Murals without walls videorecording / WNET/Thirteen; director, Alfred Broderick; producer, Elizabeth Davis; artistic consultant, Ruth Bowman
Object Details
- Publication, Distribution, Etc. (Imprint)
- New York : WNET/Thirteen, 1979.
- General
- Broadcast Dec. 1978 on WNET/Thirteen's Dateline, N.J. series. U-matic video produced April 16, 1979.
- Based on the exhibition "Murals Without Walls: Arshile Gorky's Aviation Murals Rediscovered," Newark Museum, Nov. 1978-March 1979.
- Creator
- WNET (Television station : New York, N.Y.)
- Names
- American Federation of Arts
- WNET (Television station : New York, N.Y.)
- Bowman, Ruth, 1923-
- Broderick, Alfred
- Davis, Elizabeth
- Gorky, Arshile, 1904-1948
- Place
- Newark Airport
- Topic
- Mural painting and decoration -- 20th century -- Conservation and restoration
- Mural painting and decoration -- 20th century -- New Jersey -- Newark
- Provenance
- Donated by the American Federation of Arts, who sponsored a tour of the Newark Museum exhibition "Murals Without Walls: Arshile Gorky's Aviation Murals Rediscovered," July 1979-December 1980. The exhibit was curated by Ruth Bowman.
- Creator
- WNET (Television station : New York, N.Y.)
- Extent
- 1 Videocassettes (U-matic) ((30 min), sd., col., 3/4 in.)
- Date
- 1979
- Archival Repository
- Archives of American Art
- Identifier
- AAA.wnettelv
- Type
- Collection descriptions
- Archival materials
- Videocassettes (u-matic)
- Scope and Contents
- Describes the 1972 discovery and later conservation of Arshile Gorky's murals "Aviation" at the Newark, N.J. International Airport, executed in 1937 by Gorky as part of the Work Projects Administration art project. Art historian Ruth Bowman, N.J. Port Authority employees Saul Wenegrat and Stephen Staempler, and conservator Carroll Wales of Oliver Bros. are among those who describe their involvement. The murals are now in the Newark Museum.
- Record ID
- ebl-1596344432899-1596344432901-0
- Metadata Usage
- CC0
