Nell Blaine diaries and correspondence, ca. 1947-2002.

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Nell Blaine diaries and correspondence, ca. 1947-2002.

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Diaries and correspondence of the American artist, Nell Blaine. The diaries provide a detailed record of her works of art, their creation, exhibition, and sale, as well as of her health, reading, accounts, and contacts. The correspondence is chiefly letters to Blaine from her circle of artist and writer friends including John Ashbery, Leland Bell, Rudy Burckhardt, Elaine De Kooning, Robert De Niro Sr., Jane Freilicher, Kenneth Koch, Denise Levertov, Frank O'Hara, and Larry Rivers.

8 boxes (2.5 linear feet)

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Ashbery, John, 1927-2017

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American poet and editor of Art & Literature. From the description of The Tennis Court Oath galley proof, 1961. (Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center (HRC); University of Texas at Austin). WorldCat record id: 122685058 The letters cover a span starting two days after Ashbery and Gregg graduated from Deerfield Academy, and continue through the following summers and during a period of time when Gregg was drafted into the Army and served in postwar Eur...

Freilicher, Jane, 1924-2014

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Jane Freilicher was an American painter. Born in 1924 in Brooklyn, New York, she attended Brooklyn College and then studied with artist Hans Hofmann. She left the Hofmann studio in 1948 to paint in New York City, collaborating with a group of artist and writer friends known collectively as the New York School and including John Ashbery, Kenneth Koch, Frank O'Hara, Larry Rivers, and James Schuyler. She married jazz pianist Jack Freilicher when she was 17; the marriage was annulled five years late...

Levertov, Denise, 1923-1997

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The interview took place at Wells College, New York. From the description of Audio interviews with poet Denise Levertov by Clive Scott Chisholm : sound recordings, 1973 Jan. 27. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 754864806 Correspondence to Lewis and Sophia Mumford from Denise Levertov and her husband, Mitchell Goodman. From the description of Letters, 1965-1976, to Lewis and Sophia Mumford. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 155871475 ...

Bell, Leland V.

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B. 1922 d. 1991. From the description of Leland Bell artist file. (Whitney Museum of American Art). WorldCat record id: 228432845 ...

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...

De Niro, Robert, 1922-1993

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Painter and poet (New York City). From the description of Robert De Niro papers, 1970-1978. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122594203 ...

O'Hara, Frank, 1926-1966

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The inscription is to the author's Harvard roommate Harold Fondren. Edward Gorey was an earlier roommate of O'Hara. From the description of Creation : a Christmas story : typescript, 1949. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 612794273 Frank O'Hara was an American art critic, essayist, playwright, and poet. From the description of Frank O'Hara collection of papers, 1955-1966. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 122533765 From the guide to...

Rivers, Larry, 1925-2002

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Larry Rivers (1925-2002) was a painter from Southampton, N.Y.). From the description of Oral history interview with Larry Rivers, 1968 Nov. 2 [sound recording]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 84233674 Larry Rivers was born Yitzhok Loiza Grossberg to Russian-Jewish parents in 1923 (sometimes claimed to be 1925) in the Bronx, New York, changing his name to Larry Rivers in 1940 after being introduced as "Larry Rivers and the Mudcats" performing at a local pub. From 1940-1945 he...

Koch, Kenneth, 1925-2002

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Poet. From the description of Reminiscences of Kenneth Koch : oral history, 1971. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 309743269 American Poet; born in Cincinnati, Ohio. He studied at Harvard (B.A. 1948) and Columbia University (Ph.D. 1959). He was a leading figure of the New York school of poetry. Koch also wrote a novel and plays, some of which have been produced off-Broadway. From the description of Kenneth Koch collection. [n.d.]...

Burckhardt, Rudy

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Photographer and filmmaker; New York, N.Y. b. 1914 d. 1999. From the description of Oral history interview with Rudy Burckhardt, 1993 Jan. 14. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 220205989 Burckhardt, Rudy, 1914-1999, Photographer and filmmaker of New York, N.Y. From the description of Oral history interview with Rudy Burckhardt, 1993 Jan. 14 [sound recording]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 245522792 d. August 1, 1999. From the description of Art...