Herbert Matter papers ca. 1937-1984

Albers, Josef, 1888-1976

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Josef Albers was born on March 19, 1888 in Bottrop, Westphalia, Germany, the only child of Lorenz Albers, a housepainter, and Magdelena (Schumacher) Albers. He attended the Präparanden-Schule in Langenhorst from 1902 to 1905 and then the teachers college in Büren, graduating in 1908. He became an instructor in several Westphalian primary schools. Albers studied at the Royal Art School in Berlin, the Arts and Crafts School (Folkwang School)in Essen, and at the Art Academy in Munich u...

Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)

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The main building of the Metropolitan Museum of Art is located at 1000 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y. In the late 1950s and early 1960s, a new art reference library, named the Thomas J. Watson Library, was designed by the architectural firm of Brown, Lawford and Forbes in consultation with the Museum. Severud-Elstad-Krueger were the structural engineers; Krey and Hunt were the mechanical engineers. The Library formally opened Jan. 26, 1965. It occupies three floors: the two lower floors comprise s...

Kiesler, Frederick, 1892-1965

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Frederick John Kiesler, (born Sept. 22, 1892, Vienna, Austria—died Dec. 27, 1965, New York, N.Y., U.S.), Austrian-born American architect, sculptor, and stage designer, best known for his “Endless House,” a womblike, free-form structure. After study at the Technical Academy and the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna, Kiesler worked on a slum clearance and rebuilding project in Vienna with Adolf Loos. In the early 1920s Kiesler began to design for the stage. He designed what was probably the first...

Corning Glass Works

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Corning Glass Works was founded in 1851 by Amory Houghton, in Somerville, Massachusetts, originally as the Bay State Glass Co. It later moved to Williamsburg, Brooklyn, New York, and operated as the Brooklyn Flint Glass Works. The company moved again to its ultimate home and eponym, the city of Corning, New York, in 1868 under leadership of the founder's son, Amory Houghton, Jr. The California Institute of Technology's 200-inch (5.1 m) telescope mirror at Palomar Observatory was cast by Corni...

Coca-Cola Company.

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The Coca-Cola Company was founded in Atlanta, Ga. in 1886 by John Pemberton. The Star Salesman Kit was part of a program developed to train Coca-Cola route salesmen. From the description of Coca-Cola Company Star Salesman Kit, 1949-1951. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 686792008 The Coca-Cola Company originated as the Pemberton Chemical Company (1886). The Pemberton Chemical Company, which developed and marketed a soft drink named "Coca-Cola," was acquired (18...

Stevenson, Adlai E. (Adlai Ewing), 1900-1965

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Adlai Ewing Stevenson II (February 5, 1900 – July 14, 1965) was an American lawyer, politician, and diplomat. Raised in Bloomington, Illinois, Stevenson was a member of the Democratic Party. He served in numerous positions in the federal government during the 1930s and 1940s, including the Agricultural Adjustment Administration, Federal Alcohol Administration, Department of the Navy, and the State Department. In 1945, he served on the committee that created the United Nations, and he was a me...

Clayton, Buck, 1911-1991

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Clayton, a jazz musician, played trumpet with the Count Basie Band in the 1930s. He later had his own band and taught at Hunter College. From the description of Papers, ca. 1930-ca. 1979. (University of Wyoming, American Heritage Center). WorldCat record id: 31730422 ...

Fuller, R. Buckminster (Richard Buckminster), 1895-1983

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Architect, inventor, scientist, teacher, philosopher, creator of the geodesic dome and the Dymaxion car. From the description of Letter, 1958 Feb. 10, Clemson, S.C. (University of South Carolina). WorldCat record id: 33018576 Mark Burginer is a California-based architect, whose interest in Buckminster Fuller's synergetic geometry led to some correspondence between them during the early 1980s. From the description of Letters to Mark Burginger, 1980-1981. (Unknown)...

Niemeyer, Oscar, 1907-2012

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Oscar Niemeyer, also known as Oscar Ribeiro de Almeida Niemeyer Soares Filho (born Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, December 15, 1907 – died Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, December 5, 2012), Brazilian architect considered to be one of the key figures in the development of modern architecture. Niemeyer was best known for his design of civic buildings for Brasília, a planned city that became Brazil's capital in 1960, as well as his collaboration with other architects on the headquarters of the United Nations in N...

Meredith, Burgess, 1907-1997

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American actor. From the description of Typed invitation : London, to [John Steinbeck], 1943 Oct. 4. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 775796417 ...

Ormandy, Eugene

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Epithet: conductor British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000699.0x0001db Conductor; Music Director of the Philadelphia Orchestra, 1938-1980. From the description of Oral history conducted by Herbert Kupferberg, October 1969. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 213481085 From the description of Oral history conducted by Herbert Kupferberg, October 1969. (University of Pennsyl...

Wright, Frank Lloyd, 1867-1959

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Architect, designer; Illinois, Wisconsin and Arizona. From the description of Frank Lloyd Wright textile design studies, [ca. 1955]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 86122971 BIOGHIST REQUIRED Frank Lloyd Wright (1867-1959) was an American Architect internationally recognized for his distinctive Prairie Style houses, innovative building design, Taliesin school and fellowships, and philosophy of "organic architecture." From the guide to the Frank Lloyd Wright Miscel...

Heifetz, Jascha, 1901-1987

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Violinist Jascha Heifetz was born on Feb. 2, 1901, in Vilnius, Lithuania. He studied violin with Leopold Auer at the St. Petersburg Conservatory. He embarked on an international career in 1912, became an American citizen in 1925, and continued to concertize and record until 1972. He died in Los Angeles on Dec. 10, 1987. From the description of Jascha Heifetz collection, 1802-1987 (bulk 1911-1974). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71055203 Jascha Heifetz, legendary American vio...

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...

Frankenthaler, Helen, 1928-2011

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Painter (New York, N.Y.) Born 1928. From the description of Helen Frankenthaler interview, 1969. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 220179604 Helen Frankenthaler (1928- 2011) was a painter from New York, N.Y. From the description of Oral history interview with Helen Frankenthaler, 1969. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 495595062 Painters; New York, N.Y. Frankenthaler and Motherwell were married, and subsequently divorced. Were good fri...

Dorn, Marion V

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Johns, Jasper, 1930-

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American artist. From the description of Typed letter signed : [n.p.], to Herbert J. Seligmann, 1964 Mar. 18. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270874947 Artist. From the description of Oral history, 1994. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 86160768 Modern artist; native of Allendale, S.C. From the description of Jasper Johns vertical files collection, 1952-1998. (University of South Carolina). WorldCat record id: 40189279 ...

Lichtenstein, Roy, 1923-

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Klein, Franz

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Hirschorn, Joseph H.

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Aalto, Alvar, 1898-1976

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Finnish architect. From the description of Aalto, Alvar, 1898-1976 : [miscellaneous ephemeral material]. (Metropolitan Museum of Art). WorldCat record id: 193697446 In 1961, noted American architectural patron, curator and critic Edgar J. Kaufmann, Jr. commissioned noted Finnish architect Alvar Aalto and his wife, architect Elissa Aalto, to design a suite of meeting areas on the 12th floor of the Institute of International Education's headquarters in New York City. Construct...

Eldon, Jim.

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Hofmann, Hans, 1880-1966

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Hans Hofmann (1880-1966) was a painter and teacher in Provincetown, Mass. From the description of Hans Hofmann papers, [ca. 1904]-1978 (bulk 1945-1965). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 82551474 Painter, teacher. From the description of Hans Hofmann letter to Mrs. Spingarn, 1938 Dec. 18. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122389762 Biography Hans Hofmann created a distinctive primordial world of color and l...

Matter, Jordan

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Stephens, Bill

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De Chirico, Giorgio, 1888-1978

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Italian painter. From the description of Assortimento di verita (essay), ca. 1950. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 81610064 Greek-born Italian painter. From the description of Assortimento di verità : autograph manuscript signed, [after 1943]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270870147 ...

Westinghouse electric corporation

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Eames, Ray

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Cassandre, A.M., 1901-1968

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Wyandotte Chemicals.

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Boston and Maine Railroad

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Guggenheim Museum

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Seitlin, Percy.

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Muller, Jan

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Kelly, Richard

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Epithet: of Earley British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000621.0x0000d1 ...

Ain, Gregory, 1908-1988

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Biographical Note Gregory Ain was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on March 28, 1908. His family moved to Los Angeles in 1911. He attended University of California, Los Angeles, and went on to study architecture at the University of Southern California from which he graduated in 1927. He worked first in the Los Angeles office of B. Marcus Pitman and later, in the early 1930s, he worked with Richard J. Neutra. From 1930 through 1935 he was an ...

Barnes, Mary, 1923-....

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O'Hara, Frank

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Frank O'Hara lived in New York and was a noted American poet, playwright, and art critic. He was a leading member of the so-called New York School of poets. His works include "Lunch Poems" (1965) and "Collected Poems" (1971). From the description of Frank O'Hara collection. [ca1960-1964]. (University of Victoria Libraries). WorldCat record id: 651603420 Frank O'Hara (1926-1966) was a poet. From the description of Papers, 1946-1973. (Columbia University In the Cit...

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 ...

Zumstag, Abraham.

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Grosman, Tatyana, 1904-1982

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Tatyana Grosman (1904-1982) was an art patron from New York, N.Y. From the description of Oral history interview with Tatyana Grosman, 1970 Mar. 31 [sound recording]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 495595179 Art patron. From the description of Tatyana Grosman interview, 1970 Mar. 31. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 220186291 From the description of Oral history interview with Tatyana Grosman, 1970 Mar. 31. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 233007033 ...

Sorenson, Abel.

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Cohen, I. David (Isidore David), 1884-1953

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Arp, Jean, 1887-1966

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French artist and poet. From the description of Letters, 1942-1947. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 86093273 ...

Penn, Irving

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Irving Penn (b. 1917) is a commercial and fine arts photographer. In addition to fashion and portrait photography, much of it commissioned by Vogue, his oeuvre includes ethnographic studies, still lifes, nudes, and advertising works. From the description of Irving Penn paper archives, 1939-1997. (Art Institute of Chicago). WorldCat record id: 79003191 Penn, Irving. American Photographer. Born: Plainfield, New Jersey, June 16, 1917. Education: Studied design, under Alexey Bro...

Bunshaft, Gordon, 1909-1990

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Gordon Bunshaft's office was located at 425 Park Avenue, New York, N.Y. From the description of [Garage addition, Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Bunshaft, 25 & 26 Georgica Close, East Hampton, L.I., N.Y.] [graphic] / Gordon Bunshaft, architect. Jan. 19-21, 1970. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 78144161 At the time of this project, Gordon Bunshaft's office was located at 425 Park Avenue, New York, N.Y. From the description of [Residence...

de Kooning, Willem; Stone, Edward Durrell

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Cohen, Penny

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Macció, Rómulo, 1931-

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Kimbe Optic.

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Takahama, Kazuhide

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Sillman, Ives.

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Bertoia, Harry

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B. 1915. From the description of Harry Bertoia artist file. (Whitney Museum of American Art). WorldCat record id: 228432972 Harry Bertoia (1915-1978) was a sculptor and furniture designer. From the description of Oral history interview with Harry Bertoia, 1972 June 20 [sound recording]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 495595053 Born in Italy in 1915, Bertoia came to America to study at the age of 15. He was educated at the famous Cranbrook Academy of Art ...

Warren, Austin, 1899-1986

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Austin Warren was an American educator and writer. Born in Massachusetts, he was educated at Harvard and Princeton and embarked on a career as an instructor of English at major American universities. He published several books, chiefly on literary theory. His primary interests were theology, philosophy, and religious history, and his writing is generally concerned with these topics. Warren died in 1986. From the description of Warren Austin letters to Philip Young, 1943-1985. (Pennsy...

Eames, Lucia

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Sandals, Bernardo.

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Frank, Joseph, 1918-2013

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Matta Echaurren, Roberto Sebastián, 1911-

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Seagram Company

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Seagram maintained research departments at their Louisville, Kentucky and LaSalle, Quebec plants. At LaSalle, subjects of research included topics regarding distilling, production, packaging, distilling by-products and alternative uses for alcohol. From the description of Research records, 1937-1964. (Hagley Museum & Library). WorldCat record id: 122573345 Charles Bronfman (1931- ) is the second son and forth child of Seagram Company founder Samuel Bronfman. Appointed di...

Giacometti, Annette.

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Senft, Peter

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Albers, Joseph

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Callery, Mary, 1903-1977

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Pollock, Charles

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Beebe, Tina

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Carles, Arthur B., 1882-1952

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Painter, art instructor; Philadelphia, Pa. From the description of Arthur B. Carles letter to Alfred Stieglitz, [ca. 1911]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 86118646 From the description of Arthur B. Carles papers, 1900-1983. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 86118410 ...

Museum of Fine Arts, Houston

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Rebetez, Robert.

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Pollock, Jackson; Vicente, Esteban

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Hofmann, Hans; Carles, Arthur B.

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Lollo, Dizzy.

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Lord, James

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James Lord was an American writer and art critic who lived in France from 1945 until his death. He authored several works on the artist Alberto Giacometti, including A Giacometti Portrait (1965), Alberto Giacometti Drawings (1971), Giacometti: A Biography (1985), and Mythic Giacometti (2004). His memoirs and portraits of the artistic and literary world include Picasso and Dora: A Personal Memoir (1993), Six Exceptional Women: Further Memoirs (1994), Some Remarkable Men: Further Memoirs (1996), a...

Magritte, René, 1898-1967

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Belgian artist, one of the most prominent Surrealist painters. From the description of René Magritte correspondence with Paul Colinet, circa 1934-1959. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 681408858 Belgian painter. From the description of René Magritte papers, 1919-1967. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79260647 From the description of Letters to Guy Rosey, 1963-1966. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 79598148 ...

Bennett, Glen.

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Rosenquist, James, 1933-....

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Knox, Doris.

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Knoll, Peter.

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Olson, Odelberg.

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Cézanne, Paul, 1839-1906

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French artist. From the description of Autograph letter (incomplete at end and lacking signature) : [Paris], to his parents, [1876 Sept. 10]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270870505 ...

Petit, Don.

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Brâncuşi, Constantin, 1876-1957

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Giacometti, Deigo

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Kunsthaus Zürich.

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Kunsthalle Basel

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Bride's Magazine

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Seven-Up Company

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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 ...

Leger, Fernanc

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Stone, Edward Durrell.

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Tishman Construction Corporation.

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Forge, Andrew

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Vignelli, Massimo.

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Massimo Vignelli (1931- ) is a designer in New York, N.Y. Mija Riedel (1958- ) is an independent scholar in San Francisco, C.A. From the description of Oral history interview with Massimo Vignelli, 2011 June 6-7. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 767864723 ...

Dudley, George A.

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Pepsi-Cola Company

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Chagall, Marc, 1887-1985

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Russian-French painter. From the description of Autograph letter signed (1) and greeting cards signed (2) : Marseilles and St. Paul, to John Rewald, 1941 Jan. 3, 1967 July 18 and [n.d.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270870508 Marc Chagall was a Russian-born painter working chiefly in France whose works frequently featured themes from Russian-Jewish folklore and from the Bible. From the description of Marc Chagall letter to D. Vaughan, 1967 February 21. (Pennsyl...

Rassmussen, Jorgen.

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Condé Nast Publications, inc.

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Pearstein, Philip.

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Ballard, Shreve.

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Saarinen, Eero, 1910-1961

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Eero Saarinen was born in Kirkkonummi, Finland, on August 20, 1910. His father, the architect Eliel Saarinen, and his family moved to Michigan in 1921. After receiving a B.F.A. in Architecture from Yale University in 1934, Saarinen joined his father's firm (Saarinen, Saarinen and Swanson) and began work as an architect. After his father's death in 1950, Saarinen began to make a name for himself as an architect, started his own firm (Eero Saarinen and Associates), and established a reputation as ...

Bossard, Klaus.

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Nehru, Jawaharlal, 1889-1964

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Epithet: Prime Minister of India British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001035.0x0003da Along with his father, Motilal, and Gandhi, Jawaharlal Nehru was the most visible and significant force for Indian independence. Raised partly in England, Nehru left his promising law practice to work for Indian independence, and was jailed often. He became the first Prime Minister of India, and is responsible for many of his count...

Prestini, James.

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Jeanneret, Charles Edouard

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Knoll, Florence, 1917-

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Florence Knoll Bassett (1917-) is an architect and designer from Coconut Grove, Fla. Born Florence Schust in 1917, and orphaned at age 12, Knoll began her architectural studies at the Kingswood School in Bloomfield Hills, Mich., and was virtually adopted by the family of Eliel Saarinen. She continued her studies at Cranbook Academy of Art, the Architectural Association in London, and the Illinois Institute of Technology under Mies van der Rohe, where she received her arc...

Schlossberg, Edwin.

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Oswald, Marion.

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Bontecou, Lee, 1931-....

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Lee Bontecou (1931-) is a sculptor and print maker from New York, N.Y. Bontecou studied at the Art Students League of New York and taught at Brooklyn College. From the description of Oral history interview with Lee Bontecou, 2009 Jan. 10. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 317592536 ...

Sweeney, Ciannait.

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Vicente, Esteban, 1903-

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Painter; New York, N.Y. and Bridgehampton, N.Y. From the description of Esteban Vicente interview, 1968 Aug. 26. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 220244601 ...

Maclanchlen, Betty.

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Lescaze, William, 1896-1969

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Correspondence to Lewis Mumford from William Lescaze and his wife, Mary Lescaze. From the description of Letters, 1932-1962, to Lewis Mumford. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 155871458 William Lescaze (1896-1969) was a Swiss-born American architect, known as one of the pioneers in modernism in American architecture. Born March 27, 1896 in Geneva, Switzerland, Lescaze studied architecture at the Ecole Polytechnique Federale i...

Matter, Herbert, 1907-1984

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The artist and graphic designer Herbert Matter was born in Switzerland in 1907. His interest in art started early in life. In the late 1920s he moved to Paris to participate in its active art scene, studying with Fernand Léger and Amédée Ozenfant, and later working for both Adolphe Cassandre and Le Corbusier. During this time his interest in photography and graphic design became fully developed and led to his breakthrough project, the design of travel posters for the Swiss National Tourist Of...

Bacon, Francis, 1909-

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Abramovitz, Max, 1908-2004

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d. 2004. From the description of Artist file : miscellaneous uncataloged material. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 84366616 Architect. From the description of Papers, 1957-1982. (University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign). WorldCat record id: 28411461 Prize winning student drawing for Columbia University's School of Architecture. Location of stadium is Riverside Park at the foot of 116th Street, same site as Palmer and Hornbostel proposed for the Univers...

Hannah, Bruce.

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Temple, Shirley, 1928-

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Duchamp-Villon, Raymond, 1876-1918

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Yanaihara, Isaku

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Bonwit Teller & Co.

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Originally called Bonwit's when it was founded in 1895 as a specialty shop for women's apparel in 1895, it became Bonwit Teller in 1897 when Edmund D. Teller joined as a partner. After several moves, Bonwit Teller eventually moved to its 57th Street location. When Paul Bonwit retired in 1934, the store was sold to Atlas Corporation. In 1989, L.J. Hooker, Bonwit Teller's owning company, filed for Chapter 11, and in 1990 the firm was liquidated. From the description of Bonwit Teller sc...

Cohen, John, 1911-....

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Photographer John Cohen was a film assistant to Robert Frank. He was also a member of the music group New Lost City Ramblers, a collector of folk music, and later Professor of Visual Arts at the State University of New York, Purchase. From the description of Pull my daisy [graphic] : promotional photographs and stills from the motion picture. 1959. (University of California, Berkeley). WorldCat record id: 250275082 ...

Twombly, Cy, 1928-2011

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Mondrian, Piet, 1872-1944

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Chermayeff, Serge, 1900-1996

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Chermayeff taught architecture at Harvard. From the description of Papers of Serge Ivan Chermayeff, 1945-1947 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 76973005 Architect, educator. From the description of Oral history interview with Serge Chermayeff, 1985 May 23-24. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 77808794 Sergei Ivanovitch Issakovitch was born on October 8, 1900, in Grozny, then in Caucasia. He was educated in England, where he took the nam...

Feldman, Morton, 1926-1987

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Composer Morton Feldman (1926-1987) was best known for his association with the New York School of experimentalist musicians, including composers John Cage, Christian Wolff, and Earle Brown, and pianist David Tudor. In addition to composing approximately 150 works, Feldman also wrote more than three dozen articles about various aspects of music and art. Feldman was a member of the music department faculty at the State University of New York at Buffalo from 1972-1987. During those years he served...

Mangiarotti, Angelo, 1921-2012

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Picchetti, Carlo.

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Botticelli, Sandro, 1444 or 1445-1510

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Harper's bazaar

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Vogue

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Platner, Warren, 1919-2006

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Joseph Warren Platner was born on June 18, 1919, in Baltimore. A designer and architect, he designed furniture representative of 1960s Modernism, as well as the offices for the Ford Foundation building and the original windows on the World Restaurant. Platner died on April 20, 2006, in New Haven, Connecticut. From the description of Warren Platner papers, 1958-1992 (inclusive). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702179219 ...

Pollock, Jackson, 1912-1956

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Jackson Pollock was born in 1912, in Cody, Wyoming, the youngest of five sons. His family moved several times during his childhood, finally settling in Los Angeles. In 1930 he joined his older brother, Charles, in New York City, and studied with Regionalist painter Thomas Hart Benton at the Art Students League of New York. Pollock worked during the 1930s for the Works Progress Administration's Federal Art Project. During 1936 he worked in artist David Alfaro Siqueiros's Experimental Workshop. In...

Muller, Henry, 1902-1980

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Epithet: Lieutenant; RN British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000985.0x00004e ...

Kepes, György (1906-2001).

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Gyorgy Kepes (1906-2001) was a painter and educator from Cambridge, Mass. From the description of Oral history interview with Gyorgy Kepes, 1972 Mar. 7-1973 Jan. 11 [sound recording]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 495596647 From the description of Oral history interview with Gyorgy Kepes, 1968 Aug. 18. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 779477499 Gyorgy Kepes; artist and aesthetic theorist; born 1906 in Selyp, Hungary; taught at New Bauhaus in Chicago and at Massachuse...

Bride's magazine; Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)

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De Kooning, Willem, 1904-1997

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Willem de Kooning (1904-1997) was an abstract artist from New York, N.Y. From the description of Oral history interview with Willem De Kooning and others, 1979 Sept. (Smithsonian Archives of American Art). WorldCat record id: 688855147 Abstract artist; New York. 1904-1997. From the description of Oral history interview with Willem DeKooning and others, 1979 September [sound recording]. (Smithsonian Archives of American Art). WorldCat record id: 123944643 ...

Tàpies, Antoni, 1923-

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Pollock, Jackson, 1912-1956

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Jackson Pollock was born in 1912, in Cody, Wyoming, the youngest of five sons. His family moved several times during his childhood, finally settling in Los Angeles. In 1930 he joined his older brother, Charles, in New York City, and studied with Regionalist painter Thomas Hart Benton at the Art Students League of New York. Pollock worked during the 1930s for the Works Progress Administration's Federal Art Project. During 1936 he worked in artist David Alfaro Siqueiros's Experimental Workshop. In...

Gleizes, Albert, 1881-1953

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French Cubist painter, illustrator, and theoretician (1881-1953). From the description of Letters to René Delhumeau, 1929-1931. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 82422221 French painter, illustrator and Cubist theoretician. From the description of Homocentrisme ou le retour de l'homme chretien suivi de le rythme dans les arts plastiques [corrected proofs], 1937. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79257397 Albert Gleizes was a French Cubist pai...

Brancusi, Constantin; Aalto, Alvar

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Moore, Henry, 1898-1986

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English sculptor. From the description of Autograph letters signed (7) and typed letters signed (5) : Much Hadham, Hertdfordshire and Athens, to Henri Jonquières, 1949 Nov. 3-1951 Aug. 4. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270871551 Henry Moore was an English artist, principally renowned as a sculptor. He was born in Yorkshire and studied at the Leeds School of Art and at the Royal College of Art. Reginald H. Wilenski was a resident of Bristol, England, and was a university lec...

Butler, Lewis.

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Dearstyne, Howard

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Biographical Note 1903, Aug. 2 Born, Albany, N.Y. 1925 A.B., Columbia College, New York, N.Y. 1925 1928 Studied at Columbia School of Architecture, Columbia University, New York...

Jeanneret, Pierre, 1896-1967

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Oxford Paper Company

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Logan, Joshua.

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Biographical Note 1908, Oct. 5 Born, Texarkana, Tex. 1927 Diploma, Culver Military Academy,Culver, Ind. 1927 1931 Attended Princeton University,Princeton, N.J. ...

Rivers, Larry, 1925-

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Nagy, Laszlo Moholy.

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Cummins Engine Company

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Rand, Paul, 1914-1996

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Paul Rand was born in Brooklyn, New York, in 1914. He was a professor of graphic design at Yale University from 1956 until his retirement in 1985. He achieved the title of professor emeritus in 1993. Rand is known for his work in the field of trademark design. He was the art director for numerous publications and consultant to many corporations and advertising agencies. Rand died on November 26, 1996, in Norwalk, Connecticut. From the description of Paul Rand papers, 1942-1998 (inclu...

Wegner, Hans

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Ladies' Home Journal

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Harry Bertoia

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Albinson, Don.

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Harper's bazaar; Ladies' Home Journal

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Johnson, Philip, 1906-2005

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Prominent New York architect. He served in the U.S. Army during World War II and designed the State Theater at Lincoln Center in N.Y. From the description of Papers, 1927-1944. (Rhinelander District Library). WorldCat record id: 18376257 Architect, author, critic. Affiliated with the Museum of Modern Art, New York as the founder and director of the Dept. of Architecture (1932-34, 1952-1954), Trustee (1957- ), and donor. From the description of Philip Johnson pape...

Mies van der Rohe, Ludwig, 1886-1969

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German born architect. From the description of Manuscript fragment (n.d.) and letter, 1962 Nov.30. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 82217577 Architect. From the description of Reminiscences of Ludwig Mies Van Der Rohe : oral history, 1961. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122631918 Architect. Born in Aachen, Germany (1886). From the description of Ludwig Mies van der Rohe collection, 1929-1969....

Scarpa, Tobia, 1935-....

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Goddard, Paulette, 1911-1990

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Crawford, Joan, 1908-1977

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Joan Crawford, actress. From the description of Joan Crawford scrapbooks, 1925-1960, microform. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 122517687 From the guide to the Joan Crawford scrapbooks, [microform.], 1925-1960, (The New York Public Library. Billy Rose Theatre Division.) Joan Crawford was a film star whose career spanned five decades, from silent films onward, and who worked in many genres including drama, musicals, comedy, Westerns, and horror films, ...

Southern, Terry

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Terry Southern (May 1, 1924-October 29, 1995) was an American author, essayist, screenwriter and university lecturer, noted for his satirical style. From the guide to the Terry Southern papers, 1924-1995, 1955-1995, (The New York Public Library. Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature.) ...

Cafiero, Vincent.

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Bergdorf Goodman, New York.

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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 ...

Schweizerische Zentrale für Verkehrsförderung.

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Wolff, Robert, 1921-

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Rae, Christine

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Mount Washington Ski Resort (Plymouth, New Hampshire)

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Loewy, Raymond, 1893-1986

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Raymond Loewy (1893-1986) was an American industrial designer noted for his streamlined style found on hundreds of products, such as Lucky Strike packaging, the Studebaker Starliner, and locomotives on the Pennysylvania RR. From the guide to the Raymond Loewy Studebaker Photographs, 1947, (Special Collections Research Center, Syracuse University Libraries) Industrial designer. Full name: Raymond Fernand Loewy. Born in France; emigrated to the United States in 1919. ...

Breuer, Marcel, 1902-

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Chillida, Eduardo, 1924-2002

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Consolidated Edison Company of New York, inc.

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The Cornwall Pumped-Storage Project proposed to pump water from the Hudson River up to a reservoir located behind Storm King Mountain, which could then be released to generate electricity when needed. From the description of Cornwall Pumped-Storage Project records, 1966-1980. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155520794 ...

Guston, Philip, 1913-1980

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xmlns="urn:isbn:1-931666-33-4">Painter. From the description of Oral history interview with Philip Guston, 1965 Jan. 29. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 78587878 Philip Guston, born Phillip Goldstein (June 27, 1913 – June 7, 1980), was a painter and printmaker in the New York School, an art movement that included many abstract expressionists like Jackson Pollock and Willem de Kooning. In the late 1960s Guston helped to lead a transition from abstract expressionism to neo...

New York Studio School.

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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 ...

Pevsner, Antoine, 1886-1962

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Saks Fifth Avenue

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Museum of modern art New York, N.Y.

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Died 1989. From the description of Archives pamphlet file : Titus, Roy V. : miscellaneous uncataloged material. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 83119924 Art museum; New York, N.Y. From the description of Museum of Modern Art first loan exhibition : November 8th to December 7, 1929. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122557713 d. 2001. From the description of Archives pamphlet file : Matisse, Maria-Gaetana : miscellaneous uncataloged material. (Unk...

Switzerland, Christian.

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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...

Rinehold Book Corporation

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Pearson, L. Max, 1886-

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Sert, José Luis (1902-1983).

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Josep Lluis Sert received a degree in architecture in 1929 from Barcelona's ESA in the 1930s. Among the leading young Spanish architects in the 1930s, he gained an international reputation with his design for the Spanish Pavilion built for the 1937 Paris Exposition. Emigrating to the United states in 1941, he was from 1941-1958 a founding partner in Town Planning Associates and in 1955, he opened his own firm, Sert Jackson, & Associates, in Cambridge, MA. SJA's work included residences, muse...

Nast, Condé, 1873-1942

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Dragonette, Jessica, 1900-1980

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Jessica Dragonette was a singer and actress, performing in radio broadcasting for 22 consecutive years. She began her career in 1924 with a role in Max Reinhardt's production of "The Miracle", followed by "The Student Prince" and "The Grand Street Follies". In 1926 she began her radio career with WEAF, which became NBC, singing the role of Vivian in one hour operettas in "The Coca Cola Girl" series. This was followed by "The Philco Hour", 1927-1930, and then the Cities Service Concert series, 19...

Nelson, Paul.

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Entenza, John, 1903-1984

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Giacometti, Alberto; Giacometti, Diego

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Rudolph, Paul, 1898-1976.

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McGray, Peter.

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Tate Gallery

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Kaiser, Ray

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Giacometti, Diego

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Museum of Primitive Art (New York, N.Y.)

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The Museum of Primitive Art (MPA), New York, was the first art museum in the United States founded specifically to exhibit the traditional arts of Africa, Oceania, and Native and Precolumbian America. Formerly located at 13 and 15 West 54 Street, the museum was open to the public from 1957 to 1974, after which it became part of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. The Museum of Primitive Art played a significant role in the development of audiences, appreciation, education, and...

Ritchard, Cyril, 1897-1977

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Dancers, actors and singers Ritchard and Elliott, based in London, made an Australian tour in 1932 with the musicals 'Blue roses' and 'Follow through', and a further visit in 1946 with a season at the Comedy Theatre, starring in a set of three one-act plays and songs by Noel Coward under the title 'Set to music'. From the description of Scrapbooks of Cyril Ritchard and Madge Elliott, 1931-1946 [manuscript]. 1931-1946. (Libraries Australia). WorldCat record id: 225109643 ...

Cajori, Charles, 1921-

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Charles F. Cajori (1921- ) is a painter in New York, N.Y. and Watertown, Conn. Cajori was co-founder of the Tanager Gallery with Lois Dodd, Phillip Pearlstein, William Knig, Angelo Ippolito, and Fred Mitchell. From the description of Charles Cajori papers, 1942-2011. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 779477657 Charles F. Cajori (1921- ) is a painter in New York, N.Y. and Watertown, Conn. Cajori was co-founder of the Tanager Gall...

Thompson, David C.

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Universal Limited Art Editions (Firm)

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Universal Limited Art Editions, founded by Tatyana and Maurice Grosman, has been credited with the American revival of fine art lithography in the mid-20th century. In the1950s and 1960s, when New York was experiencing intense artistic activity and growth, Tatyana Grosman was an inspired visionary with the ability to choose and attract the best young artists to explore lithography at her home studio. She hired master printers - notably Robert Blackburn, Zigmunds Priede, Donn Steward...

Yanaihara, Isaku, 1918-

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Gropius, Walter, 1883-1969

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Architect, educator. Studied architecture at the Universities of Charlottenburg-Berlin and Munich, Germany from 1903 to 1907. Founded and directed the Staatliches Bauhaus, Weimar in 1919, which Gropius moved to Dessau in 1925 and renamed "Bauhaus Dessau". Professor of Architecture in the Graduate School of Design, Harvard University, 1937 and Chairman of the Department of Architecture from 1938 to 1952. Formed the Architects' Collaborative in Cambridge in 1946. For further information see James ...

Ferrari-Hardoy, Jorge.

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Girard, Alexander

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Nitschke, Oscar.

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Dale, Chester, b. 1883

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Beckstrand, Mildred.

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Calder, Louisa

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Epithet: wife of Alexander Calder British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000758.0x0001d7 ...

Cage, John, 1912-1992

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John Cage was born in Los Angeles in 1912. He studied composition with Richard Buhlig, Henry Cowell, Adolph Weiss, and Arnold Schoenberg. In 1938 he began working as an accompanist for dance and a teacher at the Cornish School of the Arts in Seattle, Washington. It was here that he first met the dancer Merce Cunningham, with whom he would have a lifelong working relationship. Together they were responsible for a number of radical innovations in musical and choreographic compositions, such as the...

Sweeney, James Johnson, 1900-1986

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James Johnson Sweeney, 1900-1986. From the description of Papers of James Johnson Sweeney, 1953-2005. (Libraries Australia). WorldCat record id: 271825527 Art administrator. From the description of Ends and beginnings : sound recording, 1965 Mar. 15. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 86093871 James Johnson Sweeney served as Director of the Department of Painting and Sculpture at the Museum of Modern Art (1945-1946), Director of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Mus...

Container corporation of America

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The Container Corporation of America was founded in 1926 when Walter P. Paepcke united 14 small manufacturers of paper boxes and containers. Headquartered in Chicago, the Container Corporation's sales grew from $20 million in 1936 to over $400 million by 1965, when it employed over 20,000 people world wide. In 1968, the company merged with Chicago retailer Montgomery Ward and was renamed Marcor. It has subsequently been taken over by oil company Mobil and then by Jefferson Smurfit. As early as t...

Tamayo, Ruffino.

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Morris, George L. K.

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Larsen, Jack Lenor.

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Jack Lenor Larsen, 1927, was a weaver and textile designer of East Hampton, New York; b. 1927. Interviewer Arline M. Fisch: Jeweler, San Diego, Cailf.; b. 1931. From the description of Oral history interview with Jack Lenor Larsen, 2004 Feb. 6-8 [sound recording]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 646401579 Jack Lenor Larsen (1927-) was a designer and a weaver from New York, N.Y. From the description of Oral history interview with Jack Lenor Larsen, 1971 Apr. 26-May...

Boeri, Cini

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Berry, James

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Epithet: Secretary, Colchester and District Trades and Labour Council British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001346.0x000127 Sir James Berry (1860-1946) was primarily a surgeon, though archaeology was amongst his recreational interests; he excavated sites in Southern England, and wrote a number of archaeological papers. See Who Was Who for details. From the guide to the Papers of James Berry relating to Ox...

Barnes, Edward Larrabee, 1915-2004

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Born in Chicago, Edward Larrabee Barnes (1915-2004) attended Milton Academy before studying English and Architectural History at Harvard University. He graduated cum laude in 1938, and after a year of teaching English and Fine Arts at Milton, he returned to Harvard to study architecture at the Graduate School of Design under Walter Gropius (1883-1969) and Marcel Breuer (1902-1981). Upon graduation in 1942 he was awarded the Sheldon Traveling Fellowship. Travel was limited because of the war in E...

Thackray, Joanna.

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Weston, Brett

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de Cordoba, Mathilde.

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Wheeler, Monroe, 1899-1988

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Monroe Wheeler was born on February 13, 1899 in Evanston, Illinois. Following an early career as a publicity writer, he established Harrison of Paris, a fine press, which was in operation from 1930-1935. He began work with the Museum of Modern Art in 1938, soon becoming director of exhibitions and publications. Wheeler died on August 14, 1988. From the description of Monroe Wheeler papers, 1890-1995. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 85181624 From the description of Monroe Whee...

Weese, Harry, 1915-

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Risom, Jens

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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...

New Bauhaus Chicago, Ill

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Liberman, Alexander 1912-

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Sculptor, photographer, editorial director. From the description of Reminiscences of Alex Liberman : oral history, 1978. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122376695 ...

Bill, Max, 1908-1994

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Wyler, Eva.

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Geldzahler, Henry.

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d. Aug. 16, 1994. From the description of Artist file : miscellaneous uncataloged material. (Museum of Modern Art (MOMA)). WorldCat record id: 122310922 Henry Geldzahler was born in Antwerp, Belgium in 1935, and emigrated with his family to the United States in 1940. He graduated from Yale University in 1957 and joined the staff of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in 1960, becoming the first curator of contemporary art. In 1966, Geldzahler served as United States Commissioner ...

Defucio, Robert.

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Lebeau, Roland.

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Waddell, Theodore, 1941-....

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Schultz, Richard, 1926-

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New York, New Haven, and Hartford Railroad Company

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The collection holds documents related to early southern New England railroads, particularly those that were predecessor lines of the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad, the railroad predominant railroad in the region from 1872, when it was established through the merger of the New York and New Haven Railroad and the Hartford and New Haven Railroad, to 1969, when it was absorbed into Penn Central. From the description of New York , New Haven & Hartford Railroad Predecess...

Heifetz, Jascha; Black Star

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Goldstone, Harmon H. (Harmon Hendricks), 1911-

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New York City architect; Chairman of the city's Landmarks Preservation Commission, October 21, 1968 - June 25, 1974. From the description of Harmon H. Goldstone papers, 1906-1979 (bulk 1966-1979). (New York University, Group Batchload). WorldCat record id: 58782950 d. 2001. From the description of Artist file : miscellaneous uncataloged material. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 81773436 ...

Knoll Associates, inc.

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Knorr, Donald.

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Nakashima, George, 1905-1990

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Woodworker. From the description of Reminiscences of George Nakashima : oral history, 1986. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122481676 Architect, craftsman, woodworker, furniture designer; New Hope, Pa.; d. 1990. Nakashima was trained as an architect, and while working in the Japanese office of architect Antonin Raymond, studied the Japanese techniques of carpentry. From 1937-1939, he lived in India and studied under...

Zogbaum, Wilfrid, 1915-1965

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Sculptor; New York. From the description of Wilfrid Zogbaum papers, 1924-1966. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122647941 Sculptor, New York, N.Y. From the description of Wilfrid Zogbaum interview, 1964 Nov. 2. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 220198948 Wilfrid Zogbaum, b. 1915; d. 1965, Sculptor of New York, N.Y. From the description of Oral history interview with Wilfrid Zogbaum, 1964 Nov. 2 [sound recording]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 317...

Knoll, Hans, 1890-

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Pestalozzi Foundation of America.

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Union Carbide Corporation

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Léger, Fernand, 1881-1955

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French painter. From the description of Letters and manuscripts of Fernand Léger, 1918-1955. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 81728195 ...

Cordoba, Mathilde de.

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Little, John R., 1960-

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Epithet: Robin Hood's Companion British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000443.0x000272 ...

Rauschenberg, Robert, 1925-2008

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Robert Rauschenberg (1925-2008) was a painter and photographer from New York, N.Y. From the description of Oral history interview with Robert Rauschenberg, 1965 Dec. 21. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 646398681 Painter, photographer; New York, N.Y. Born 1925. Died 2008. From the description of Robert Rauschenberg interview, 1965 Dec. 21 [sound recording]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 78470377 ...

Albini, Franco

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Harrison, Wallace K. (Wallace Kirkman), 1895-1981

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This design was completed c.1940. From the description of Wallace K. Harrison house [Huntington, Long Island, N.Y.] [graphic] : [floor plan, with notes and measurements] / [Wallace K. Harrison, architect ; drawn from memory by Hester Diamond]. [194-?]. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 271454123 Architect; interviewee d. 1981. From the description of Oral history interview with Wallace Kirkman Harrison, 1978. (Columbia University ...

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...

Mathsson, Bruno, 1907-1988

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Black Star (Picture agency)

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Le Corbusier, 1887-1965

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Architect. Le Corbusier, born Charles-Edouard Jeanneret, adopted pseudonym Le Corbusier, 1920. Studied engraving at School of Applied Arts, La Chaux de Fonds, 1900-1905. Employed in office of architect Josef Hoffmann, Vienna, in 1907; August Perret, Paris, and with Walter Gropius and Mies van der Rohe, Berlin, in 1910. Founder-Director, L'Atelier d'Art Réunis, La Chaux de Fonds, 1909-1914, and Instructor, l'Eplattenier's Nouvelle Section de l'Ecole d'Art, La Chaux de Fonds, 1911-1914; also work...

Gabo, Naum, 1890-1977

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Naum Gabo, born Naum Borisovich Pevsner, was a Russian sculptor. Gabo was educated in Russia and Munich before emigrating to Scandinavia in 1915. He then lived in Russia (1917-1922), Germany (19322-1932), France (1932-1935), and England (1936-1946) before emigrating to the United States in 1946 and settling in Connecticut. Gabo is known for his ties to the Constructivist movement. Gabo died in Waterbury, Connecticut, in 1977. From the guide to the Naum Gabo papers, 1920-1980, (Beinec...

American Institute of Graphic Arts

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Ives - Sillman Workshop.

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De Kooning, Willem, 1904-1997

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Willem de Kooning (1904-1997) was an abstract artist from New York, N.Y. From the description of Oral history interview with Willem De Kooning and others, 1979 Sept. (Smithsonian Archives of American Art). WorldCat record id: 688855147 Abstract artist; New York. 1904-1997. From the description of Oral history interview with Willem DeKooning and others, 1979 September [sound recording]. (Smithsonian Archives of American Art). WorldCat record id: 123944643 ...

Motherwell, Robert

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Abstract expressionist painter. Close friend of Baziotes. From the description of Robert Motherwell postcard to William Baziotes, 1944. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122557368 Robert Motherwell, 1915-1991, painter of New York, N.Y. From the description of Oral history interview with Robert Motherwell, 1981 Feb. 15. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 646401238 Painter; New York, N.Y.; b. 1915; d. 1991. From the description of Robert Motherwell in...

Zapf, Otto

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Van Layden, Ernst; Van Layden, Karin

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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 ...

Aalto, Aino, 1894-1949

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Lehmbruck, Wilhelm, 1881-1919

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Baldwin, Benjamin

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First Savings. (Houston, Tex.)

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Dufay, Guillaume, -1474

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Matisse, Pierre, 1900-1989

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de Souza-Gomez, H.

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Archipenko, Alexander, 1887-1964

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Sculptor, painter, printmaker, and teacher. b. Kiev, Ukraine, May 30, 1887; significant in Cubist movement during his years in Paris, 1908-1921; came to United States in 1923; operated his own school in Paris, 1912, an endeavor that continued throughout his life in Berlin, New York City, Woodstock, N.Y., Chicago, and Los Angeles. Invented animated painting, known as "Archipentura," ca. 1924 (U.S. patent issued 1927).; d. February 23, 1964 in New York, N.Y. Fr...

Pravina

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Hess, Trudi.

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Matter, Alex

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Vincente, Harriet.

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Wagner, Hans, 1929-

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Arts et métiers graphiques.

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Tapiovaara, Ilmari, 1914-1999

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Condé Nast Publications, inc.

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Harper's bazaar; Vogue

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Salzman, Arthur George.

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Kendrick, Marvin.

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Hoffman, Armin.

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Krasner, Lee, 1908-1984

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Painter; Easthampton, N.Y. From the description of Lee Krasner interview, 1966 July 31 [sound recording]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 82561305 Painter; Easthampton, N.Y.; b. 1908. From the description of Lee Krasner interview, 1972 [sound recording]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 77755808 Painter; interviewee married Jackson Pollock, d.1984. From the description of Reminiscences of Lee Krasner : oral history, 1978. (Columbia University In...

Noguchi, Isamu, 1904-1988

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Isamu Noguchi (1904-1988) was a sculptor from Long Island City, N.Y. From the description of Oral history interview with Isamu Noguchi, 1968 Apr. 22 [sound recording]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 78996711 From the description of Oral history interview with Isamu Noguchi, 1973 Nov. 7-1973 Dec. 26. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 83401964 From the description of Oral history interview with Isamu Noguchi, 1973 Nov. 7-Dec. 26. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 779477625 ...

Eames, Charles.

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Biographical Notes Charles Eames 1907, June 17 Born, St. Louis, Mo. 1925 1928 Attended Washington University,St. Louis, Mo. 1929 Married ...

Dehn, Mura

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Morgan, Willard D. (Willard Detering), 1900-1967

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Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum.

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Feldman, Irving, 1928-...

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McGray, Porter.

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Finkelstein, Louis, 1895-1991

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Chancellor, Jewish Theological Seminary of America. From the description of Correspondence to Chaim Potok, 1955-1981. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 700038813 ...

Baziotes, William, 1912-1963

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Abstract expressionist painter; New York City. Born in Pittsburgh, Pa., Baziotes moved to New York City in 1933, where he studied painting at the National Academy of Design, 1933-1936. He participated on the Works Progress Administration's Federal Art Project as a teacher, 1936-1938, and painted for the Easel Painting Project, 1938-1940. In 1941 he married Ethel Copstein. He had his first one-man show at Peggy Guggenheim's Art of This Century Gallery in 1944. Baziotes ta...

Braque, Georges, 1882-1963

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French painter. From the description of Letter, 1905 July 13, Honfleur. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 80147574 From the description of Autograph letters signed (2) : Varengeville, to John Rewald, 1951 Oct. 4 and [1956 Sept. 19]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270870407 From the description of Letter, 1925. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 78558538 ...

Morrison, Andrew, 1967-

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Breuer, Connie.

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Miró, Joan, 1893-1983

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Spanish painter. From the description of Autograph letters signed (2) : Mallorca, to John Rewald, 1971 Dec. 26 and 1972 Oct. 22. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270871537 French painter. From the description of Aidez l'Espagne (poster), 1937. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 83814624 ...

Fonderies Deberny & Peignot

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Burri, Alberto, 1915-1995.

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Calder, Alexander Stirling, 1870-1945

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Wormley, Edward J., 1907-1995

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Edward J Wormley (he preferred to omit the period), who worked for Dunbar Furniture from 1931 to 1968, is considered one of the major 20th century designers of American modernist furniture. His partner Edward Crouse was a professor of journalism and drama and the theater director at the University of Georgia, at Athens, 1930-1946. Crouse served as Theatrical Entertainment Director for the U.S. Army base in Greenland from 1943 to 1945. When the war ended, Wormley moved to New York City and opened...

Sylvester, David

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Matter, Mercedes, 1913-2001

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Biography / Administrative History R. Buckminster Fuller conceived the World Game as an interactive role-playing experience that would teach participants to organize, revitalize and distribute depleted world resources. Relying on computers to provide raw data, players work non-competitively to allocate the earth?s natural capital worldwide, scoring points through efficient management. If cooperation degenerates into competition, the first ste...

Klein, Franz; de Kooning, Willem

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