Joseph Randall Shapiro and Jory Shapiro papers

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Joseph Randall Shapiro and Jory Shapiro papers

1943-1985

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Letters, scrapbooks, and printed material documenting the development of the Shapiro's art collection. Correspondence, primarily from dealers, museums, art organizations and artists, includes letters from Enrico Baj, Aaron Bohrod (recommending Ben Shahn as a muralist), George Buehr, Jose Luis Cuevas, Leon Golub, Margo Hoff, Miyoko Ito, Sidney Janis, Ellen Lanyon, Pierre Matisse, Ida Meyer-Chagall (discussing her father's work), Abbott Pattison, Irving Petlin, Abraham Rattner, and Kay Sage Tanguy (discussing her husband's work). Printed material consists of 11 exhibition announcements and catalogs (1952-1984), and clippings (1965-1985).

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Shapiro, Jory

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Buehr, George Frederick, 1905-1983.

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Ito, Miyoko, 1918-1983

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Miyoko Ito (1918-1983) was a painter from Chicago, Ill. From the description of Oral History interview with Miyoko Ito, 1978 July 20 [sound recording]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 77585510 From the description of Oral History interview with Miyoko Ito, 1978 July 20 [sound recording]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 744434537 ...

Matisse, Pierre, 1900-1989

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Cuevas, José Luis 1934-

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Bohrod, Aaron.

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Painter and educator; Madison, Wis. Born 1907. Died 1992. From the description of Oral history interview with Aaron Bohrod, 1973-1974. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 86122656 Aaron Bohrod, b. 1907; d. 1992, Painter, teacher of Chicago, Ill. Studied with John Sloan in New York. Worked for Life magazine during WWII painting scenes at the front, and later was artist-in-residence at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. From the description o...

Shapiro, Joseph Randall

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Born 1904. Died 1996. Joseph Shapiro began collecting in 1942 and was drawn to works in the Surrealist tradition. While establishing one of the most important art collections in Chicago, Shapiro and his wife Jory enjoyed personal friendships with artists and used their collection to educate and increase public appreciation of modern art in Chicago. Shapiro was a founder of the Museum of Contemporary Art and served on its board as President from 1967 until 1974. From the description o...

Hoff, Margo.

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Painter and collage artist, New York, N.Y.; born 1912. Studied at Tulsa University, Art Institute of Chicago and the Pratt Graphics Center. From the description of Margo Hoff papers, 1962-1974. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122571069 ...

Janis, Sidney, 1896-1989

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Art dealer; New York, N.Y. Operated the Sidney Janis Gallery. Died 1989. From the description of Sidney Janis interview, 1972 Mar. 21-1972 Sept. 26. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 220186713 b. 1896; d. 1989. From the description of Artist file : miscellaneous uncataloged material. (Museum of Modern Art (MOMA)). WorldCat record id: 86133413 Sidney Janis (1896-1989) is an art dealer from New York, N.Y. Operated the Sidney Janis Gal...

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...

Petlin, Irving, 1934-

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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 ...

Baj, Enrico, 1924-2003

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Italian artist. From the description of Pochette militaire (exhibition packet), 1965. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 146011501 ...

Pattison, Abbott L. (Abbott Lawrence), 1916-1999

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Sculptor, painter; Chicago and Winnetka, Ill. Taught at the Chicago Institute of Art. Was artist in residence at University of Illinois. From the description of Abbott Pattison papers, 1940-1977. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122515091 ...

Lanyon, Ellen

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Painter, printmaker; Chicago, Illinois. Born 1926. From the description of Ellen Lanyon interview, 1975 Dec. 5. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 80261911 Painter, printmaker; Chicago, Illinois. b. 1926. Lanyon is active in several women's art organizations and member of the Board of the Ox-Bow Summer School of Painting. From the description of Ellen Lanyon papers, 1944-1991. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 84051952 ...