowles
Accession Number:
F2023.3.27
Restrictions & Rights:
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GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ye37946a466-90ab-482b-ab75-19557ff987f7
EDAN-URL:
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Illustrated History of Selling Tea 賣茶畫談

Artist:
Tomioka Tessai 富岡鉄斎 (1836-1924)  Search this
Medium:
Ink and light color on paper
Dimensions:
H x W (Overall): 28.5 × 456.9 cm (11 1/4 × 179 15/16 in)
Type:
Painting
Origin:
Japan
Date:
1916
Topic:
man  Search this
Japan  Search this
Japanese Art  Search this
Credit Line:
Gift of Mary and Cheney Cowles
Accession Number:
F2023.3.28
Restrictions & Rights:
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GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ye3c66f1d54-bf91-4099-966c-b782256bba57
EDAN-URL:
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Xianglu Peak 香爐峰之図

Artist:
Sakaki Hyakusen 彭城百川 (1697-1752)  Search this
Medium:
Ink and color on paper
Dimensions:
H x W (Overall): 198.2 × 45.7 cm (78 1/16 × 18 in)
Type:
Painting
Origin:
Japan
Date:
1744
Topic:
landscape  Search this
mountain  Search this
Japan  Search this
Japanese Art  Search this
Credit Line:
Gift of Mary and Cheney Cowles
Accession Number:
F2023.3.3
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EDAN-URL:
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Hanshan 寒山子

Artist:
Kosugi Misei 小杉未醒 (1881-1964)  Search this
Medium:
Ink and light color on paper
Dimensions:
H x W (Overall): 219.7 × 46.4 cm (86 1/2 × 18 1/4 in)
Type:
Painting
Origin:
Japan
Date:
late 1910s
Topic:
man  Search this
Japan  Search this
Japanese Art  Search this
Credit Line:
Gift of Mary and Cheney Cowles
Accession Number:
F2023.3.32
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Grazing Ox 放牛

Artist:
Ono Bakufu 大野麥風 (1888-1976)  Search this
Medium:
Ink and color on silk
Dimensions:
H x W (Overall): 198.1 × 70.5 cm (78 × 27 3/4 in)
Type:
Painting
Origin:
Japan
Date:
1910s
Topic:
Japan  Search this
Japanese Art  Search this
Credit Line:
Gift of Mary and Cheney Cowles
Accession Number:
F2023.3.37
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Tea bowl in style of Hon'ami Koetsu, unknown Raku ware workshop

Medium:
Red Raku-type clay with red slip under colorless glaze
Dimensions:
H x Diam: 10.3 × 11 cm (4 1/16 × 4 5/16 in)
Style:
Raku ware, unknown workshop
Type:
Vessel
Origin:
Kyoto, Japan
Date:
18th century
Period:
Edo period
Topic:
iridescence  Search this
ceramic  Search this
Raku ware  Search this
Edo period (1615 - 1868)  Search this
tea  Search this
Japan  Search this
Japanese Art  Search this
Charles Lang Freer collection  Search this
Credit Line:
Gift of Charles Lang Freer
Accession Number:
F1898.444
Restrictions & Rights:
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Iga ware tea bowl

Medium:
Stoneware with copper-tinted slip under cobalt--tinted clear glaze
Dimensions:
H x Diam: 7.4 × 12.7 cm (2 15/16 × 5 in)
Style:
Iga ware
Type:
Vessel
Origin:
Mie prefecture, Japan
Date:
19th century
Period:
Edo period or Meiji era
Topic:
ceramic  Search this
Iga ware  Search this
Edo period (1615 - 1868)  Search this
Meiji era (1868 - 1912)  Search this
tea  Search this
Japan  Search this
stoneware  Search this
white slip  Search this
Japanese Art  Search this
Charles Lang Freer collection  Search this
Credit Line:
Gift of Charles Lang Freer
Accession Number:
F1900.93
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Frame for Homer's Early Evening

Medium:
Gilded wood
Dimensions:
H x W x D: 116.6 x 132.7 x 11.8 cm (45 7/8 x 52 1/4 x 4 5/8 in)
Type:
Frame
Origin:
New York, United States
Date:
1907-1908
Topic:
gilding  Search this
flower  Search this
United States  Search this
American Art  Search this
Charles Lang Freer collection  Search this
Credit Line:
Gift of Charles Lang Freer
Accession Number:
F1908.14b
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Ornament with a bixie

Medium:
Jade (nephrite)
Dimensions:
H x W x D: 9.4 x 18.7 x 0.7 cm (3 11/16 x 7 3/8 x 1/4 in)
Type:
Jewelry and Ornament
Origin:
Hebei province, China
Date:
9-200 CE
Period:
Eastern Han dynasty
Topic:
carving  Search this
jade  Search this
nephrite  Search this
Eastern Han dynasty (25 - 220)  Search this
China  Search this
Chinese Art  Search this
Credit Line:
Gift of Arthur M. Sackler
Accession Number:
S1987.683
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