Sidney S. Lawrence letters from Abram Lerner

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Sidney S. Lawrence letters from Abram Lerner

1985-2006

Eleven letters from Abram Lerner, Director, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden (HMSG), Smithsonian Institution, to Sidney S. Lawrence. Letters are personal in nature and were written after Lerner's appointment with the Smithsonian Institution. Individuals mentioned are Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, S. Dillon Ripley, and artists Larry Rivers, Jacob Kainen, Catherine Murphy, Romare Bearden, and Wayne Thiebaud, among others.

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SNAC Resource ID: 8117384

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Lawrence, Sidney, 1948-

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Sidney S. Lawrence (1948- ) was Head of Public Affairs, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. From the description of Sidney S. Lawrence letters from Abram Lerner, 1985-2006. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 744437322 Curator; Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, D.C. Brown is a Chicago painter. From the description of Sidney Lawrence interviews relating to Roger Brown, 1986. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 82...

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...

Thiebaud, Wayne, 1920-

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Wayne Thiebaud (1920- ) is a painter and art teacher from Sacramento, Calif. From the description of Oral history interview with Wayne Thiebaud, 2001 May 17-18 [sound recording]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 636357721 Painter, art teacher; Sacramento, Calif. From the description of Oral history interview with Wayne Thiebaud, 2001 May 17-18 [sound recording]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 276394403 Painter, art teacher; Sacramento, Calif.; b. 1920....

Ripley, S. Dillon (Sidney Dillon), 1913-2001

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S. Dillon Ripley (b. September 20, 1913, New York City, NY - d. March 12, 2001, Washington, D.C.), an ornithologist, served as the eighth Secretary of the Smithsonian from 1964 to 1984, and oversaw tremendous growth. Interested in natural history and exploration since his childhood, Ripley visited the remote nation of Ladakh when he was only thirteen years old. After graduate school, he was a curator at the Smithsonian briefly and then spent almost twenty years teaching at Yale University. He le...

Bearden, Romare, 1911-1988

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B. September 2, 1911in Charlotte, N.C;d. 1988. From the description of Romy Bearden : Artist File. (International Center of Photography). WorldCat record id: 539064129 Romare Bearden (1911-1988) was painter from New York, N.Y. From the description of Oral history interview with Romare Bearden, 1968 June 29. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 81776639 Romare Bearden (1911-1988) was an African-American primitive painter from New York, N.Y. From the...

Murphy, Catherine, 1946-

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Lerner, Abram

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Museum director; Wash., D.C. From the description of Abram Lerner interview, 1969. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 81787135 Abram Lerner, Museum director of Washington, D.C. From the description of Oral history interview with Abram Lerner, 1975 Dec. 9-1976 Jan. 27. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 646395750 Museum director (Washington, D.C.). From the description of Abram Lerner interviews, 1975 Dec. 9-1976 Jan. 27. (Unknown). WorldCat record id...

Kainen, Jacob

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b. December 7, 1909; d. March 19, 2001. From the description of Artist file : miscellaneous uncataloged material. (Museum of Modern Art (MOMA)). WorldCat record id: 122635676 Jacob Kainen (1909-2001) was a painter, printmaker, and curator from Washington, D.C. Studied at the Art Students League and Pratt Institute. Kainen died March 19, 2001, at age 91. He is survived by his widow, Ruth Kainen. From the description of Jacob Kainen papers,...