Alice Yamin papers

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Alice Yamin papers

1927-1998

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The papers of painter, draftsperson, and art consultant Alice Yamin date from 1927-1998, and measure 2.0 linear feet. Found within the papers are letters from artists, writers, galleries, and CIGY-GEIGY Corporation for whom Yamin worked as an art consultant. The collection also contains exhibition files, printed material, and photographs of Yamin, family members, and colleagues.The most significant series consists of letter files, which also contain scattered printed material and photographs collected by Yamin, concerning specific individuals and organizations. Represented within the files are artists Herb Aach, Ilya Bolotowsky, Ernest Briggs, Lily Brody, Fritz Bultman, Elaine DeKooning, Sideo Fromboluti, Fritz Glarner, Adolph Gottlieb, John Grillo, Buffie Johnson, Alex Katz, William H. Littlefield, Alice Trumbull Mason, Elizabeth McFadden, Daphne Mumford, Barnett Newman, Philip Pavia, Mark Rothko, Elsa Schmid, and Jane Teller; curator Henry Ginsburg; writers Barbara Nimri Aziz, Georgine Oeri, Gertrud Oeri-Sarasin, and Leo Yamin; and galleries including the Ingber Gallery and the Landmark Gallery. There are also letter files concerning the CIGY-GEIGY Corporation; for Alice Yamin's brother, businessman Frank S. Bernard, and the town of Chilmark, Massachusetts, where the Yamins spent their summers. Even though Yamin's responses to the letters are not included in the collection, this series illustrates the wide range of her friendships and associates in the art business.Also found are exhibition files containing letters, prospectuses, business records such as loan agreements, clippings, and exhibition announcements and catalogs concerning the inclusion of Yamin's art work primarily in group exhibitions. Printed material consists of miscellaneous clippings, and exhibition announcements and catalogs that do not relate to the exhibition files, as well as miscellaneous booklets, brochures, and a copy of the book <emph render="italic">American Drawings, Watercolors, Pastels, and Collages</emph> published by the Corcoran Gallery of Art which contains a reproduction of Yamin's work. Photographs are of Yamin, family members, and colleagues including Bill and Maria Lipkind, and Aaron Siskind.

2 linear feet

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SNAC Resource ID: 6630793

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Lipkind, William, 1904-1974.

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Yamin, Leo.

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Aziz, Barbara Nimri

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Oeri-Sarasin, Gertrude.

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Siskind, Aaron, 1971-

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Siskind, Aaron. American Photographer. Born: New York City, 4 December 1903. Education: DeWitt Clinton High School, New York; City College of New York, B.S.S. in literature 1926; self-taught in photography. Family: Married Sidonie Glaller in 1929. Instructor in English, various public schools, New York, 1926-49. Took first photos, Bermuda, 1930; professional freelance photographer since 1932. Member of the Film and Photo League, New York, 1932-35, 1936-41. Part-time Instructor in Photography, Tr...

Lipkind, Maria.

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Ginsberg, Henry.

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Oeri, Georgine.

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Brody, Lily.

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De Kooning, Elaine.

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Bernard, Frank S.

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Lipkind, Bill

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Katz, Alex, 1927-....

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Painter; New York City. From the description of Alex Katz papers, 1953-1982. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 78054299 Artist. From the description of Reminiscences of Alex Katz : oral history, 1978. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122343168 Painter (New York, N.Y.). From the description of Alex Katz interview, 1969 Oct. 20 [sound recording]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 83634712 Alex Katz (1927- ) ...

Gottlieb, Adolph, 1903-1974

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Adolph Gottlieb (1903-1974) was a painter from New York, N.Y. From the description of Oral history interview with Adolph Gottlieb, 1967 Oct. 25. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 646398642 Painter; New York, N.Y. From the description of Adolph Gottlieb papers, 1929-1967. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122545836 From the description of Adolph Gottlieb interview, 1967 Oct. 25 [sound recording]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 82919384 ...

Pavia, Philip, 1915-2005

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Philip Pavia, a sculptor, New York, N.Y. Born 1912. Died 2005. Pavia attended the Beaux Arts School, 1930, the Art Students League, 1931-1933, and traveled and studied in Europe from 1931-1937. In 1948 he founded The Club, a group devoted to discussion of modern art. Pavia was the group's driving force, organizing and leading Wednesday and Friday night lectures and members-only panel conversations and other events at the 39 E. 8th St. location. In 1958 he founded and edited the publication It Is...

Littlefield, William Horace, 1902-1969.

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Painter; New York, N.Y. From the description of William Horace Littlefield poem, 1958 May 30. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122557443 William Horace Littlefield (1902-1969) was a painter, writer, and art collector in New York, N.Y. From the description of William Horace Littlefield papers, 1920-1969. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 220149817 ...

Aach, Herbert, 1923-1985

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Painter, art instructor and writer Herbert Aach (1923-1985) worked primarily in New York City. Born in Cologne, Germany, Aach came to the United States in 1939. He taught at the Brooklyn Museum School (1947-1951), Pratt Institute (1966-1969), and at Queens College (1966-1985). In 1971 he was editor and translator of Goethe's Color Theory . Aach was president of the Artists Technical Research Institute, which was founded in 1959 by Bena Frank and Ralph Mayer to conduct scientific and...

Fromboluti, Sideo, 1921-

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Schmid, Elsa, 1897-

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Sculptor. From the description of Elsa Schmid interview, 1968 August 1. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 220190166 Elsa Schmid was an artist, and the wife of J. B. Neumann. From the description of Correspondence with Carl Zigrosser, 1946. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 155899134 Elsa Schmid (b. 1897) was a sculptor. From the description of Oral history interview with Elsa Schmid, 1968 August 1. (Unknown). WorldCat rec...

Siskind, Aaron

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Grillo, John, 1917-

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Painter; Amherst, Mass. From the description of John Grillo interview, 1964 Dec. 29 [sound recording]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 83873042 From the description of Oral history interview with John Grillo, 1964 Dec. 29 [sound recording]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 312026529 ...

Brody, Lily

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Yamin, Alice

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Painter, art consultant; New York, N.Y. Consultant to the Ciba-Geigy collection, ca. 1965-1975; b. April 8, 1905 in Paris, France; d. April 4, 2002. From the description of Alice Yamin papers, 1927-1998. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 301785409 Painter, art consultant; New York, N.Y. Died 2002. Consultant to the Ciba-Geigy collection, ca. 1965-1975. From the description of Alice Yamin papers, 1923-[ca. 1990s]. (Un...

Bultman, Fritz, 1919-1985

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Painter (New York, N.Y.). From the description of Fritz Bultman interview, 1968 Jan. 6. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 220181531 Painter, sculptor; New York, N.Y. Born in New Orleans, Bultman began his studies with Morris Graves in 1931. He studied in Munich, 1935-1957, where he also was a tenant of Mrs. Hans Hofmann. From 1938-1941, he attended the New Bauhaus of Chicago and studied with Hofmann in N.Y. and Provincetown. Bultman taught drawing at th...

Rothko, Mark, 1903-1970

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Russian-born American artist, Mark Rothko, is noted as one of the primary artists of Abstract Expressionism and color field painting. From the description of Mark Rothko manuscripts and sketchbook, circa 1935-1943. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 81257215 Mark Rothko was an American painter and draughtsman of Russian birth. Born Sept. 25, 1903, Dvinsk, Russia (now Daugavpils, Latvia). Died Feb. 25, 1970, New York. From the description of The artis...

McFadden, Elizabeth

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Mason, Alice Trumbull, 1904-1971

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Painter; New York, N.Y. Was a member of American Abstract Artists. From the description of Alice Trumbull Mason papers, 1921-1977. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 220158249 Alice Trumbull Mason was born in 1904 in Litchfield, Connecticut. Her mother, Anne Leavenworth Train, was an accomplished artist before she met Alice's father, William Trumbull, a descendent of the Revolutionary War era painter, John Trumbull. Alice spent much of her c...

de Kooning, Elaine

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Elaine De Kooning, painter and wife of painter Willem de Kooning of New York. From the description of Oral history interview with Elaine de Kooning, 1981 Aug. 27. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 646400460 Sculptor; New York City; East Hampton, New York; b. 1918. From the description of Elaine de Kooning scrapbook, [ca. 1960-1963.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 78603967 Painter, wife of painter Willem de Kooning; New York. From the descriptio...

Briggs, Ernest, 1923-

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Epithet: Australian writer British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000210.0x0000b7 Painter; New York, N.Y. From the description of Ernest Briggs interview, 1982 July 12 - Oct. 21. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 220208720 Ernest Briggs (1923-1984) was a painter from New York, N.Y. From the description of Oral history interview with Ernest Briggs, 1982 July 12-Oct. 21. (Unknown). WorldCat...

Johnson, Buffie

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Painter, mural painter; New York, N.Y. Born 1912. From the description of Buffie Johnson interviews, 1977 Nov. 22-1978 Jan. 23. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 220179033 Painter and lecturer; New York City. Born 1912. From the description of Buffie Johnson papers, 1939-1980. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122455205 Buffie Johnson, b. 1912, Painter of New York, N.Y. From the description of Oral history interview with Buffie Johnson, 1982 Nov. 1...

Teller, Jane

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Jane Teller (1911-1990) worked as a printmaker and sculptor primarily in New Jersey. She specialized in working with wood and studied at the Rochester Institute of Technology, Skidmore College, and Barnard College. She also attended Federal Works Progress Administration (W.P.A.) classes in New York City, studying sculpture with Aaron J. Goodelman and wood carving with Karl Nielson. She later studied welding in the studio of Ibram Lassaw. She was also a lifelong friend of photographer Aaron Siski...

Ginsberg, Henry

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Yamin, Leo

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Oeri, Georgine

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Aziz, Barbara Nimri

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Newman, Barnett, 1905-1970

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Painter, writer; New York City. From the description of Barnett Newman papers, 1943-1971. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 81461322 ...

Landmark Gallery (New York, N.Y.)

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Lipkind, Maria

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Bernard, Frank S.

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Bolotowsky, Ilya, 1907-1981

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Russian-American abstract painter; New York, N.Y. Died 1981. From the description of Ilya Bolotowsky interview, 1968 Mar. 24 - Apr. 7. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 220181271 From the description of Ilya Bolotowsky interview, 1967. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 78430875 From the description of Abstraction and neoplasticism : lecture, 1975 January 15 / by Ilya Bolotowsky. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 84201827 From the description of Ilya Bolotowsky paper...

Oeri-Sarasin, Gertrude

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Glarner, Fritz, 1899-1972

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Mumford, Daphne, 1934-

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Painter, poet; New York City. From the description of Daphne Mumford papers, 1974-1980. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122454332 ...