Gloria de Herrera papers, 1936-1996 (bulk 1947-1985)

Duchamp, Marcel, 1887-1968

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Henri-Robert-Marcel Duchamp (French:28 July 1887 – 2 October 1968) was a French-American painter, sculptor, chess player and writer whose work is associated with Cubism, conceptual art, and Dada, although he was careful about his use of the term Dada and was not directly associated with Dada groups. Duchamp is commonly regarded, along with Pablo Picasso and Henri Matisse, as one of the three artists who helped to define the revolutionary developments in the plastic arts in the opening decades of...

Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974

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Duke Ellington (b. Edward Kennedy Ellington, April 29, 1899, Washington, DC–d. May 24, 1974, New York, NY) was a composer, pianist, and jazz orchestra leader. He began piano lessons at 7 and wrote his first composition, "Soda Fountain Rag", in 1914. Ellington became a more serious piano student as a teenager after hearing poolroom pianists in Washington, DC. Ellington moved to Harlem, ultimately becoming part of the Harlem Renaissance in the early 1920s. He began a regular booking at the Cott...

Armstrong, Louis, 1901-1971

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Louis Armstrong, a jazz musician and entertainer, was born on August 4, 1901 in New Orleans, Louisiana. He claimed to have been born on July 4, 1900, which is the date given on his World War I draft card. However, recent research gives good documentation to the August 4, 1901 date, including his baptismal certificate. Some sources also cite 1898 as his birth date. He died on July 6, 1971. Armstrong was born and raised in New Orleans. Coming to prominence in the 1920s as an inventive trumpet a...

Gillespie, Dizzy, 1917-1993

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Dizzy Gillespie (born John Birks Gillespie, October 21, 1917, Cheraw, South Carolina - January 6, 1993 Englewood, New Jersey) was an American jazz trumpeter, bandleader, composer, and singer. He joined his first professional band in 1935. In the 1940s Gillespie became a major figure in the development of bebop and modern jazz....

Hodes, Barnet, 1900-1980

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Penrose, Roland, Sir

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Dumas, Roland, 1922-....

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Breton, André, 1896-1966

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French surrealist poet. From the description of Letter, 1954. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 83290392 French writer and one of the founder of surrealism. From the description of Letter, 1955 Feb. 10. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 79306565 ...

Matisse, Pierre, 1900-1989

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Cornell, Joseph

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American artist. From the description of Joseph Cornell letters : Flushing (N.Y.), to Charles Henri Ford, 1938-1957. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 123429522 Assemblage artist. Born 1903, died 1972. From the description of Joseph Cornell letters to Muriel Streeter Schwartz, 1957-1963. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 86118594 Joseph Cornell (1903-1972) was an assemblagist, collagist, and filmmaker from Flushing, N.Y. ...

Gibbons, Joseph Burroughs

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Chavaroche, Marie-Hélène

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Tanning, Dorothea, 1910-2012

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Painter; New York, N.Y. From the description of Dorothea Tanning interview, 1990 July 11 - 1990 Nov. 5. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 220207872 Tanning, Dorothea, 1910, Painter of New York, N.Y. From the description of Oral history interview with Dorothea Tanning 1990 July 11-Nov. 5. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 646400302 ...

Burke, John, 1915-1975

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Epithet: genealogist British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001030.0x0000b4 Epithet: 4th son of Ulick, 3rd Earl of Clanricarde Title: Viscount Burke British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001030.0x0000ba Biographical/Historical Note Lieutenant commander, United S...

Brahim, Malika

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Dondero, George A. (George Anthony), 1883-1968

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Congressman (Royal Oak, Mich.). From the description of George Anthony Dondero papers, 1949-1965. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122394153 U.S. congressman from Michigan's 17th district, Royal Oak, Mich. (1933-1957). Upon retirement from the Congress he practiced law in Royal Oak. From the description of Correspondence and papers of George A. Dondero, 1960-1969 bulk 1957-1968. (Detroit Public Library). WorldCat record id: 56036484 George A. ...

Tanguy, Yves, 1900-1955

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The French Surealist painter Yves Tanguy, a naturalized American in 1848, was a close friend of the American Dadaist and Surrealist artist Man Ray. From the description of Letter to Man Ray, n.d. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 79598511 ...

Bigard, Barney

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Darbois, Dominique

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Tashjian, Dickran, 1940-....

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Lefebvre-Foinet, Maurice

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Johnston, Ynez, 1920-

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Man Ray, Juliet, -1991

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Boudaoud, Omar

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Eluard, Dominique

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Messenger, Ivan

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Kaminsky, Adolfo

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Fitzgerald, Ella, 1917-1996

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Ella Fitzgerald (b. April 25, 1917, Newport News, VA–d. June 15, 1996, Beverly Hills, CA) was an American jazz singer often referred to as the First Lady of Song, Queen of Jazz, and Lady Ella. She was noted for her purity of tone, impeccable diction, phrasing and intonation, and a "horn-like" improvisational ability, particularly in her scat singing. After tumultuous teenage years, Fitzgerald found stability in musical success with the Chick Webb Orchestra, performing across the country, but...

Kelleher, Patrick J. (Patrick Joseph), 1917-

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Patrick J. Kelleher was the Director of the Princeton University Art Museum from 1962-1973. In his tenure he oversaw the construction and dedication of a new museum building in 1966, as well as served on the committee that oversaw the selection and installation of the Putnam Memorial Sculptures on campus. From the description of Patrick J. Kelleher papers 1962-1973. (Princeton University Library). WorldCat record id: 84676151 ...

De Herrera, Gloria, 1929-1985

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Biographical/Historical Note Gloria Claire de Herrera was born in Los Angeles on April 26, 1929, of Mexican and German descent. In 1947, while still in high school, she befriended Barbara C. Byrnes, owner of the American Contemporary Gallery on Hollywood Boulevard, and her husband James B. Byrnes. In 1949 James Byrnes, at that time a curator at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, offered De Herrera a position as project secretary for the Ca...

Galleria del naviglio (Milan, Italy)

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Copley, William Nelson, 1919-1996

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William N. Copley (January 24, 1919 – May 7, 1996) also known as CPLY, was an American painter, writer, gallerist, collector, patron, publisher and art entrepreneur. His works as an artist have been classified as late Surrealist and precursory to Pop Art. From Wikipedia, accessed 16 July 2018: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Copley_(artist)...

Hall, J. H.

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Meyer, Franz, 1919-2007

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Brauner, Victor, 1903-1966

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Romanian-French painter. From the description of Typescript : [n.p., n.d.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270874882 ...

Ernst, Max, 1891-1976

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German-French Surrealist painter. From the description of Letter : Sedona, to Alfred Barr, 1947 Nov. 19. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 77955633 Max Ernst (1891-1976) was a painter and sculptor, from New York, N.Y. From the description of Max and Dorothea Ernst letters concerning Max Ernst's American citizenship status, [ca. 1957]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122403886 German painter. From the description of Letter, ca. 19...

De Herrera, David

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Fonvieille-Alquier, François

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Loeb, Edouard

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Dorival, Bernard

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Matisse, Henri, 1869-1954

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Matisse was born in 1869 to generations of weavers in Le Cateau-Cambrésis, a northern French town whose woolen mills constituted the main industry. He was raised in nearby Bohain, famous for its luxury fabrics. This early exposure to textiles would shape his visual language: examples from his own collection of carpets and cloths from Europe, Africa, and the Middle East would deeply inform his sense of color and pattern and appear in his compositions. Taking up painting after first studyin...

Granz, Norman, 1918-

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De Herrera, Mildred

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Paalen, Wolfgang, 1907-1959

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Wolfgang Paalen (Vienna, 1905/1907 - Mexico City, 1959), Austrian painter and writer associated primarily with Surrealism and the Dynatones group. At the beginning of World War II he settled in Mexico, where he introduced the surrealism in painting. He took his own life in Mexico City. From the description of Letter : Mexico D.F., to Pierre Mabille, Fort-de-France, [ca. 1940 - ca. 1945]. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 78735730 ...

Copley Galleries

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Byrnes, Barbara

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Teagarden, Jack, 1905-1964

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Jazz musician Weldon Leo (Jack) Teagarden (1905-1964) was born in Vernon, Texas, to Charles and Helen Teagarden. Beginning piano lessons at the age of five, Teagarden switched to trombone two years later. After his first professional performance in 1921, Teagarden played with several Texas bands and made his first trip to New York in 1926. A year later he moved to the city and defeated Glenn Miller for the position of first trombone in Ben Pollack’s band. Teagarden made his first re...

Calder, Alexander, 1898-1976

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Sculptor. From the description of Alexander Calder correspondence, 1964. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79452461 Alexander Calder (1898-1976) was a sculptor from New York, N.Y. From the description of Oral history interview with Alexander Calder, 1971 Oct. 26. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 646395903 B. 1898, d. 1976. From the description of Alexander Calder artist file. (Whitney Museum of American Art). WorldCat record id: 228431975 ...

Delectorskaya, Lydia

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Zerbib, Marcel

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Maranz, George

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Éluard, Paul, 1895-1952

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French poet. From the description of Paul Eluard manuscript, ca. 1950. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 79860122 ...

Man Ray, 1890-1976

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Photographer. Halpert was director of the Downtown Gallery, New York, N.Y. and a friend of director of museum director, James W. Foster. From the description of Photograph of Edith Halpert, [ca. 1930]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 744432180 From the description of Photograph of Edith Halpert, [ca. 1930]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122455038 Biographical/Historical Note American-born photographer, painter, a...

Baldwin, Neil, 1947-....

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Matta Echaurren, Roberto Sebastián, 1911-

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Pfriem, Bernard, 1914-

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Barton, Patricia, 1960-....

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Brunius, Jacques-B.

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Epithet: English correspondent of the 'Revue Fontaine' British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000698.0x0001f3 ...

Lucien Lefebvre-Foinet (Firm)

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Picasso, Pablo, 1881-1973

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Pablo Picasso (25 October 1881 – 8 April 1973) was a Spanish painter, sculptor, printmaker, ceramicist and theatre designer who spent most of his adult life in France. Regarded as one of the most influential artists of the 20th century, he is known for co-founding the Cubist movement, the invention of constructed sculpture, the co-invention of collage, and for the wide variety of styles that he helped develop and explore. Among his most famous works are the proto-Cubist Les Demoiselles d'Avignon...

Inverarity, Robert Bruce, 1909-1999

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Designer, museum director; La Jolla, Calif. From the description of Robert Bruce Inverarity interview, 1975 Mar. 4. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 220186681 Robert Bruce Inverarity (1909-1999) was a designer and a museum director in La Jolla, Calif. From the description of Oral history interview with Robert Bruce Inverarity, 1975 Mar. 4. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 779477494 Robert Bruce Inverarity, b. 1909, Designer, museum director of La Jolla, Cali...

Hôtel Drouot

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Ruiz-Picasso, Claude

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Mondrian, Piet, 1872-1944

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Sidney Janis Gallery

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Art gallery; New York, N.Y. From the description of Sidney Janis Gallery exhibition catalogs, 1951-1998. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79768309 ...

Lucas, Jacques

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Mesens, E. L. T. (Edouard Léon Théodore), 1903-1971.

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E.L.T. Mesens supported and promoted the work of surrealist artists and writers, especially those in Belgium and England. He admired the work of Magritte above all and was an early supporter and collector of his paintings. Mesens also wrote music, poetry, and criticism, and created drawings, paintings and collage. From the description of Papers of E. L. T. Mesens, 1917-1976, (bulk 1920-1971). (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 84394807 ...

Young-Mallin, Judith

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Rubin, William, 1927-2006

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Giacometti, Alberto, 1901-1966

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Italian sculptor. From the description of Autograph letters signed (2) : Paris, to John Rewald, 1960 Jan. 26 and 1962 Oct. 29. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270870863 Epithet: writer of plays British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000564.0x0002e2 ...

Drouin, René, 1905-1979

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Grepin

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Pastier, Madeleine

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Foresta, Merry A.

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Penrose, Valentine

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Burley, Dan, 1907-1962

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BYRNES, JAMES B.

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Tsypina, Rita

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Rothman, Walter

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Berggruen, Heinz

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Guy Loudmer, Hervé Poulain (Firm)

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Péret, Benjamin, 1899-1959

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French surrealist writer, who went to Spain during the civil war, then spent eight years in political asylum in Mexico from 1940 to 1948. From the description of Letter, ca. 1927-ca. 1948. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 80691689 ...

Barinov, Igor

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Matisse, Amélie

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Roché, Henri-Pierre, 1879-1959

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Epithet: French author British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000974.0x000107 French journalist; author; art collector, advisor, and dealer. From the description of Henri Pierre Roché Papers, 1886-1971. (Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center (HRC); University of Texas at Austin). WorldCat record id: 191957089 Henri Pierre Roché was born in Paris on May 28, 1879. His father died whe...

Cowart, Jack.

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William John (Jack) Cowart III (February 7, 1945- ) was born in Fort Riley, Kansas. He attended the Haverford school system for his primary education. In 1976 Cowart graduated Virginia Military Institute with a Bachelor of Art in History. From 1969-1971 he lived in France with his wife Susan completing the European research for his doctoral paper. His dissertation, "'Ecoliers' to 'fauvres, ' Matisse, Marquet, and Manguin drawings: 1890-1906," was submitted to Johns Hopkins University in May 1972...

Musée National d'Art Moderne

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Mannheimer Kunstverein.

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Mitchell, Irene Musillo

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Gilot, Françoise, 1921-

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French painter. From the description of Françoise Gilot Collection, 1944-1965. (Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center (HRC); University of Texas at Austin). WorldCat record id: 85242215 Françoise Gilot (1921- ) Françoise Gilot was born November 26, 1921 in the chic Parisian suburb of Neuilly-sur-Seine, France. An only child, she is the daughter of Emile Gilot, an agronomist, and Madeline Renoult. Attracted by art from a young age, and influenced ...

Francette

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Poniatowski, Michel

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Toyen, 1902-1980

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Born in Prague and resident in Paris from 1945 to her death in 1980, the painter (Marie Cerminova) was one of the leading artists of the Czech Surrealist movement. From the description of Items related to the Toyen exhibit held at the Galerie Furstenberg, Paris, April 30 - May 17, 1958, 1958. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 84279036 ...