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Artist:

Unidentified Artist  Search this

Sitter:

Roy Wilkins, 30 Aug 1901 - Sep 1981  Search this

Medgar Evers, 1925 - 1963  Search this

Medium:

Gelatin silver print

Dimensions:

Image: 19.4 x 24.2cm (7 5/8 x 9 1/2")

Sheet: 20.7 x 25.4cm (8 1/8 x 10")

Mat: 35.6 x 45.7cm (14 x 18")

Type:

Photograph

Place:

United States\Mississippi\Jackson

Date:

1963

Topic:

Costume\Headgear\Hat  Search this

Weapon\Gun  Search this

Equipment\Sign  Search this

Vehicle\Automobile  Search this

Exterior\Street  Search this

Roy Wilkins: Male  Search this

Roy Wilkins: Journalism and Media\Magazine editor  Search this

Roy Wilkins: Society and Social Change\Reformer\Activist\Civil rights activist\Civil rights leader  Search this

Roy Wilkins: Journalism and Media\Journalist\Editorial writer  Search this

Roy Wilkins: Presidential Medal of Freedom  Search this

Roy Wilkins: Congressional Gold Medal  Search this

Medgar Evers: Male  Search this

Medgar Evers: Society and Social Change\Reformer\Activist\Civil rights activist\Civil rights leader  Search this

Portrait  Search this

Credit Line:

National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution

Object number:

NPG.2001.81

Restrictions & Rights:

Usage conditions apply

Copyright:

© Getty Images

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National Portrait Gallery Collection

Location:

Currently not on view

Data Source:

National Portrait Gallery

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm4d76e6153-e0fa-4a45-92fa-ae325dc509e4

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:npg_NPG.2001.81

Artist:

John Cohen, 02 Aug 1932 - 16 Sep 2019  Search this

Sitter:

Mercedes Matter, 1913 - 2001  Search this

Philip Guston, 27 Jun 1913 - 7 Jun 1980  Search this

Medium:

Gelatin silver print

Dimensions:

Image/Sheet: 26.9 x 22.1cm (10 9/16 x 8 11/16")

Type:

Photograph

Place:

United States\New York\Kings\New York

Date:

c. 1955

Topic:

Interior  Search this

Home Furnishings\Drinking vessel\Glass  Search this

Equipment\Smoking Implements\Cigarette  Search this

Philip Guston: Visual Arts\Artist  Search this

Philip Guston: Male  Search this

Mercedes Matter: Visual Arts\Artist  Search this

Mercedes Matter: Female  Search this

Mercedes Matter: Education and Scholarship\Founder  Search this

Portrait  Search this

Credit Line:

National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution

Object number:

NPG.2002.99

Restrictions & Rights:

Usage conditions apply

Copyright:

© John Cohen, courtesy L. Parker Stephenson Photographs, NYC

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National Portrait Gallery Collection

Location:

Currently not on view

Data Source:

National Portrait Gallery

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm412dd6da3-bb46-4e21-a6a5-af4c00b313f5

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:npg_NPG.2002.99

Artist:

John Cohen, 02 Aug 1932 - 16 Sep 2019  Search this

Sitter:

Muddy Waters, 4 Apr 1915 - 30 Apr 1983  Search this

Isaac Washington, active mid-20th century  Search this

Medium:

Gelatin silver print

Dimensions:

Image: 16.4cm x 23.7cm (6 7/16" x 9 5/16")

Sheet: 20.3cm x 25.4cm (8" x 10")

Type:

Photograph

Place:

United States\New York\Kings\New York

Date:

1959

Topic:

Interior  Search this

Equipment\Sound Devices\Microphone  Search this

Music\Musical instrument\Guitar  Search this

Music\Musical instrument\Harmonica  Search this

Isaac Washington: Male  Search this

Isaac Washington: Performing Arts\Performer\Musician  Search this

Muddy Waters: Male  Search this

Muddy Waters: Performing Arts\Performer\Musician\Guitarist  Search this

Muddy Waters: Performing Arts\Performer\Musician\Singer\Rhythm and blues singer  Search this

Muddy Waters: Performing Arts\Performer\Musician\Blues musician  Search this

Portrait  Search this

Credit Line:

National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution

Object number:

NPG.96.76

Restrictions & Rights:

Usage conditions apply

Copyright:

© John Cohen, courtesy L. Parker Stephenson Photographs, NYC

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National Portrait Gallery Collection

Location:

Currently not on view

Data Source:

National Portrait Gallery

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm425749f11-a15d-4373-9c89-424ceb30ae29

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:npg_NPG.96.76

Artist:

John Cohen, 02 Aug 1932 - 16 Sep 2019  Search this

Sitter:

Elizabeth Cotten, 05 Jan 1893 - 29 Jun 1987  Search this

Medium:

Gelatin silver print

Dimensions:

Image: 16.4 x 23.7 cm (6 7/16 x 9 5/16")

Sheet: 20.3 x 25.4 cm (8 x 10")

Type:

Photograph

Place:

United States\District of Columbia\Washington

Date:

c. 1960

Topic:

Interior  Search this

Music\Musical instrument\Guitar  Search this

Elizabeth Cotten: Female  Search this

Elizabeth Cotten: Performing Arts\Performer\Musician\Songwriter  Search this

Elizabeth Cotten: Performing Arts\Performer\Musician\Singer\Rhythm and blues singer  Search this

Portrait  Search this

Credit Line:

National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution

Object number:

NPG.96.77

Restrictions & Rights:

Usage conditions apply

Copyright:

© John Cohen, courtesy L. Parker Stephenson Photographs, NYC

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National Portrait Gallery Collection

Location:

Currently not on view

Data Source:

National Portrait Gallery

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm4ba96c0db-7f6b-48f2-8fb2-e5da6869324f

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:npg_NPG.96.77

Artist:

John Cohen, 02 Aug 1932 - 16 Sep 2019  Search this

Sitter:

Woody Guthrie, 14 Jul 1912 - 3 Oct 1967  Search this

Jack Elliott, born 1931  Search this

Medium:

Gelatin silver print

Dimensions:

Image: 22.3 x 33.6 cm (8 3/4 x 13 1/4")

Sheet: 27.7 x 35.2 cm (10 15/16 x 13 7/8")

Type:

Photograph

Place:

United States\New Jersey\Essex\East Orange

Date:

c. 1960 (printed 1997)

Topic:

Equipment\Smoking Implements\Cigarette  Search this

Home Furnishings\Lighting Devices\Lamp  Search this

Home Furnishings\Furniture\Seating\Couch  Search this

Woody Guthrie: Visual Arts\Artist  Search this

Woody Guthrie: Male  Search this

Woody Guthrie: Literature\Writer\Poet  Search this

Woody Guthrie: Performing Arts\Performer\Musician\Songwriter  Search this

Woody Guthrie: Performing Arts\Performer\Musician\Guitarist  Search this

Woody Guthrie: Performing Arts\Performer\Musician\Singer\Folk singer  Search this

Jack Elliott: Male  Search this

Jack Elliott: Performing Arts\Performer\Musician\Singer\Folk singer  Search this

Portrait  Search this

Credit Line:

National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution

Object number:

NPG.97.187

Restrictions & Rights:

Usage conditions apply

Copyright:

© John Cohen, courtesy L. Parker Stephenson Photographs, NYC

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Location:

Currently not on view

Data Source:

National Portrait Gallery

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm4980ca1b2-7425-4656-9ba2-8a63e619dff1

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:npg_NPG.97.187

Artist:

John Cohen, 02 Aug 1932 - 16 Sep 2019  Search this

Sitter:

Pete Seeger, 3 May 1919 - 27 Jan 2014  Search this

Alan Lomax, 1915 - 19 Jul 2002  Search this

Medium:

Gelatin silver print

Dimensions:

Image: 22.1 x 33.5 cm (8 11/16 x 13 3/16")

Sheet: 27.6 x 35.4 cm (10 7/8 x 13 15/16")

Type:

Photograph

Place:

United States\New York\Kings\New York

Date:

1959 (printed 1997)

Topic:

Music\Musical instrument\Piano  Search this

Home Furnishings\Furniture\Seating\Chair  Search this

Equipment\Sound Devices\Microphone  Search this

Music\Musical instrument\Guitar  Search this

Music\Musical instrument\Banjo  Search this

Pete Seeger: Male  Search this

Pete Seeger: Performing Arts\Performer\Musician  Search this

Pete Seeger: Performing Arts\Performer\Musician\Songwriter  Search this

Pete Seeger: Society and Social Change\Reformer\Activist  Search this

Pete Seeger: Education and Scholarship\Scholar\Folklorist  Search this

Pete Seeger: Performing Arts\Performer\Musician\Guitarist  Search this

Pete Seeger: Performing Arts\Performer\Musician\Singer\Folk singer  Search this

Pete Seeger: Performing Arts\Performer\Musician\Banjo  Search this

Pete Seeger: Grammy  Search this

Alan Lomax: Male  Search this

Alan Lomax: Education and Scholarship\Scholar\Anthropologist  Search this

Alan Lomax: Performing Arts\Producer\Music producer  Search this

Alan Lomax: Performing Arts\Musicologist  Search this

Alan Lomax: Sports and Recreation\Collector\Music  Search this

Portrait  Search this

Credit Line:

National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution

Object number:

NPG.97.188

Restrictions & Rights:

Usage conditions apply

Copyright:

© John Cohen, courtesy L. Parker Stephenson Photographs, NYC

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Location:

Currently not on view

Data Source:

National Portrait Gallery

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm4f2b7daba-86f3-4f15-a001-635a86546aea

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:npg_NPG.97.188

Artist:

John Cohen, 02 Aug 1932 - 16 Sep 2019  Search this

Sitter:

Roscoe Holcomb, 05 Sep 1912 - 02 Feb 1981  Search this

Medium:

Gelatin silver print

Dimensions:

Image: 20.8 × 30.9 cm (8 3/16 × 12 3/16")

Sheet: 27.9 × 35.4 cm (11 × 13 15/16")

Type:

Photograph

Place:

United States\Kentucky\Perry\Daisy

Date:

1959 (printed mid 1960s)

Topic:

Costume\Headgear\Hat  Search this

Exterior  Search this

Costume\Dress Accessory\Eyeglasses  Search this

Nature & Environment\Plant\Tree  Search this

Music\Musical instrument\Banjo  Search this

Architecture\Building\Shed  Search this

Costume\Dress Accessory\Belt  Search this

Roscoe Holcomb: Male  Search this

Roscoe Holcomb: Performing Arts\Performer\Musician  Search this

Roscoe Holcomb: Performing Arts\Performer\Musician\Singer  Search this

Roscoe Holcomb: Performing Arts\Performer\Musician\Banjo  Search this

Portrait  Search this

Credit Line:

National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of John Cohen

Object number:

S/NPG.97.123

Restrictions & Rights:

Usage conditions apply

Copyright:

© John Cohen, courtesy L. Parker Stephenson Photographs, NYC

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National Portrait Gallery Collection

Location:

Currently not on view

Data Source:

National Portrait Gallery

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm4d83fe224-0e41-483a-82a8-78a61d212c2a

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:npg_S_NPG.97.123

Creator:

Sturdevant, Austa Densmore, 1855-1936  Search this

Subject:

Cragsmoor Artist Colony  Search this

Citation:

Austa Densmore Sturdevant papers, circa 1890-1979. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Topic:

Women artists  Search this

Women painters  Search this

Theme:

Lives of artists  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)5686

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)208521

AAA_collcode_sturaust

Theme:

Lives of artists

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_coll_208521

Creator:

Bowlin, Edgar W., 1923-2001  Search this

Citation:

Edgar W. Bowlin papers, 1956-1961. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Theme:

Lives of artists  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)6785

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)208911

AAA_collcode_bowledga

Theme:

Lives of artists

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_coll_208911

Creator:

Stussy, Jan, 1921-1990  Search this

Subject:

Macdonald-Wright, Stanton  Search this

Stussy, Maxine Kim  Search this

Type:

Sound recordings

Video recordings

Diaries

Citation:

Jan Stussy papers, 1924-2018. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Topic:

Art -- Study and teaching -- California -- Los Angeles  Search this

Synchromism (Art)  Search this

Theme:

Lives of artists  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)7338

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)209491

AAA_collcode_stusjan

Theme:

Lives of artists

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_coll_209491

Creator:

Maril, Herman, 1908-1986  Search this

Subject:

Federal Art Project  Search this

Type:

Video recordings

Citation:

Herman Maril papers, 1932-2023, bulk 1935-1986. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Theme:

Lives of artists  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)8001

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)210170

AAA_collcode_mariherm

Theme:

Lives of artists

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_coll_210170

Creator:

Milch Gallery  Search this

Subject:

Barmore, Charles  Search this

Barr, Charles H.  Search this

Ballin, Hugo  Search this

Barlow, Myron  Search this

Baer, Martin  Search this

Ascher, Mary G. (Mary Goldman)  Search this

Azzaretti, Faust  Search this

Biddle, George  Search this

Blackburn, Morris  Search this

Bellows, George  Search this

Benson, Frank Weston  Search this

Baumann, Gustave  Search this

Barr, Norman  Search this

Barrymore, Lionel  Search this

Acheson, Alice  Search this

Aiken, Charles Avery  Search this

Albee, Grace  Search this

Twachtman, John Henry  Search this

Tryon, Dwight William  Search this

Trebilcock, Paul  Search this

Thayer, Abbott Handerson  Search this

Anderson, Karl  Search this

Warneke, Heinz (Heinrich)  Search this

Varian, Dorothy  Search this

Ufer, Walter  Search this

Weir, Julian Alden  Search this

Weir, John F. (John Ferguson)  Search this

Watkins, Franklin Chenault  Search this

Wiles, Irving Ramsay  Search this

Laufman, Sidney  Search this

Wiggins, Carleton  Search this

Appel, Marianne  Search this

Wickey, Harry  Search this

White, Henry Cooke  Search this

Zucker, Jacques  Search this

Woodward, Robert Strong  Search this

Waugh, Frederick Judd  Search this

Gonzalez, Xavier  Search this

Bacon, Peggy  Search this

Arms, John Taylor  Search this

Moffett, Ross  Search this

Milch, Edward  Search this

Moran, Thomas  Search this

Mora, F. Luis (Francis Luis)  Search this

Meyerowitz, William  Search this

Milch, Albert  Search this

Manship, Paul  Search this

Archipenko, Alexander  Search this

MacRae, Emma Fordyce  Search this

Beal, Reynolds  Search this

Metcalf, Willard Leroy  Search this

Melchers, Gari  Search this

Low, Will Hicok  Search this

Linde, Ossip L.  Search this

Lutz, Dan  Search this

Lucioni, Luigi  Search this

Woodward, Stanley Wingate  Search this

Lawson, Ernest  Search this

Lever, Hayley  Search this

Lie, Jonas  Search this

Kingman, Dong  Search this

Kroll, Leon  Search this

Kronberg, Louis  Search this

Wyeth, Andrew  Search this

Kupferman, Lawrence Edward  Search this

Ireland, Leroy  Search this

Judson, Alice  Search this

Kalish, Max  Search this

Katz, A. Raymond (Alexander Raymond)  Search this

Sheets, Millard  Search this

Heinz, Charles  Search this

Hennings, E. Martin  Search this

Henri, Robert  Search this

Hopkinson, Charles  Search this

Tanner, Henry Ossawa  Search this

Sterner, Albert  Search this

Sterne, Maurice  Search this

Speight, Francis  Search this

Speicher, Eugene Edward  Search this

Shuster, Will  Search this

Sharp, Joseph Henry  Search this

Shapiro, David  Search this

Schofield, Walter Elmer  Search this

Sawyer, Wells  Search this

Sample, Paul  Search this

Ryerson, Margery  Search this

Ryder, Chauncey F.  Search this

Rungius, Carl  Search this

Romano, Umberto  Search this

Redfield, Edward Willis  Search this

Ritschel, William  Search this

Pousette-Dart, Nathaniel  Search this

Pugh, Mabel  Search this

Pleissner, Ogden M.  Search this

Pollet, Joseph C.  Search this

Perrine, Van Dearing  Search this

Pittman, Hobson Lafayette  Search this

Parshall, DeWitt  Search this

Pearson, Ralph M.  Search this

Oberteuffer, Karl A. (Karl Amiard)  Search this

Ochtman, Leonard  Search this

Myers, Jerome  Search this

Adams, Charles L.  Search this

Nagler, Edith Kroger  Search this

Adams, Wayman  Search this

Murphy, Hermann Dudley  Search this

Murphy, John Francis  Search this

Curran, Charles C. (Charles Courtney)  Search this

Crane, Bruce  Search this

Davey, Randall  Search this

Daingerfield, Elliott  Search this

DeCamp, Joseph  Search this

De Groot, Adelaide Milton  Search this

Dessar, Louis Paul  Search this

Dehn, Adolf  Search this

Calder, Alexander Stirling  Search this

Butler, Howard Russell  Search this

Chamberlain, Samuel  Search this

Carroll, John  Search this

Christy, Howard Chandler  Search this

Cheffetz, Asa  Search this

Congdon, William  Search this

Cole, Alphaeus Philemon  Search this

Breckenridge, Hugh H. (Hugh Henry)  Search this

Bridgman, Frederick Arthur  Search this

Browne, George Elmer  Search this

Bruce, Edward  Search this

Brush, George de Forest  Search this

Buck, Claude  Search this

Burlin, Paul  Search this

Burr, George Elbert  Search this

Blakelock, Ralph Albert  Search this

Blanch, Arnold  Search this

Blanch, Lucile  Search this

Bluemner, Oscar  Search this

Pène Du Bois, Guy  Search this

Blumenschein, Ernest Leonard  Search this

Bohm, Max  Search this

Bohrod, Aaron  Search this

Bosa, Louis  Search this

Hart, George Overbury  Search this

Halpert, Samuel  Search this

Grosz, George  Search this

Gregory, Waylande  Search this

Heerman, Norbert Leo  Search this

Hassam, Childe  Search this

Haskell, Ernest  Search this

Hartmann, Sadakichi  Search this

Gaspard, Leon  Search this

Ganso, Emil  Search this

Gallagher, Sears  Search this

Fuchs, Emil  Search this

Gregory, John  Search this

Greenwood, Marion  Search this

Genth, Lillian Mathilde  Search this

Feshin, Nikola? Ivanovich  Search this

Fenton, Beatrice  Search this

Etnier, Stephen  Search this

Farnsworth, Jerry  Search this

Fredenthal, David  Search this

French, Daniel Chester  Search this

FitzGerald, James  Search this

Flagg, James Montgomery  Search this

Dike, Phil  Search this

Donoho, Gaines Ruger  Search this

Dewing, Thomas Wilmer  Search this

Diederich, William Hunt  Search this

Eakins, Susan Macdowell  Search this

Duncan, Charles  Search this

Vonnoh, Robert William, 1858-1933  Search this

Milch Galleries  Search this

E. and A. Milch  Search this

Type:

Gallery records

Photographs

Citation:

Milch Gallery records, 1911-1995. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Topic:

Gallery owners  Search this

Art -- Collectors and collecting  Search this

Art, American  Search this

Theme:

Art Gallery Records  Search this

Art Market  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)8207

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)210378

AAA_collcode_milcgall

Theme:

Art Gallery Records

Art Market

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_coll_210378

Creator:

Kent, Rockwell, 1882-1971  Search this

Subject:

Wildenstein, Felix  Search this

Phillips, Duncan  Search this

Hays, Lee  Search this

Untermeyer, Louis  Search this

Zigrosser, Carl  Search this

Robeson, Paul  Search this

DuBois, W.E.B. (William Edward Burghardt)  Search this

Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano)  Search this

Ruggles, Carl  Search this

Stefansson, Vilhjalmur  Search this

Nearing, Helen  Search this

Nearing, Scott  Search this

Pach, Walter  Search this

Rasmussen, Knud  Search this

Reeves, Ruth  Search this

Seeger, Pete  Search this

Daniel, Charles  Search this

Cleland, T. M. (Thomas Maitland)  Search this

Davies, Arthur B. (Arthur Bowen)  Search this

Chamberlain, J. E.  Search this

Boyesen, Bayard  Search this

Chase, William Merritt  Search this

Freuchen, Peter  Search this

Gellert, Hugo  Search this

Gottlieb, Harry  Search this

Hartley, Marsden  Search this

FitzGerald, James  Search this

Keller, Charles  Search this

Miller, Kenneth Hayes  Search this

Henri, Robert  Search this

Jones, Dan Burne  Search this

United American Artists  Search this

United Office and Professional Workers of America  Search this

United Scenic Artists  Search this

National Farmers' Union (U.S.)  Search this

National Maritime Union of America  Search this

American Artists' Congress  Search this

Artists' Union (New York, N.Y.)  Search this

Artists League of America  Search this

Citizens' Committee for Government Arts Projects  Search this

Farmers Union of the New York Milk Shed  Search this

Federal Art Project  Search this

Federal Writers' Project  Search this

Macbeth Gallery  Search this

International Workers Order  Search this

Type:

Poems

Sketches

Business records

Photographs

Drawings

Citation:

Rockwell Kent papers, circa 1840-1993, bulk 1935-1961. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Topic:

Designers -- New York (State)  Search this

Mural painting and decoration  Search this

Politics and culture  Search this

Authors -- New York  Search this

Art, Modern -- 20th century -- United States -- Political aspects  Search this

Dairy farms  Search this

Federal aid to the arts  Search this

Illustrators -- New York (State)  Search this

Illustration of books  Search this

Works of art  Search this

Art and war  Search this

Commercial art  Search this

World War, 1939-1945 -- Art and the war  Search this

Theme:

Lives of artists  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)9557

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)211757

AAA_collcode_kentrock

Theme:

Lives of artists

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_coll_211757

Creator:

Askin, Walter, 1929-2021  Search this

Type:

Video recordings

Citation:

Walter Askin papers, circa 1930-1992. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Theme:

Lives of artists  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)10860

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)214613

AAA_collcode_askiwalt

Theme:

Lives of artists

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_coll_214613

Creator:

Coe, Ralph T., 1929-2010  Search this

Type:

Sound recordings

Video recordings

Citation:

Ralph T. Coe papers, 1928-2010, bulk 1950s-2010. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Topic:

Art -- Collectors and collecting  Search this

Museum directors  Search this

Native American artists  Search this

Theme:

Research and writing about art  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)16172

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)366561

AAA_collcode_coeralp

Theme:

Research and writing about art

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_coll_366561

Creator:

Aubin, Barbara, 1928-2014  Search this

Subject:

Kucera, Kathryn  Search this

Art Institute of Chicago. School  Search this

Type:

Scrapbooks

Video recordings

Citation:

Barbara Aubin papers, circa 1867-2006, bulk 1940-2014. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Topic:

Women artists  Search this

Women educators  Search this

Women painters  Search this

Theme:

Chicago's Art-Related Archival Materials: A Terra Foundation Resource  Search this

Lives of artists  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)17365

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)381310

AAA_collcode_aubibarb

Theme:

Chicago's Art-Related Archival Materials: A Terra Foundation Resource

Lives of artists

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_coll_381310

Creator:

Helwig, Harold B., 1938-2012  Search this

Davis, Lenore, 1936-1995  Search this

Subject:

Penland School of Crafts  Search this

Type:

Sketchbooks

Video recordings

Citation:

Harold Helwig and Lenore Davis papers, 1940-2013. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Topic:

Enamel and enameling  Search this

Textile design  Search this

Theme:

Lives of artists  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)17478

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)388783

AAA_collcode_helwharo

Theme:

Lives of artists

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_coll_388783

Interviewee:

Bascom, Ruth Esherick  Search this

Bascom, Mansfield  Search this

Interviewer:

Pacini, Marina  Search this

Names:

Esherick, Wharton  Search this

Extent:

105 Pages (Transcript)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Pages

Sound recordings

Interviews

Date:

1991 March 26

Scope and Contents:

An interview of Ruth Esherick Bascom and Mansfield Bascom regarding Wharton Esherick, conducted 1991 March 26, by Marina Pacini, for the Archives of American Art Philadelphia Project.

Ruth Esherick Bascom and Mansfield Bascom speak about Wharton Esherick's family, his education, his "organic" life in Paoli, Pennsylvania, and his efforts to support himself through the sale of his paintings, furniture and sculpture. They discuss Esherick's work, its stylistic development, and changes in his prints and furniture, materials; clients such as the Hedgrow Theater, The Fischer family, Marjorie Content, Curtis Bok; Esherick's studio and his workshop; Esherick's relationship with Miriam Phillips and some of the clients she brought him; and contacts in New York City.

Biographical / Historical:

Ruth Esherick Bascom from Paoli, Pennsylvania, is the daughter of Wharton Esherick (1887-1970), who was a sculptor, painter, printmaker, and furniture maker from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Bascom is married to Mansfield Bascom.

General:

Originally recorded on 2 sound cassettes. Reformatted in 2010 as 4 digital wav files. Duration is 2 hr., 40 min.

Provenance:

These interviews are part of the Archives of American Art Oral History Program, started in 1958 to document the history of the visual arts in the United States, primarily through interviews with artists, historians, dealers, critics anda others.

Restrictions:

Transcript: Patrons must use microfilm copy.

Occupation:

Painters -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia  Search this

Cabinetmakers -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia  Search this

Printmakers -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia  Search this

Sculptors -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia  Search this

Topic:

Women artists  Search this

Women painters  Search this

Women printmakers  Search this

Women sculptors  Search this

Art, Modern  Search this

Genre/Form:

Sound recordings

Interviews

Identifier:

AAA.bascom91

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9c9080509-75de-4d93-a6fc-98e58b40861d

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-bascom91

Creator:

Von Moschzisker, Berthe, 1915-2002  Search this

Interviewer:

Hunter, Anne S.  Search this

Names:

Print Club (Philadelphia, Pa.)  Search this

Baskin, Leonard, 1922-2000  Search this

Hayter, Stanley William, 1901-1988  Search this

Extent:

2 Sound cassettes (Sound recording)

108 Pages (Transcript)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Sound cassettes

Pages

Interviews

Sound recordings

Date:

1990 November 26

Scope and Contents:

An interview of Berthe von Moschzisker conducted 1990 November 26, by Anne Schuster Hunter, for the Archives of American Art Philadelphia Project.

Von Moschzisker speaks about her background and education; cataloging the John S. Phillips print collection at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts; her tenure as director of the Print Club of Philadelphia, including editions published for the club by Leonard Baskin and others; print workshops including Prints in Progress run by Stanley William Hayter; the Print Club Permanent Collection at the Philadelphia Museum of Art; supporters of the club; and the status of prints within the Philadelphia art community.

Biographical / Historical:

Berthe von Moschzisker (1915-2002) was the director of the Print Club of Philadelphia from 1944-1969.

General:

Originally recorded on 2 sound tape reels. Reformatted in 2010 as 4 digital wav files. Duration is 3 hr., 41 min.

Provenance:

This interview is part of the Archives' Oral History Program, started in 1958 to document the history of the visual arts in the United States, primarily through interviews with artists, historians, dealers, critics and others.

Restrictions:

Transcript: Patrons must use microfilm copy.

Occupation:

Arts administrators -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- Interviews  Search this

Topic:

Prints -- Societies, etc. -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia  Search this

Prints -- Technique  Search this

Prints -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia  Search this

Genre/Form:

Interviews

Sound recordings

Identifier:

AAA.vonmos90

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9d42c19e6-f7ab-45b2-971d-268e1d7668f9

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-vonmos90

Creator:

Freer, Charles Lang, 1856-1919  Search this

Extent:

131 Linear feet (29 architectural drawings)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Diaries

Financial records

Correspondence

Photographs

Place:

China

Syria

Egypt

India

London (England)

Japan

Boston (Mass.)

Detroit (Mich.)

Washington (D.C.)

Kandy (Sri Lanka)

Sri Lanka

Anuradhapura (Sri Lanka)

Date:

1876-1931

Summary:

The personal papers of Charles Lang Freer, the industrialist and art collector who founded the Freer Gallery of Art. The papers include correspondence, diaries, art inventories, scrapbooks of clippings on James McNeil Whistler and other press clippings, and photographs.

Scope Content:

The personal papers of Charles Lang Freer, the industrialist and art collector who founded the Freer Gallery of Art. The papers include correspondence, diaries, art inventories, scrapbooks of clippings on James McNeil Whistler and other press clippings, financial material, architectural drawings, and photographs.

Correspondence, circa 1860-1921, includes Freer's correspondence, 1876-1920, with artists, dealers, collectors, museums, and public figures; letterpress books contain copies of Freer's outgoing letters, 1892-1910; correspondence collected by Freer of James McNeill Whistler, and his wife Beatrix, 186?-1909, with Lady Colin Campbell, Thomas R. Way, Alexander Reid, Whistler's mother, Mrs. George W. Whistler, and others; correspondence of Whistler collector Richard A. Canfield, 1904-1913, regarding works in Canfield's collection; and correspondence of Freer's assistant, Katharine Nash Rhoades, 1920-1921, soliciting Freer's letters from his associates, and regarding the settlement of his estate.

Also included are twenty-nine pocket diaries, 1889-1890, 1892-1898, 1900-1919, recording daily activities, people and places visited, observations, and comments; a diary kept by Freer's caretaker, Joseph Stephens Warring, recording daily activities at Freer's Detroit home, 1907-1910. Inventories, n.d. and 1901-1921, of American, European, and Asian art in Freer's collection, often including provenance information; vouchers, 1884-1919, documenting his purchases; five volumes of scrapbooks of clippings on James McNeill Whistler, 1888-1931, labeled "Various," "Peacock Room," "Death, etc.," "Paris, etc.," and "Boston...London" ; three volumes of newsclippings, 1900-1930, concerning Freer and the opening of the Freer Gallery of Art.

Correspondence regarding Freer's gift and bequest to the Smithsonian Institution, 1902-1916; and photographs, ca. 1880-1930, of Freer, including portraits by Alvin Langdon Coburn and Edward Steichen, Freer with others, Freer in Cairo, China and Japan, Freer's death mask, and his memorial service, Kyoto, 1930; photographs of artists and others, including Thomas Dewing, Ernest Fenollosa, Katharine Rhoades taken by Alfred Stieglitz, Rosalind B. Philip, Augustus Saint-Gaudens, Abbott H. Thayer, Dwight Tryon, and Whistler; and photographs relating to Whistler, including art works depicting him, grave and memorial monuments, works of art, the Peacock Room, and Whistler's memorial exhibition at the Copley Society.

Organization of the Papers:

This collection is organized into twelve series.

Series 1: Genealogical and Biographical Data

Series 2: Correspondence

Series 3: Diaries

Series 4: Freer Colleague Materials

Series 5: Art Inventories

Series 6: Financial Materials

Series 7: Exhibition Loan Files

Series 8: Biblical Manuscripts and Gold Treasure Files

Series 9: American School of Archaeology in China

Series 10: Printed Material

Series 11: Outsize Material

Series 12: Photographs

Biographical Note:

1854 February 25 -- Born in Kingston, New York

1873 -- Appointed accountant and paymaster of New York, Kingston and Syracuse Railroad by Frank J. Hecker (1846-1927)

1876 -- Moves to Indiana to work, with Hecker, for the Detroit and Eel River and Illinois Railroad

1880 -- Moves to Detroit, participates in organization of the Peninsular Car Works with Hecker

1883 -- Becomes vice president and secretary of Peninsular Car Company when it succeeds Peninsular Car Works

1883 -- Begins collecting European prints

1884 -- Peninsular Car Company constructs plant on Ferry Avenue

1887 -- Meets Howard Mansfield (1849-1938)

1887 -- Acquires proofs of 26 etchings, Venice, Second Series(1886), by James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)

1887 -- Purchases a small Japanese fan attributed to Ogata Korin(1658-1715)

1887 -- Buys land on Ferry Avenue

1889 -- Meets Frederick Stuart Church (1826-1900) and Dwight William Tryon (1849-1925) in New York

1890 -- Commissions Wilson Eyre (1858-1944) to design house on Ferry Avenue, Detroit, Michigan

1890 -- On first trip to London, meets James McNeill Whistler(1834-1903)

1892 -- Moves to Ferry Avenue house

1892 -- Tryon and Thomas Wilmer Dewing (1851-1938) undertake decoration of reception rooms

1893 -- Lends American paintings to World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago

1893 -- Purchases first piece of Chinese art, a small painting of white herons by an anonymous Ming dynasty (1368-1644) artist

1894 -- Begins yearlong trip around the world, which includes visit to the Whistlers in Paris and first trip to Asia, stopping in Ceylon (now Sri Lanka), India, China, and Japan

1896 -- Meets Matsuki Bunkyo (1867-1940) in Boston

1899 -- Takes part in consolidation of railroad-car building companies then retires from active business

1900 -- Attends Exposition International Universelle in Paris

1900 -- Buys villa in Capri with Thomas S. Jerome

1901 -- Meets Siegfried Bing (1838-1905) in Paris and Ernest Fenollosa(1853-1908), who visits Freer in Detroit

1902 -- Meets Dikran Kelekian (1868-1951)

1902 -- Spends summer in Britain building Whistler collection

1902 -- Views Whistler's, Harmony in Blue and Gold: The Peacock Room

1904 -- Purchases Whistler's Peacock Room

1904 -- Offers his art collections and funds to build a museum in which to house them to the Smithsonian Institution

1905 -- Smithsonian committee visits Freer in Detroit

1906 -- United States government formally accepts Freer's gift on January 24

1906 -- Freer signs Deed of Gift to Smithsonian Institution on May 5

1907 -- On second tour of Asia, meets Hara Tomitaro 1868-1939) in Yokohama, Japan

1908 -- Takes third trip to Asia, specifically to West Asia to study Rakka ware

1909 -- Tours Europe to study art museums

1909 -- On fourth trip to Asia, attends memorial ceremony for Fenollosa (d.1908 September) at Miidera, Japan, and meets Duanfang (1861-1911) in China

1910 -- On last trip to Asia, visits Longmen Buddhist caves in China

1911 -- Suffers stroke

1912 -- Lends selection of objects for exhibition at Smithsonian Institution

1913 -- Meets Eugene (1875-1957) and Agnes E. (1887-1970) Meyer

1913 -- Commissions Charles Adams Platt (1861-1933) to design museum building in Washington

1914 -- Meets Katharine Nash Rhoades (1885-1965) in Detroit

1915 -- Settles in New York City

1915 -- Site of future Freer Gallery of Art is determined

1916 -- Platt's plans for Freer Gallery are approved by Smithsonian Regents and Commission of Fine Arts and ground is broken in September

1918 -- After falling ill in Detroit, Freer travels to New York for treatment

1918 -- Work on the museum building is delayed by the war

1919 -- Freer appends codicil to will permitting acquisitions of Asian, Egyptian, and Near Eastern (West Asian) art

1919 -- Dies in New York City on 25 September and is buried in Kingston, New York

1919 -- Construction of Freer Gallery completed

1920 -- John Ellerton Lodge (1876-1942) is appointed director of the Freer Gallery

1923 -- Freer Gallery opens to the public on May 9

1930 -- Memorial ceremony for Freer is held at Koetsuji, Kyoto

Charles Lang Freer was an American industrialist who founded the Freer Gallery of Art. He was a well-known collector of Asian art, and strongly supported the synthesis of Eastern art and Western art. One of his most famous acquisitions was James McNeill Whistler's Peacock Room.

Index:

Index to cross-referenced correspondents in the series Charles Lang Freer correspondence

Beal, Junius E. -- See: -- Warring, Joseph Stephens

Black, George M. -- See: -- Saint-Gaudens, Augustus

Board of Education (Kingston, New York) See: Michael, M. J.

Bonner, Campbell See: University of Michigan

Boughton, George H. See: Yardley, F. C.

British Museum See: Binyon, Laurence; Hobson, R. L.

Brown, Harold H. See: Art Association of Indianapolis

Buchner, Evelyn B. See: Knoedler, M., and Company

Buckholder, C. H. See: Art Institute of Chicago

Butler, S. B. See: Unidentified correspondents

Carnegie Institute See: Balken, Edward Duff; Harshe, Robert B.

Carpenter, Newton H. See: Art Institute of Chicago

Caulkins, Horace James See: Pewabic Pottery

Chao, Shih-chin See: Gunn, Chu Su

Chicago & North Western Railway Co. See: Hughett, Marvin

Clark, Charles Upson See: Clark, Arthur B.

Cleveland Museum of Art See: Whiting, Frederic Allen

Columbia University See: Braun, W. A.; Gottheil, Richard; Hirth, Friederich

Commission of Fine Arts See: Moore, Charles

Corcoran Gallery of Art See: Minnigerode, C. Powell

Crocker, Anna B. See: Portland Art Association

Dannenberg, D. E. See: Karlbeck, Orvar

De Menoncal, Beatrice See: Lien, Hui Ch'ing Collection

De Ricci, Seymour See: Ricci, Seymour de

Defnet, William A., Mrs., See: Franke, Ida M.

DeMotte See: Vigouroux, J.

Detroit Institute of Arts See: Detroit Museum of Art

Detroit Publishing Company See: Livingstone, W. A.

Detroit School of Design See: George Hamilton; Stevens, Henry

DeVinne Press See: Peters, Samuel T.; Witherspoon, A. S.

Dyrenforth, P. C. See: Philip, Rosalind Birnie

Eddy, Arthur J. See: Philip, Rosalind Birnie

Eggers, George Williams See: Art Institute of Chicago

Farr, Daniel H. See: Robinson and Farr

Farrand School (Detroit) See: Yendall, Edith

Field Museum of Natural History (Chicago) See: Laufer, Berthold

Flagg, Frederick J. See: Allen, Horace N.

Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University See: Forbes, Edward; Pope, Arthur Upham; Sachs, Paul J.

French, M. R. See: Art Institute of Chicago

Fu, Lan-ya See: Pang, Lai-ch'en

Fujii, Yoshio See: Yoshio, Fujii

Gerrity, Thomas See: Knoedler, M., and Company

Goupil Gallery See: Marchant, William

Gray, William J. See: Barr, Eva

Great Lakes Engineering Works See: Hoyt, H. W.

Grolier Club See: Philip, Rosalind Birnie

Heinemann, W. See: Philip, Rosalind Birnie

Holden, Edward S. See: West Point, U. S. Military Academy

Hudson, J. L. See: Weber, William C.

Hutchins, Harry B. See: University of Michigan

Hutchins, Charles L. See: Art Institute of Chicago

Kelekian, H. G. See: Kelekian, Dikran G.

Kent, H. W. See: Metropolitan Museum of Art

Lee, Kee Son See: Li, Chi-ch'un

Levy, John See: Schneider, A. K.

Library of Congress See: Rice, Richard A.; Wright, Helen

Louvre (Paris, France) See: Midgeon, Gaston

Matsuki, Z. See: Matsuki, Kihachiro

McKim, Mead and White See: White, Stanford

Mills, A. L., Colonel See: Saint-Gaudens, Augustus

Miner, Luella See: Lien, Hui Ch'ing Collection

Minneapolis Institute of Arts See: Breck, Joseph; Van Derlip, John R.

Monif, R. Khan See: Rathbun, Richard

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston See: Lodge, John Ellerton

Naser, Katen & Nahass See: Katen, K.

Nordlinger, Marie, Miss See: Meyer-Riefstahl, Marie

Panama Pacific International Exposition See: Moore, Charles C.; Trask, John E. D.

Peabody Museum See: Morse, Edward Sylvester

Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts See: Trask, John E. D.

Perry, Mary Chase, Miss., See: Pewabic Pottery

Philip, Ronald M. See: Philip, Rosalind Birnie

Pope, G. D. See: Barr, Eva

Reinhart, A. G. See: Gottschalk, E.

Reitz, Sigisbert Chrétien Bosch See: Bosch-Reitz, Sigisbert Chrétien

Rutgers College See: Van Dyke, John C.

Saint-Gaudens, Augusta H. See: Saint-Gaudens, Augustus

Saint-Gaudens, Homer See: Saint-Gaudens, Augustus

Samurai Shokai See: Nomura, Yozo

San Francisco Art Association See: Laurvik, J. Nilsen

Scribner's, Charles, Sons See: Van Dyke, John C.

Shaw, Wilfred B. See: University of Michigan

Shirae, S. Z. See: Yamanaka and Company

Smith College See: Clark, Arthur B.

Smithsonian Institution See: Holmes, William Henry; Rathbun, Richard; Ravenel, Walcott, Charles D.

Society of Arts and Crafts (Detroit) See: Plumb, Helen

Societe des Beaux-Arts See: Reid, Alexander

Stevens, George W. See: Toledo Museum of Art

Stratton, Mary Chase Perry See: Pewabic Pottery

Tanaka, Kichijiro See: Yamanaka and Company

Tuttle, William F. See: Art Institute of Chicago

Union Trust Company (Detroit) See: Philip, Rosalind Birnie

United States Military Academy See: West Point, U. S. Military Academy

University of Chicago See: Zug, George Breed

University of Pennsylvania, Univ. Mus. See: Gordon, George Bryon

Ushikubo, D. J. R. See: Yamanaka and Company

Wallis & Son See: Barr, Eva; Thompson, C. Croal Ward, Clarence See: Oberlin College

Warren, Edward K. See: Philip, Rosalind Birnie

Warring, Stephen See: Warring, Joseph Stephens

Watkin, Williams R. T. See: Philip, Rosalind Birnie

Watson, Margaret, Miss See: Parker, Margaret Watson

Whistler, Anna See: Stanton, Anna Whistler

Whiting, Almon C. See: Toledo Museum of Art

Williams College See: Rice, Richard A

Wright, F. G. See: Orbach and Company

Yatsuhashi, H. See: Yamanaka and Company

Index to cross-referenced correspondence in the series Whistler correspondence

Bell, William See: Unidentified correspondents

Brown, Ernest See: Painter Etchers' Society, Committee

Cowen, John T. See subseries: Charles Lang Freer Correspondence

Ford, Sheridan See: Reid, Alexander

Haden, Francis Seymour See: Painter Etchers' Society, Committee

Haden, Francis Seymour, Lady See: Haden, Deborah Whistler

Leighton, Frederick, Baron See: Campbell, Lady Colin

Moore, Albert See: Reid, Alexander

Morley, Charles See: Pall Mall Gazette

Morris, Harrison S. See: Reid, Alexander

Pennell, Joseph See: Miscellaneous typescripts

Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts See: Reid, Alexander

Prange, F. G. See: Reid, Alexander

Societe des Beaux-Arts See: Reid, Alexander

Society of Portrait Painters See: Reid, Alexander

Stevens Fine Art See: Reid, Alexander

Studd, Arthur See: Miscellaneous typescripts

[Vanderbilt?], George, Mrs. See: George, Mrs.

Whistler, William McNeill, Mrs. See: Whistler, Nellie

Whistler Memorial Committee See: Miscellaneous typescripts

Related Material:

The Archives of American Art microfilmed portions of the Freer papers in 1992. The microfilm is available at the Archives of American Art's Washington D.C. office, the Freer Gallery of Art Library, and through interlibrary loan.

Provenance:

Gift of the Estate of Charles Lang Freer.

Restrictions:

Collection is open for research.

Rights:

Permission to publish, quote, or reproduce must be secured from the repository.

Topic:

Art, American -- Collectors and collecting  Search this

Art, Asian -- Collectors and collecting  Search this

Art -- Collectors and collecting  Search this

Architecture -- Asia  Search this

Genre/Form:

Diaries

Financial records

Correspondence

Photographs

Citation:

Charles Lang Freer Papers. FSA A.01. National Museum of Asian Art Archives. Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. Gift of the estate of Charles Lang Freer.

Identifier:

FSA.A.01

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Charles Lang Freer Papers

Archival Repository:

Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/dc3f1a0e3e0-630c-48d4-ba28-485946b1d615

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-fsa-a-01