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Artist Files

Archives of American Art

Object Details

sova.aaa.washbgall_ref3
GUID
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9c025e3db-d2e2-49e9-b48d-6c3857ba5bb1
Collection Creator
Washburn Gallery (New York, N.Y.)
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Extent
31.5 Linear feet (Boxes 6-37, 48)
4.081 Gigabytes (2444 computer files)
Date
1906-2017
bulk 1971-2011
Archival Repository
Archives of American Art
Identifier
AAA.washbgall, Series 3
Type
Archival materials
Gigabytes
Collection Citation
Washburn Gallery records, 1906-2023, bulk 1971-2010. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Arrangement
Files are arranged alphabetically by artist name. For artists with multiple folders, general correspondence is filed first, with subsequent folders arranged alphabetically by topic or material type.
Scope and Contents
Artist files comprise the bulk of the collection at 31.5 linear feet and 4.081 gigabytes, and date from 1906-2017, bulk 1971-2011. Included here is correspondence, appraisals, financial statements, sales records, inventories, loan agreements, consignments forms, photographic material, printed material, writings, digital videos, digital images, and a few interview transcripts related to Washburn Gallery's stable of artists and those they exhibited. Frequent topics include sales, exhibitions at other institutions, special projects and commissions, conservation, and estate matters. Correspondence is with collectors, dealers, authors, journalists, curators, other colleagues as well as the heirs and executors of artists' estates. With the exception of Ronald Bladen and Bruce Kurland, correspondence with the artists is rare. Many artists have several files of photographic material detailing their works, and in some cases, photographs of the artist. Many artists also have several files containing printed material related to their career, including exhibition announcements, catalogs, press clippings, and newspapers and magazine articles. Some folders contain copies of original material produced in the early to mid-twentieth century. Material that dates prior to the Gallery's founding includes collected printed material and research relating to provenance. The artist files reflect the gallery's stable of artists over the decades, as well as artists they exhibited, but did not represent. Significant documentation pertains to James Abbe, Richard Baker, Richard Benson, Ronald Bladen, Norman Bluhm, James Brooks, Byron Browne, Rosalind Bengelsdorf Browne, Patrick Henry Bruce, Arthur B. Carles, Nicolas Carone, Henry Church, Marjorie Content, Stuart Davis, Victor de Grailly, Elaine de Kooning, Burgoyne Diller, Arthur Dove, Fritz Glarner, Arshile Gorky, Marsden Hartley, Martin J. Heade, Edward Hicks, John William and John Henry Hill, Lewis Hine, Harry Holtzman, Bill Jensen, Joshua Johnson (Johnston), Gerome Kamrowski, Alice Trumbull Mason, Richard McDermott Miller, Gwynn Murrill, Louise Nevelson, Costantino Nivola, John Opper, Ray Parker, Ammi Phillips, Jackson Pollock, Robert Reed, T. Addison Richards, Gilbert Rohde, Alvin Ross, Mark Rothko, Morgan Russell, Anne Ryan, Albert Pinkham Ryder, Rolph Scarlett, Charles Shaw, David Smith, Leon Polk Smith, Myron Stout, Paul Strand, George Sugarman, Antonio Tàpies, and Jack Youngerman.
Collection Restrictions
This collection is open for research. Access to original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C. Research Center. Researchers interested in accessing born-digital records in this collection must use access copies. Contact References Services for more information.
AAA.washbgall_ref3
Large EAD
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9c025e3db-d2e2-49e9-b48d-6c3857ba5bb1
AAA.washbgall
AAA
Record ID
ebl-1555941031911-1555941032017-1

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