Writing Project Files

Object Details

Sponsor: Funding for the processing of this collection was provided by the Smithsonian Institution's Collections Care and Preservation Fund.

Collection Citation: Alexander Liberman Papers, circa 1912-2003. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

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Scope and Contents note: Liberman organized files for many writing projects for which he was the author, collaborator, or subject. Files typically contain correspondence, lists, notes, drafts, bank documents, forms, project timelines, contracts, agreements, and royalty statements. Many of the files concern the writing and publication of the books Alexander Liberman by Barbara Rose, The Artist in His Studio by Liberman, and Vogue History of Photography by Liberman. Other writing projects concern color photography techniques, Marlene Dietrich, the Piazza del Campidoglio in Rome, and Russian women.

Collection 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. Use of archival audiovisual recordings with no duplicate access copy requires advance notice.