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Correspondence

Archives of American Art

Object Details

Collection Creator
Bluemner, Oscar, 1867-1938
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Oscar Bluemner papers
Sponsor
Funding for the processing and digitization of this collection was provided by the Terra Foundation for American Art.
Extent
0.2 Linear feet (Box 1)
Date
1889-1936
Archival Repository
Archives of American Art
Identifier
AAA.blueosca, Series 2
Type
Archival materials
Collection Citation
Oscar Bluemner papers, 1886-1960. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Arrangement note
Correspondence is arranged chronologically, followed by annotated envelopes which originally contained some of the letters, but were separated at some point prior to processing.
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.
Existence and Location of Copies
This series has been scanned in its entirety.
Scope and Contents note
This series contains Oscar Bluemner's scattered personal and professional correspondence, over half of which is in German, and all letters written prior to 1904 are in German. Early correspondence is with his family and with close friend Oscar Klein. Other correspondence is with fellow artists George Ferdinand Of, Edward Bruce, Stefan Hirsch, Ernest Fiene, and Arnold Friedman and with art collectors and patrons Aline Liebman, Ludwig Vogelstein, Margaret Lewisohn, Albert Rothbart, and Walter Hochschild, primarily discussing the purchase of Bluemner's work. Many of these letters are annotated by Bluemner with notes regarding the correspondent and how he met them. Of note are letters from art dealer Stephan Bourgeois, and two letters from Alfred Stieglitz (1919 and 1927). Additional letters are from the Whitney Studio (later the Whitney Museum of American Art) regarding the purchase and exhibition of his work, and letters from other galleries and museums regarding the possibility of exhibiting his work. There is a small amount of correspondence between Bluemner and art historian and friend John Davis Hatch, and a typescript of "An Open Letter and A Private Opinion" (1932) which Bluemner sent to various people and publications.
Collection Restrictions
The collection has been digitized and is available online via AAA's website.
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Record ID
ebl-1503511357168-1503511357182-3
Metadata Usage
CC0
GUID
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw907fec237-3c5e-4a7e-a170-d812be0ffc83

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