Morris Louis Papers
Object Details
- Collection Artist
- Louis, Morris, 1912-1962
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- Morris Louis and Morris Louis Estate papers
- Sponsor
- Partial funding for the processing of this collection was provided by the Marcella Brenner Revocable Trust.
- Extent
- 2.9 Linear feet (Boxes 1-3)
- Date
- circa 1910s-1998
- bulk 1950-1962
- Archival Repository
- Archives of American Art
- Identifier
- AAA.louimorr, Series 1
- Type
- Archival materials
- Collection Citation
- Morris Louis and Morris Louis Estate Papers, circa 1910s-2007, bulk 1965-2000. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
- Arrangement
- This series is arranged as 7 subseries. 1.1 Biographical Material, 1964-1966 1.2 Correspondence, 1941-1998 1.3 Business Records, 1948-1963 1.4 Notebooks, circa 1947-1962 1.5 Printed Material, 1937-1962 1.6 Artifacts, circa 1950s 1.7 Photographs, 1910s-1962
- 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.
- Scope and Contents
- Within the Morris Louis papers (circa 3 linear feet) are scattered biographical materials, including chronologies and resumes, for Morris Louis and Marcella Brenner. Correspondence is with family friends, artists, and galleries, the bulk of which consists of photocopies. Of note are letters from Helen Frankenthaler, Clement Greenberg, Leonard Bocour, Kenneth Noland, and Anne Truitt. Among the correspondence are condolence cards and guest book pages of a Louis exhibition at Andre Emmerich Gallery in 1961 with notable signatures. Business records include lists of artwork, receipts for art supplies, and scattered tax records. Six notebooks belonging to Morris Louis contain notes about house measurements, student attendance and payments, studio rental payments, addresses, travel expenses, and a short list of paintings with dimensions and numbers assigned by Louis. One notebook of Marcella Brenner's contains notes about expenses, addresses, and miscellany. Printed materials include exhibition catalogs and announcements, brochures, and clippings. There is one canvas sample and one embossing stamp. Photographs are of Morris Louis, Marcella Brenner, and the Bernstein family.
- Collection Restrictions
- Use of original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Washington, D.C. Research Center. Many of the audio recordings and transcripts of interviews with 26 artists conducted by Anita Faatz in 1970-1971 are access restricted and written permission is required from the person interviewed. Please contact reference services for more information. Any use of archival audiovisual recordings with no duplicate access copy requires advance notice.
- Record ID
- ebl-1503511449825-1503511449843-0
- Metadata Usage
- CC0