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20th century art, from the Louise and Walter Arensberg Collection, [exhibition] October 20 to December 18, 1949

Title:
Twentieth-century art, from the Louise and Walter Arensberg Collection
Arensberg Collection
Author:
Arensberg, Louise  Search this
Arensberg, Walter 1878-1954  Search this
Kuh, Katharine  Search this
Rich, Daniel Catton 1904-1976  Search this
Art Institute of Chicago  Search this
Subject:
Arensberg, Louise Art collections  Search this
Arensberg, Walter 1878-1954 Art collections  Search this
Duchamp, Marcel 1887-1968  Search this
Brancusi, Constantin 1876-1957  Search this
Physical description:
104 p., [70] p. of plates. illus. 26 cm
Type:
Exhibitions
Date:
1949
C1949
20th century
Topic:
Art, Modern  Search this
Call number:
N6490 .C53X
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_72866

A tension between the sacred and the profane : Arman the collector' and 'Brancusi' celebrate artifacts

Author:
Smithsonian Libraries African Art Index Project DSI  Search this
Subject:
Arman 1928-2005 Art collections  Search this
Brancusi, Constantin 1876-1957 Influences  Search this
Type:
Articles
Exhibitions
Date:
2014
Call number:
N5310.7 .A788
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1030797

African Art

Author:
Varia, Radu  Search this
Smithsonian Libraries African Art Index Project DSI  Search this
Subject:
Brancusi, Constantin 1876-1957 Influences  Search this
Type:
Articles
Date:
1986
Topic:
Sculpture, African--Influence  Search this
Call number:
NB933.B7 V36 1986X
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_754750

Agnes E. Meyer

Artist:
Constantin Brancusi, 1876 - 1957  Search this
Sitter:
Agnes Elizabeth Ernst Meyer, 02 Jan 1887 - 01 Sep 1970  Search this
Medium:
Black marble
Dimensions:
With Base (estimate): 230 x 24.8 x 32.7cm (90 9/16 x 9 3/4 x 12 7/8")
Type:
Sculpture
Date:
1929
Topic:
Abstract  Search this
Agnes Elizabeth Ernst Meyer: Female  Search this
Agnes Elizabeth Ernst Meyer: Society and Social Change\Reformer\Social reformer  Search this
Agnes Elizabeth Ernst Meyer: Journalism and Media\Journalist  Search this
Agnes Elizabeth Ernst Meyer: Society and Social Change\Philanthropist\Patron of the arts  Search this
Agnes Elizabeth Ernst Meyer: Journalism and Media\Journalist\Reporter  Search this
Agnes Elizabeth Ernst Meyer: Society and Social Change\Philanthropist  Search this
Agnes Elizabeth Ernst Meyer: Society and Social Change\Reformer\Activist\Political activist  Search this
Portrait  Search this
Credit Line:
Owner: National Gallery of Art
Object number:
1967.13.4 NGA
Restrictions & Rights:
Usage conditions apply
See more items in:
Catalog of American Portraits
Data Source:
Catalog of American Portraits
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm44095e2e4-8989-4068-8c61-f706500810fc
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:npg_1967.13.4_NGA

Agnes Elizabeth Ernst Meyer

Artist:
Constantin Brancusi, 1876 - 1957  Search this
Sitter:
Agnes Elizabeth Ernst Meyer, 02 Jan 1887 - 01 Sep 1970  Search this
Type:
Unknown
Topic:
Agnes Elizabeth Ernst Meyer: Female  Search this
Agnes Elizabeth Ernst Meyer: Society and Social Change\Reformer\Social reformer  Search this
Agnes Elizabeth Ernst Meyer: Journalism and Media\Journalist  Search this
Agnes Elizabeth Ernst Meyer: Society and Social Change\Philanthropist\Patron of the arts  Search this
Agnes Elizabeth Ernst Meyer: Journalism and Media\Journalist\Reporter  Search this
Agnes Elizabeth Ernst Meyer: Society and Social Change\Philanthropist  Search this
Agnes Elizabeth Ernst Meyer: Society and Social Change\Reformer\Activist\Political activist  Search this
Portrait  Search this
Credit Line:
Owner: UNLOCATED
Object number:
UNL00890
Restrictions & Rights:
Usage conditions apply
See more items in:
Catalog of American Portraits
Data Source:
Catalog of American Portraits
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm489a331ad-6b4e-4675-95bd-83adc2a363b8
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:npg_UNL00890

Armory Show entry form for Constantin Brancusi's sculpture Mlle. Pogany

Subject:
Brancusi, Constantin  Search this
Armory Show (1913 : New York, N.Y.)  Search this
Type:
Financial Records
Date:
not after 1913
Citation:
Armory Show entry form for Constantin Brancusi's sculpture Mlle. Pogany, not after 1913. Walt Kuhn Family papers and Armory Show records, 1859-1984. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Record number:
(DSI-AAA)14504
See more items in:
Walt Kuhn Family papers and Armory Show records, 1859-1984, bulk 1900-1949
Data Source:
Archives of American Art
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:AAADCD_item_14504

Armory Show postcard with reproduction of Constantin Brancusi's sculpture Portrait of Mlle Pogany

Creator:
Association of American Painters and Sculptors (New York, N.Y.)  Search this
Subject:
Brancusi, Constantin  Search this
Armory Show (1913 : New York, N.Y.)  Search this
Type:
Printed Materials
Date:
1913
Citation:
Association of American Painters and Sculptors (New York, N.Y.). Armory Show postcard with reproduction of Constantin Brancusi's sculpture Portrait of Mlle Pogany, 1913. Walt Kuhn Family papers and Armory Show records, 1859-1984. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Record number:
(DSI-AAA)14180
See more items in:
Walt Kuhn Family papers and Armory Show records, 1859-1984, bulk 1900-1949
Data Source:
Archives of American Art
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:AAADCD_item_14180
Online Media:

Arp, Brancusi

Author:
Arp, Jean 1887-1966  Search this
Brancusi, Constantin 1876-1957  Search this
Mitchell-Innes & Nash  Search this
Subject:
Arp, Jean 1887-1966  Search this
Brancusi, Constantin 1876-1957  Search this
Physical description:
47 pages : illustrations (some color), portraits ; 28 cm
Type:
Exhibitions
Exhibition catalogs
Date:
2011
©2011
20th century
Topic:
Sculpture, European  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1076678

Artist Inventory Cards

Collection Creator:
André Emmerich Gallery  Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Date:
circa 1954-1998
Scope and Contents note:
Inventory cards track artwork entering and leaving the gallery. Each card lists a work's artist, title, date, media, and measurements. Most cards include a photograph of the artwork, and most cards further list the ultimate action taken regarding the work (sold, returned to artist or gallery, consigned, etc.), the list price or paid price, exhibition and catalog history, and the history of price quotes given for the work. The gallery used a number of abbreviations for the transactions on the inventory cards:

NFS - Not For Sale

RTA - Returned to Artist

o/c - On Consignment (from)

o/a - On Approval

OOG - Out of Gallery

O/L - On Loan (from)

TGF - Top Gallant Farm

There are no inventory cards tracking pre-Columbian art and artifacts in the collection. The cards represent works from both the New York gallery and Zurich gallery.

The cards are arranged into ten overlapping groups established by the gallery representing transactions, such as sales and consignments, loans, returns, and other general art movement. Within each category, most of the cards are alphabetized by artist and thereafter by title, but occasionally an artist's work is divided into categories (for example by media) before being arranged alphabetically by title:

Returned to Artist

Sold (pre-1993)

Sold

Sold and/or Returned to Artist

Returned to Artist

Sold

Old Top Gallant Farm Sculptures

Emmerich Private Sold

Last Active Inventory and Sales

Additional Cards

See Appendix for a list of artists' names represented by the Artist Inventory Cards in Series 8.1.
Appendix: Artists' Names Represented in Artist Inventory Cards in Series 8.1.:
Aakre, Richard

Abbott, Berenice

Abercrombie, Douglas

Adams, Ansel

Adams, Robert

Africano, Nicholas

Albers, Josef

Alechinsky, Pierre

Altoon, John

Amerine, Wayne

Andre, Carl

Annesley, David

Appel, Karel

Arakawa

Arbus, Diane

Arman

Arp, Jean (Hans)

Ashbaugh, Dennis

Atget, Eugene

Atkins, Anna

Audubon, J.J.

Avery, Milton

Bacon, Francis

Bailey, William

Baldus, Edouard

Ball, Lillian

Balthus

Bannard, Walter Darby

Barlett, Jennifer

Barth, Frances

Barth, Wolf

Bartolini, Luciano

Basquiat, Jean-Michel

Baziotes, William

Beasley, Barth

Bireline, George

Bleckner, Ross

Blossfeldt, Karl

Bocklin, Arnold

Boisseu

Boisson, L.

Bolotowsky, Ilya

Bolus, Michael

Bonnard, Pierre

Bonnet, Phi

Bradley, Peter

Beasley, Bruce

Becher, Bernd and Hillar

Bellocq, E.J.

Benazzi, Raffael

Benton, Fletcher

Best, Mary Ellen

Beuys, Joseph

Bill, Max

Boepple, Willard

Bogart, Bram

Borofsky, John

Boxer, Stanley

Botero, Fernardo

Boudin, Eugene

Bourke-White, Margaret

Brach, Paul

Brancusi, Constantin

Braque, George

Brassaï

Breed, Charles

Brui

Brush, Daniel

Buchwald, Howard

Buckley, Stephen

Bucklow, Christopher

Bush, Jack

Butterfield, Deborah

Calder, Alexander

Callahan, Harry

Cascella, Andrea

Caracciolo, Roberto

Caro, Anthony

Cezanne, Paul

Chadwick, Lynn

Chagall, Marc

Chamberlain, John

Chase, Louisa

Chillida, Eduardo

Christensen, Dan

Christo

Clifford, Charles

Close, Chuck

Cohen, Elaine Lustig

Conlon, William

Contino, Leonard

Crile, Susan

cummings, e.e.

Dahl-Wolfe, Louise

David, Michael

Davis, Gerald

Davis, Lynn

Davis, Ronald

de Amaral, Olga

de Chirico, Giorgio

de Clercq, Louis

de Kooning, Willem

Degas, Edgar

Dehner, Edgar

Delaunay, Robert

Delaunay, Sonia

Dembiczak, J.G.

de Valdivia, Marco

di Suvero, Mark

Diebenkorn, Richard

Dill, Guy

Dill, Lesley

Diller, Burgoyne

Dine, Jim

Disderi

Dorazio, Piero

Downes, Rackstraw

Drapell, Joseph

Drentwett

Dubuffet, Jean

Duchamp, Marcel

Duck-Hyun, Cho

Dufy, Raoul

Du Maine, H.

Durandelle, Louis-Emille

Durrant, Jennifer

Dzubas, Friedel

Edgerton, Dr. Harold

Egger, Marc

Eggleston, William

Embry, Norris

Ellis, Stephen

Emmerich, Tobias

Ernst, Max

Evans, Walker

Fautrier, Jean

Feeley, Paul

Feist, Harold

Ferber, Herbert

Ferrara, Jackie

Fessler, Cristina

Fischl, Eric

Flavin, Dan

Fleming, Linda

Fontana, Corsin

Fontana, Lucio

Ford, Hermine

Fornier, Paul

Foster, John

Fournier, Paul

Francis, Sam

Francis, Sherron

Franck

Frank, Robert

Frankenthaler, Helen

Freud, Lucian

Friedberg, Richard

Freres, Henry

Friedlander, Lee

Fuger

Funakoshi, Katsura

Fuss, Adam

Galanin, Igor

Giacometti, Alberto

Gibbons, Arthur

Gilliam, Sam

Ginnever, Charles

Giordani, Patrice

Glarner, Fritz

Gliko, Carl

Gonzalez, Julio

Goodnough, Robert

Gorchov, Ron

Gordon, Harry

Gorky, Arshile

Gossweiler, Christoph

Gottlieb, Adolph

Graffin, Daniel

Graham, John

Graubner, Gotthard

Graves, Nancy

Green, June

Greenleaf, Ken

Griefen, John Adams

Grill

Gris, Juan

Groover, Jan

Guston, Philip

Gutman, John

Hacklin, Alan/Allan

Hagemeyer, Johan

Hall, Lee

Hantai, Simon

Haring, Keith

Harman, Maryann

Hartley, Marsden

Hartung, Hans

Hatcher, Brower

Held, Al

Hendler, Raymond

Hennessy, Richard

Hepworth, Barbara

Herdeg, Christian

Hide, Peter

Highstein, Jene

Hirschfeld

Hitch, Stewart

Hockney, David

Hodgkin, Howard

Hoenigsberg, Helga

Hofmann, Hans

Hollega, Wolfgang

Honegger, Gottfried

Hope, Polly

Hopper, Edward

Horne, Bernard Shea

Hosiasson, Philippe

Hoyland, John

Hoyningen-Heune, George

Hughto, Darryl

Hughto, Margie/Marjorie

Humphrey, Ralph

Hutchinson, Jay

Hutchinson, Jaqueth

Indiana, Robert

Isherwood, Jon

Jenkins, Paul

Jensen, Bill

Johns, Jasper

Johnson, Meredith

Jorn, Asger

Kandinsky, Wassily

Kelly, Ellsworth

Kertesz, Andre

Keskeny, George

Kiesler, Frederick

Kisling

Klee, Paul

Klein, Yves

Klett, Mark

Kline, Franz

Knoop, Guitou

Koekoek, B.C.

Krasner, Lee

Kupka, Frantisek

Kuwayama, Tadaaki

Lack, Stephen

Landfield, Ronnie

Lange, Dorothea

Langlois and Martens

La Noue, Terence

Laurens, Henri

Leger, Fernand

Le Gray, Gustave

Lehman, Wendy

LeRoy, Jeanette

Letellier, B.

Lettron, J.

Levee, John

Levinson, Moss

Levitt, Helen

Lewitt, Sol

Liberman, Alexander

Lichtenstein, Roy

Lindner, Richard

Lipschitz, Jacques

Lipski, Donald

Lipsky, Pat

Lissitsky, El

Lipsky, Pat

Lohse, Richard Paul

Long, Richard

Longobardi, Nino

Louis, Morris

Lüthi, Bernhard

Lüthi, Urs

Lutz

Lydis, Mariette

MacWhinnie, John

Maillol, Aristide

Mairwöger, Gottfried

Mapplethorpe, Robert

Marden, Brice

Maril, Herman

Marin, John

On Consignment from Peter Marks

Martin, Agnes

Martins, Maria

Marx, G.L.

Maryan

Masullo, Andrew

Mathieu, Georges

Matisse, Henri

Matta, Roberto

McDermott & McGough, Messrs.

McDonnell, Joseph Anthony

McLaughlin, John

McLean, John

Meadmore, Clement

Megert, Christian

Miller, Robert

Milton, Peter

Miró, Joan

Misrach, Richard

Mitchell, Joan

Model, Lisette

Moholy-Nagy, Laszlo

Monet, Claude

Moore, Henry

Morandi, Giorgio

Moses, Ed

Motherwell, Robert

Mulder, George

Muller-Brittnau, Willy

Murray, Elizabeth

Muybridge, Eadweard

Nadar, (Felix Tournachon)

Nadelman, Elie

Nakian, Reuben

Natkin, Robert

Nemont, G.

Neugass, Fritz

Nevelson, Louise

Newman, Arnold

Newman, Barnett

Nezhdanov, Alexander

Nicholson, Ben

Nickson, Graham

Nixon, Nicholas

Noel, Georges

Noguchi, Isamu

Noland, Kenneth

Nolde, Emil

Offord, J. Milton

Oldenburg, Claes

Olitski, Jules

Olmec

Ono, Yoko

Orr, Eric

O'Sullivan, Timothy

Otterness, Tom

Outerbridge, Paul

Paik, Nam June

Parodi, Filippo

Penn, Irving

Pepper, Beverly

Perless, Robert

Perlman, Joel

Pettet, William

Pfaff, Judy

Picabia, Francis

Picasso, Pablo

Pissarro, Camille

Pollock, Jackson

Pomodoro, Arnaldo

Poons, Lawrence

Porter, Fairfield

Porter, Katherine

Poulos, Basilios

Press, Naomi

Quaytman, Harvey

Quigley, Edward

Quisgard, Liz Whitney

Rainer, Arnulf

Raush, Mark

Rauschenberg, Robert

Ray, Man

Recanati, Dina

Reddinger

Reinhardt, Ad

Richter, Gerhard

Rickey, George

Ridenhour, William

Rivers, Larry

Robb, Charles

Robbins, Bruce

Robert, Louis

Rockburne, Dorothea

Rodin, Auguste

Rosan, Larry

Rosen, Felix

Rosenthal, Tony

Rosenquist, James

Rossi, Rosalie

Rothko, Mark

Row, David

Rozen, Feliz

Rutherford, Louis M.

Ryan, Anne

Ryan, Kevin

Ryman, Robert

Saba, Richard

de Saint Phalle, Niki

Saito, Kikuo

Salemme, Attilio

Samaras, Lucas

Sander, August

Sander, Ludwig

Sanders, John

Santomaso, Giuseppe

Schapiro, Miriam

Schlemmer, Oskar

Schlesinger, Mark

Schumacher, Emil

Scott, Robert

Scott, Tim

Scott, William

Seery, John

Segal, George

Seligmann, Kurt

Sellers, Daniel

Serra, Richard

Shapiro, Joel

Shields, Alan

Signac, Paul

Simpson, David

Sisley, Alfred

Slone, Sandi

Smith, David

Smith, Hassel

Smith, Kimber

Smith, Tony

Sohanievich, Oleg

Sommer, Frederick

Sommer, Giorgio

Southall, Derek

Spence, Andrew

Stamos, Theodoros

Stankiewicz, Richard

Steichen, Edward

Steiner, Michael

Stella, Frank

Stephan, Gary

Stettheimer, Florine

Stevens, Peter

Still, Clyfford

Stoltz, David

Stone, Sylvia

Strand, Paul

Sugarman, George

Sugimoto, Hiroshi

Sultan, Donald

Sutton, Carol

Sutton, Pat Lipsky

Tajiri, Shinkichi

Talbot, William Henry Fox

Tanger, Susanna

Tatafiore, Ernesto

Thiebaud, Wayne

Thorne, Joan

Tillyer, William

Torres-Garcia, Joaquin

Truitt, Anne

Twombly, Cy

Tworkov, Jack

Unger, Mary Ann

Upton, Ann

Wagner, Merrill

Van Dongen, Kees

Van Gogh Manuscript

Van Stalbent, Adrien

Van Velde, Bram

Vasarely, Victor

Venet, Bernar

Verna, Germaine

Vicente, Esteban

Vuillard, Edouard

Waid, Mary Joan

Walsh, James

Ward, Cora Kelly

Warhol, Andy

Warren, Catharine

Wells, Lynton

Watkins, Charlton E.

Wegman, William

Wessel, Henry

Wesselman, Tom

Westfall, Stephen

Wiegmann, Jenny

Willette, Adolph

Williams, Neil

Williams, Roger

Willis, Thornton

Wilmarth, Christopher

Winogrand, Garry

Witkin, Isaac

Witkin, Joel-Peter

Woelfli, Adolf

Wofford, Philip

Wolfe, James

Wols, Alfred Otto Wolfgang

Wonner, Paul

Woodman, Betty

Woolf, Paul

Wotruba, Fritz

Yokoi, Teruko

Youngerman, Jack

Yunkers, Adja

Zerbe, Karl

Zimmerman, Daniel

Zox, Larry
Collection Restrictions:
Use of original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C. Research Center. Access of diaries and appointment books required written permission.
Collection 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.
Collection Citation:
André Emmerich Gallery records and André Emmerich papers, circa 1929-2009. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Identifier:
AAA.andremmg, Subseries 8.1
See more items in:
André Emmerich Gallery Records and André Emmerich Papers
André Emmerich Gallery Records and André Emmerich Papers / Series 8: Inventory Records
Archival Repository:
Archives of American Art
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9de192fb0-9bff-4766-807c-db3d89d0d932
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-aaa-andremmg-ref3791

Artist's choice : Burton on Brancusi, April 7-June 28, 1989

Title:
Burton on Brancusi
My Brancusi
Author:
Burton, Scott 1939-1989  Search this
Museum of Modern Art (New York, N.Y.)  Search this
Subject:
Brancusi, Constantine 1876-1957  Search this
Physical description:
1 folded sheet ([16] p.) : ill. ; 28 cm
Type:
Books
Exhibitions
Date:
1989
1989]
Call number:
NB933.B7 B87 1989
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_695856

Athena Tacha papers

Creator:
Tacha, Athena, 1936-  Search this
Names:
Oberlin College  Search this
Brancusi, Constantin, 1876-1957  Search this
Johnson, Ellen H.  Search this
Lippard, Lucy R.  Search this
Rodin, Auguste, 1840-1917  Search this
Extent:
36.04 Linear feet
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Interviews
Sound recordings
Motion picture film
Date:
1959-2019
Summary:
The papers of sculptor and educator Athena Tacha measure 36.04 linear feet and date from 1959 to 2019. Found are biographical material, correspondence, writings and notes, research and writing files, commission and project files, teaching files from her position at Oberlin College, professional activities files, subject files, printed material, and photographic material. Of note are files documenting Tacha's numerous public art commissions throughout the United States.
Scope and Contents:
The papers of sculptor and educator Athena Tacha measure 36.04 linear feet and date from 1959 to 2019. Found are biographical material, correspondence, writings and notes, research and writing files, commission and project files, teaching files from her position at Oberlin College, professional activities files, subject files, printed material, and photographic material. Of note are files documenting Tacha's numerous public art commissions throughout the United States.

Biographical materials include resumes, scattered personal business records, and small sketches and handmade cards by Tacha. Largely, Tacha's correspondence comments on her professional career and includes letters from Ellen H. Johnson and Lucy Lippard and other artists, art historians, colleagues, and institutions. Writings by Tacha include her PhD thesis, drafts of articles, and an interview. More extensive files are found for Brancusi's Birds, and Rodin Sculpture.

The largest series contains material concerning Tacha's commissions and projects, both completed and unrealized. Files may contain detailed designs and construction information, correspondence, financial records, video recordings, and photographs. Professional activity and organization files concern Tacha's exhibitions of her works of art, and her participation with various groups such as the College Art Association and the New Organization for the Visual Arts. Subject files and photographic materials may include extensive source material used by Tacha to create her sculpture. Found are photographs, slides, sound and video recordings, and born-digital material.

There is a one item addition to this collection donated in 2022 that includes a handwritten notebook of works sold by Athena Tacha. The notebook dates from circa date from circa 1964-2017.
Arrangement:
The collection is arranged as 11 series.

Series 1: Biographical Material, 1960s-2000s (0.2 linear feet; Box 1, OV 37)

Series 2: Correspondence, 1961-2016 (5.3 linear feet; Boxes 1-6)

Series 3: Writings and Notes, 1959-2019 (0.6 linear feet; Boxes 6-7)

Series 4: Research and Writing Files, circa 1960-1974 (2.7 linear feet; Boxes 7-9, OV 37)

Series 5: Commission and Project Files, circa 1974-2016 (9.2 linear feet; Boxes 9-18, OV 37)

Series 6: Teaching Files, 1963-circa 2000 (1.2 linear feet; Boxes 18-19)

Series 7: Professional Activities Files, 1968-2000 (2.2 linear feet; Boxes 20-22)

Series 8: Subject Files, 1960s-2000s (5.0 linear feet; Boxes 22-27)

Series 9: Printed Material, 1963-2013 (3.1 linear feet; Boxes 27-30, OV 37)

Series 10: Photographic Material, 1960s-2015 (6.8 linear feet; Boxes 30-36, OV 37)

Series 11: Unprocessed Addition, circa 1964-2017 (.01 linear feet, Folder 38)
Biographical / Historical:
Athena Tacha (1936-) is a Greek-born sculptor, and educator active in Oberlin, Ohio.

Athena Tacha was born in Larissa, Greece in 1936. She studied at the National Academy of Fine Arts in Athens and was accepted at Oberlin College in Oberlin, Ohio under a Fulbright scholarship in 1960. There, she became close with her mentor Ellen H. Johnson. She continued her education at The Sorbonne, University of Paris where she completed her PhD. Returning to Oberlin, Tacha became assistant curator at the Allen Memorial Art Museum in the mid-1960s and later taught sculpture at Oberlin College until 1998.

Tacha began exhibiting her works throughout Ohio including at the annual Cleveland May Show at the Cleveland Museum of Art and around the United States. She held solo shows at Zabriskie Gallery and the Max Hutchinson Gallery. In the 1970s, Tacha focused on large environmental public sculpture, using brick, LED lighting plants, steel, stone, and water.

Athena Tacha married art historian Richard Spear in 1965. Together, they traveled extensively through the United States, Asia, South America, and Europe. They live in Washington, D.C.
Related Materials:
Also found in the Archives of American Art is an interview of Athena Tacha conducted 2009 December 4-6, by Avis Berman, for the Archives of American Art's U.S. General Services Administration, Design Excellence and the Arts oral history project.

Athena Tacha donated her teaching files, as well as her research files relating to Ellen Johnson's Frank Lloyd Wright house in Oberlin, Ohio, to Oberlin College, Oberlin, Ohio, and her early and student writings to the Balch Institute of Ethnic Studies, Philadelphia, Pa. Tacha was the executor of Ellen Johnson's estate, and worked with the Archives in donating Johnson's papers in 1994 (cataloged separately under Johnson).
Provenance:
Donated 1998, 2019, 2021 and 2022 by Athena Tacha.
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 born-digital records or audiovisual recordings in this collection must use access copies.
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:
Sculptors -- Ohio  Search this
Educators -- Ohio  Search this
Topic:
Women artists  Search this
Women sculptors  Search this
Genre/Form:
Interviews
Sound recordings
Motion picture film
Citation:
Athena Tacha papers, 1959-2019. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Identifier:
AAA.tachathe
See more items in:
Athena Tacha papers
Archival Repository:
Archives of American Art
GUID:
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Athena Tacha papers, 1959-2019

Creator:
Tacha, Athena, 1936-  Search this
Subject:
Brancusi, Constantin  Search this
Rodin, Auguste  Search this
Lippard, Lucy R.  Search this
Johnson, Ellen H.  Search this
Oberlin College  Search this
Type:
Interviews
Sound recordings
Motion picture film
Citation:
Athena Tacha papers, 1959-2019. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Topic:
Women artists  Search this
Women sculptors  Search this
Theme:
Women  Search this
Lives of artists  Search this
Record number:
(DSI-AAA_CollID)6242
(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)216555
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Theme:
Women
Lives of artists
Data Source:
Archives of American Art
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:AAADCD_coll_216555
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Book Illus [art work] / (photographed by Peter A. Juley & Son)

Artist:
Brancusi, Constantin 1876-1957  Search this
Type:
Photograph
Image number:
JUL J0085297
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Photograph Study Collection
Data Source:
Photograph Study Collection, Smithsonian American Art Museum
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_jul_85298

Booklet, Story of the Armory Show by Walt Kuhn

Collection Creator:
Glackens, Ira, 1907-1990  Search this
Container:
Box 2, Folder 10
Type:
Archival materials
Date:
1938
Scope and Contents:
Includes inscription by Walt Kuhn.
Collection Restrictions:
Use of original papers requires an appointment.
Collection 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.
Collection Citation:
Ira and William Glackens papers, circa 1900-1990. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
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Ira and William Glackens papers
Ira and William Glackens papers / Series 5: Printed Material
Archival Repository:
Archives of American Art
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw918cc2c33-6d09-4961-92ce-de1f4089718b
EDAN-URL:
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Brancusi

Author:
Brancusi, Constantin 1876-1957  Search this
Société Français de Promotion Artistique  Search this
Centre Georges Pompidou  Search this
Philadelphia Museum of Art  Search this
Subject:
Brancusi, Constantin 1876-1957  Search this
Brancusi, Constantin 1876-1957 Criticism and interpretation  Search this
Physical description:
67 p. : ill. ; 29 cm
Type:
Books
Exhibitions
Date:
1995
C1995
Call number:
NB933.B7 A4 1995
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_692714

Brancusi & Duchamp : regards historiques / [direction d'ouvrage, Marielle Tabart]

Title:
Brancusi et Duchamp
Author:
Tabart, Marielle  Search this
Brancusi, Constantin 1876-1957  Search this
Duchamp, Marcel 1887-1968  Search this
Galerie de l'atelier Brancusi  Search this
Subject:
Brancusi, Constantin 1876-1957  Search this
Duchamp, Marcel 1887-1968  Search this
Physical description:
95 p : ill., ports. ; 21 cm
Type:
Biography
Place:
Romania
France
Date:
2000
Topic:
Artists  Search this
Dadaism  Search this
Call number:
N40.1.B82 C46 2000
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_633522

Brancusi & Duchamp : the art of dialogue / Paul B. Franklin

Title:
Brancusi and Duchamp
Art of dialogue
Editor:
Franklin, Paul B. 1967-  Search this
Artist:
Brancusi, Constantin 1876-1957  Search this
Duchamp, Marcel 1887-1968  Search this
Host institution:
Paul Kasmin Gallery  Search this
Subject:
Brancusi, Constantin 1876-1957  Search this
Duchamp, Marcel 1887-1968  Search this
Physical description:
271 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 32 cm
Type:
Books
Exhibitions
Exhibition catalogs
Date:
2018
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1108894

Brancusi + Mondrian

Author:
Brancusi, Constantin 1876-1957  Search this
Mondrian, Piet 1872-1944  Search this
Sidney Janis Gallery  Search this
Subject:
Brancusi, Constantin 1876-1957  Search this
Mondrian, Piet 1872-1944  Search this
Physical description:
[48] p. : ill. (some col.), ports. ; 28 cm
Type:
Exhibitions
Date:
1982
20th century
Topic:
Art, Modern  Search this
Call number:
NB933.B7 B72 1982
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_656715

Brancusi / Pontus Hulten, Natalia Dumitresco, Alexandre Istrati

Author:
Hultén, Pontus 1924-2006  Search this
Brancusi, Constantin 1876-1957  Search this
Dumitresco, Natalia 1915-  Search this
Istrati, Alexandre  Search this
Subject:
Brancusi, Constantin 1876-1957 Catalogues raisonnés  Search this
Physical description:
336 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 34 cm
Type:
Books
Date:
1987
Call number:
N40.1.B82 H9 E1987
N40.1.B82H9 E1987
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_348998

Brancusi / Pontus Hultén, Natalia Dumitresco, Alexandre Istrati

Author:
Hultén, Pontus 1924-2006  Search this
Brancusi, Constantin 1876-1957  Search this
Dumitresco, Natalia 1915-  Search this
Istrati, Alexandre  Search this
Subject:
Brancusi, Constantin 1876-1957  Search this
Physical description:
335 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 34 cm
Type:
Books
Catalogues raisonnés
Date:
1986
C1986
Call number:
N7233.B7 A4 1986
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_647600

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