Bernard Childs papers

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Bernard Childs papers

circa 1950-2017

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw95efd3efe-3a52-4d6a-b147-3b5a97326c8b

Biographical material, correspondence, subject files, a scrapbook, photographs and slides, printed material, and an audio recording of a lecture by Childs. Biographical material includes a November 1990 typescript of a lecture given by Judith Childs, Bernard Child's wife, about Childs. Correspondence is with colleagues, friends and museums regarding Childs' works of art, exhibitions, and works of art by Jackson Pollock, Juliette Hamélécourt and others. Correspondents include Lee Mullican, Gertrude Perrin (Perrin collection), Len Lye, Alan Fern (National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution) and others. Subject files pertain to artists, works of art, exhibitions, publications, teaching, travel and other activities. Photographs and slides are of Childs, his family, friends and his works of art. Printed material includes exhibition catalogs, posters, and newspaper clippings regarding Childs and other artists. Correspondence, some concerning Guggenheim application; articles, catalogs, clippings, and teaching material. Correspondence with [Frederick] Rahr, personal notes, and notebooks.

15.4 Linear feet

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SNAC Resource ID: 8206079

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Childs, Judith.

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Childs, Bernard, 1910-1985

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Painter and printmaker; New York, N.Y. From the description of Bernard Childs papers, 1952-1998. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 779476839 From the description of Bernard Childs papers, 1952-1998. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 78813598 Childs was a painter and printmaker who resided in New York, N.Y. From the description of Bernard Childs prints and associated materials, 1940s-2001 / Bernard Childs. (Smith College). WorldCat record id: 83261431 ...