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Creator:

Helm, MacKinley, 1896-1963  Search this

Names:

Marin, John, 1870-1953  Search this

Extent:

150 Items ((on partial microfilm reel))

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Date:

1924-1964

Scope and Contents:

Papers relating to Helm's biography of John Marin, JOHN MARIN (1948), including: correspondence, 1946-1964, with John Marin, John Marin, Jr., and others; lists of paintings; photos of Marin and works of art; clippings; exhibition catalogs and announcements, 1924-1955 and miscellany.

Provenance:

Lent for microfilming 1964 by Mrs. MacKinley Helm.

Restrictions:

The Archives of American art does not own the original papers. Use is limited to the microfilm copy.

Rights:

Authorization to publish, quote or reproduce requires written permission from Mrs. MacKinley Helm. Contact Reference Services for more information.

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  Search this

Identifier:

AAA.helmmcki

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw906f0e2ac-e294-49c9-9bef-ccbba99de209

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-helmmcki

Creator:

Warner, Keith, 1895-1959  Search this

Names:

"291" (Gallery)  Search this

American Place (Gallery)  Search this

Whitney Museum of American Art  Search this

Calder, Alexander, 1898-1976  Search this

Dorcely, Roland  Search this

Macdonald-Wright, Stanton, 1890-1973  Search this

Marin, John, 1870-1953  Search this

Mondrian, Piet, 1872-1944  Search this

O'Keeffe, Georgia, 1887-1986  Search this

Rosenburg, Paul  Search this

Russell, Morgan, 1886-1953  Search this

Stieglitz, Alfred, 1864-1946  Search this

Weber, Max, 1881-1961  Search this

Extent:

0.7 Linear feet

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Photographs

Illustrated letters

Sketches

Date:

1935-1975

Summary:

The papers of American art collector Keith Warner measure 0.7 linear feet and date from 1935 to 1975. Correspondence, collecting files, and artwork detail Warner's role as a collector of art in the mid-twentieth century. Present in the collection are materials related to Alexander Calder, Roland Dorcely, Stanton MacDonald-Wright, Piet Mondrian, Alfred Stieglitz, and Max Weber.

Scope and Contents:

The papers of American art collector Keith Warner measure 0.7 linear feet and date from 1935 to 1975. Correspondence, collecting files, and artwork detail Warner's role as a collector of art in the mid-twentieth century. Present in the collection are materials related to Alexander Calder, Roland Dorcely, Stanton MacDonald-Wright, Piet Mondrian, Alfred Stieglitz, and Max Weber.

Warner's relationships with artists are documented in extensive letters which make up the bulk of the collection. Subjects range from exhibitions, the art market, artists' methods and works, art criticism, and collecting to personal subjects. Letters from Roland Dorcely and Alexander Calder include illustrated letters and postcards. Letters from Calder discuss a mix of business and personal matters, including a discussion of the design of jewelry commissioned for Warner's wife, Edna. Letters from Dorcely document Warner's cultivation, criticism, and collection of Dorcely's work, as well as the hardships of Haitian artists and Dorcely's views on art. The letters are in French with some English translations.

Correspondence with Alfred Stieglitz documents his common endeavor with Warner in collecting the paintings of John Marin, and Stieglitz's gallery, An American Place. Letters associated with An American Place continue after Stieglitz's death in 1946. Found with Alfred Stieglitz's letters are two letters from Georgia O'Keeffe. Max Weber letters include comments on his painting and sculpting, his retrospective show at the Whitney, the art press, national politics, and also refer to Stieglitz and Marin. An extensive group of correspondence with Stanton MacDonald-Wright is mostly undated; MacDonald-Wright writes freely about Stieglitz, the "291" group of artists, and his partner in Synchromism, Morgan Russell. Also included are letters from Piet Mondrian related to collecting, as well as letters from unidentified correspondents.

Warner's collecting files consist of diverse materials concerning his research, writing, and relationships with artists whose paintings he collected, particularly Roland Dorcely and Stanton MacDonald-Wright. Included are biographical sketches; writings about and by the artists, including manuscripts and published materials; newspaper and magazine clippings; exhibition announcements and catalogs; and photographs of works of art. Writings by Roland Dorcely, on the subject of his artistic process and perspective, include handwritten essays in French as well as typed English translations. Published articles from Script magazine (1945-1946) by Stanton MacDonald-Wright document his career as an art critic. Writings on Alexander Calder and Paul Rosenburg, taken from Warner's journal on Calder, and on the early relationship of Alfred Stieglitz and Georgia O'Keeffe, documented on a visit with Stieglitz on May 3, 1944, are also present.

Artwork consists of work by Alexander Calder and Roland Dorcely. Calder's work includes sketches proposing mobiles with notations as to material, scale, and cost. Dorcely's work includes sketches in graphite and ink of abstract figures and objects.

Arrangement:

The collection is arranged as 3 series.

Missing Title

Series 1: Correspondence, 1940-1963 (0.4 linear feet; Box 1-2)

Series 2: Collecting Files, circa 1940-1975 (12 folders; Box 2, OV 3)

Series 3: Artwork, circa 1945-circa 1965 (2 folders; Box 2)

Biographical / Historical:

Keith Warner (1895-1959) was an American art collector. Warner was born and lived in Gloversville, New York, and maintained a manufacturing business that took him to New York City intermittently. Warner began collecting Chinese porcelains after World War I, and a few years later his interest shifted to American abstract painting. Warner retired from business in 1944. His collection was sold gradually after his death, mostly to private collectors, though some works are in museums in the United States and Japan.

Provenance:

The Keith Warner papers were donated in 1992 by Edna K. Allen, wife of Keith Warner.

Restrictions:

Use of original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C. Research Center. Contact Reference 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.

Topic:

Art -- Collectors and collecting -- New York (State)  Search this

Artists -- United States  Search this

Art -- Haiti  Search this

Art, Abstract -- Collectors and collecting  Search this

Art criticism  Search this

Art, Modern -- 20th century -- Collectors and collecting  Search this

Synchromism (Art)  Search this

Art, American  Search this

Genre/Form:

Photographs

Illustrated letters

Sketches

Citation:

Keith Warner papers, 1935-1975. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Sponsor:

Funding for the processing and digitization of this collection was provided by the Terra Foundation for American Art.

Identifier:

AAA.warnkeit

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Keith Warner papers

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw97cf79e0a-b1cc-4c06-bf03-80608f90eb97

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-warnkeit

Creator:

Marin, John, 1870-1953  Search this

Editor:

Norman, Dorothy, 1905-1997  Search this

Extent:

xv, 241 p. (ill., 24 cm.)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Date:

[1949]

Publication, Distribution, Etc. (Imprint):

New York : Pellegrini & Cudahy, [1949]

General:

Includes material from the Letters of John Marin published in 1931.

Signature preceding half-title page, possibly John Marin's.

Topic:

Artists -- Biography  Search this

Identifier:

AAA.marijohn4

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw903c44c76-97ad-4e90-a915-05aee7029bee

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-marijohn4

Creator:

Marin, John, 1870-1953  Search this

Names:

Kalonyme, Louis  Search this

Extent:

1 Item ((on partial microfilm reel))

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Date:

1953 July 7

Scope and Contents:

A typed, three-page letter titled "An Artist's Testament," in which Marin writes of his preference for "subject-object-forms" in art and his dislike of the "abstract and non-objective."

Biographical / Historical:

Painter, etcher.

Other Title:

Louis Kalonyme letter (microfilm title)

Provenance:

Gift of Mrs. Jason C. (Suzanne W.) Berger, whose father was a friend of Marin. She also donated a book THE SELECTED WRITINGS OF JOHN MARIN, autographed by Marin, which was placed in the Archives Library.

Restrictions:

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.

Topic:

Painting -- Study and teaching  Search this

Identifier:

AAA.marijolk

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9f45331b9-3743-4328-8420-6eaf679bbc4d

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-marijolk

Creator:

Marin, John, 1870-1953  Search this

Names:

Seligmann, Herbert J. (Herbert Jacob), 1891-  Search this

Extent:

2 Reels (ca. 500 items (on 2 microfilm reels))

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Reels

Date:

1929-1955

Scope and Contents:

6 notebooks of clippings on Marin, 1938-1955, 2 notebooks on exhibitions, 1948-1955, 4 scrapbooks of clippings not on Marin, 1933-1948, and 8 sketches by Herbert Jacob Seligmann, l939.

Biographical / Historical:

Painter, watercolorist, Cliffside, N.J. Born Rutherford, N.J. Transformed watercolor into a major vehicle of artistic expression. Painted lanscapes of Maine and New York City.

Provenance:

Lent for microfilming by John C. Marin, Jr.

Restrictions:

The Archives of American art does not own the original papers. Use is limited to the microfilm copy.

Occupation:

Watercolorists  Search this

Painters  Search this

Identifier:

AAA.marijopm

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw96bf37ab1-af78-4f12-a22e-f5c02b4b1577

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-marijopm

Creator:

Benson, Emanuel, 1904-1971  Search this

Names:

Federal Art Project  Search this

Index of American Design  Search this

Calder, Alexander, 1898-1976  Search this

Davis, Stuart, 1892-1964  Search this

Greene, Balcomb, 1904-1990  Search this

Grosz, George, 1893-1959  Search this

Kandinsky, Wassily, 1866-1944  Search this

Knaths, Karl, 1891-1971  Search this

Lipchitz, Jacques, 1891-1973  Search this

Machen, Arthur, 1863-1947  Search this

Marin, John, 1870-1953  Search this

O'Connor, Francis V.  Search this

Stieglitz, Alfred, 1864-1946  Search this

Watkins, Franklin Chenault, 1894-1972  Search this

Wolff, Gustave, 1863-1935  Search this

Extent:

0.8 Linear feet ((on 2 microfilm reels))

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Date:

1924-1967

Scope and Contents:

Material relating to the Federal Art Project; and correspondence.

REEL D/NDA/B: Reports; directives; articles; lectures; speeches; clippings; publications; the mock-up of a projected book on the project; and essays written for the book by Stuart Davis and Balcomb Greene. Papers were kept by Benson as consultant to the Federal Art Project and are mostly related to the Community Art Centers and the Index of American Design.

REEL 2384: 482 cards and letters from artists and friends; lecture notes and writings; and a photograph (unidentified). Correspondents include Karl Knaths, Alexander Calder, Gustav Wolff, Alfred Stieglitz, Jacques Lipchitz, George Grosz, Arthur Machen, John Marin, Franklin Watkins, Wassily Kandinsky, and others.

Biographical / Historical:

Educator, writer, and lecturer; Philadelphia, Pa. Was a consultant for the WPA Federal Art Project. Began a book on the project and died before it was finished. Francis V. O'Connor edited and completed the book, ART FOR THE MILLIONS.

Provenance:

Donated 1964-1978 by Benson and his widow, Elaine Benson.

Restrictions:

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.

Topic:

Federal aid to the arts  Search this

Function:

Art centers

Identifier:

AAA.benseman

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw960776a18-9814-45f7-81ff-a884d74b09d5

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-benseman

Painter:

Marin, John 1870-1953  Search this

Medium:

Watercolor and charcoal on paper

Type:

Paintings

Owner/Location:

Smithsonian American Art Museum 8th & G Streets, N.W Washington District of Columbia 20560 Accession Number: 1964.2R

Date:

1921

Topic:

Waterscape--Sea  Search this

Landscape--Maine  Search this

Control number:

IAP 08582522

Data Source:

Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_ari_355919

Painter:

Marin, John 1870-1953  Search this

Medium:

Watercolor on paper

Type:

Paintings

Owner/Location:

Phillips Collection 1600-1612 21st Street, N.W Washington District of Columbia 20009-1090 Accession Number: 1294

Date:

1928

Topic:

Abstract  Search this

Architecture--Boat--Sailing Ship  Search this

Control number:

IAP 08750285

Data Source:

Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_ari_361103

Painter:

Marin, John 1870-1953  Search this

Medium:

Watercolor, graphite pencil, and black chalk on paper

Type:

Paintings

Owner/Location:

Phillips Collection 1600-1612 21st Street, N.W Washington District of Columbia 20009-1090 Accession Number: 1296

Date:

1928

Topic:

Abstract  Search this

Cityscape--Street  Search this

Cityscape--New York--New York City  Search this

Control number:

IAP 08750287

Data Source:

Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_ari_361105

Painter:

Marin, John 1870-1953  Search this

Medium:

Watercolor

Type:

Paintings

Date:

1929

Topic:

Landscape--New Mexico--Taos  Search this

Landscape--Canyon--Taos Canyon  Search this

Control number:

IAP 8G280059

Data Source:

Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_ari_480039

Painter:

Marin, John 1870-1953  Search this

Medium:

Watercolor

Type:

Paintings

Date:

Ca. 1912

Topic:

Architecture--Commercial--Woolworth Building  Search this

Cityscape--New York--New York City  Search this

Control number:

IAP 81070288

Data Source:

Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_ari_188145

Painter:

Marin, John 1870-1953  Search this

Medium:

Watercolor over graphite on paper

Type:

Paintings

Owner/Location:

National Gallery of Art Fourth Street & Constitution Avenue, N.W Washington District of Columbia 20565 Accession Number: 1967.13.9

Date:

1912

Topic:

Cityscape--New York--New York City  Search this

Architecture exterior--Commercial--Woolworth Building  Search this

Architecture exterior--Commercial--Office Building  Search this

Control number:

IAP 81070290

Data Source:

Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_ari_188147

Painter:

Marin, John 1870-1953  Search this

Medium:

Watercolor

Type:

Paintings

Owner/Location:

Cleveland Museum of Art 11150 East Boulevard Cleveland Ohio 44106

Date:

1914

Topic:

Landscape  Search this

Control number:

IAP 81070424

Data Source:

Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_ari_188277

Painter:

Marin, John 1870-1953  Search this

Medium:

Watercolor and charcoal on paper

Type:

Paintings

Owner/Location:

Phillips Collection 1600-1612 21st Street, N.W Washington District of Columbia 20009-1090 Accession Number: 1276

Date:

1925

Topic:

Landscape--Mountain--Bear Mountain  Search this

Landscape--New York  Search this

Control number:

IAP 08750272

Data Source:

Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_ari_361088

Painter:

Marin, John 1870-1953  Search this

Medium:

Watercolor, graphite pencil, and black chalk on paper

Type:

Paintings

Owner/Location:

Phillips Collection 1600-1612 21st Street, N.W Washington District of Columbia 20009-1090 Accession Number: 1284

Date:

1927

Topic:

Landscape--Mountain--White Mountains  Search this

Landscape--Mountain--Franconia Mountains  Search this

Landscape--New Hampshire  Search this

Control number:

IAP 08750277

Data Source:

Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_ari_361093

Painter:

Marin, John 1870-1953  Search this

Medium:

Watercolor and pencils on paper

Type:

Paintings

Owner/Location:

Phillips Collection 1600-1612 21st Street, N.W Washington District of Columbia 20009-1090 Accession Number: 1290

Date:

1925

Topic:

Landscape--Massachusetts--Great Barrington  Search this

Landscape--Mountain  Search this

Control number:

IAP 08750281

Data Source:

Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_ari_361097

Painter:

Marin, John 1870-1953  Search this

Medium:

Watercolor

Type:

Paintings

Owner/Location:

Delaware Art Museum 2301 Kentmere Parkway Wilmington Delaware 19806 Accession Number: 57-1

Date:

1912

Topic:

Architecture--Religious--Church  Search this

Cityscape--New York--New York City  Search this

Control number:

IAP 08080029

Data Source:

Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_ari_39348

Painter:

Marin, John 1870-1953  Search this

Medium:

Watercolor on paper

Type:

Paintings

Owner/Location:

Santa Barbara Museum of Art 1130 State Street Santa Barbara California 93101

Date:

1928

Topic:

Abstract  Search this

Cityscape--New York--New York City  Search this

Architecture--Machine--Crane  Search this

Architecture exterior--Commercial--Office Building  Search this

Control number:

IAP 04710088

Data Source:

Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_ari_397015

Painter:

Marin, John 1870-1953  Search this

Medium:

Watercolor

Type:

Paintings

Owner/Location:

M. Knoedler & Co., Inc New York New York

Date:

1917

Topic:

Landscape--Maine--Deer Island  Search this

Fantasy  Search this

Control number:

IAP 8G280052

Data Source:

Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_ari_480032

Painter:

Marin, John 1870-1953  Search this

Medium:

Watercolor

Type:

Paintings

Owner/Location:

Baltimore Museum of Art Art Museum Drive Baltimore Maryland 21218

Date:

1921

Topic:

Landscape--Celestial--Sun  Search this

Landscape--Coast  Search this

Landscape--Island  Search this

Control number:

IAP 8G280053

Data Source:

Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_ari_480033