Clement Greenberg papers, 1928-1995.

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Clement Greenberg papers, 1928-1995.

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The papers document Greenberg's personal and intellectual development from age nineteen until his death. Greenberg's letters to Harold Lazarus, together with the journals, tell of the critic's artistic and literary ambitions, his obsession with Partisan review colleagues, and his friendship with artists such as Pollock, Frankenthaler, and Noland. Manuscripts, seminars, and lectures, unpublished and published, reveal Greenberg's writing process and the evolution of his ideas from the 1920s until his death. Work files include clippings and writings on Jackson Pollock, David Smith, Morris Louis, and Jack Bush. The compilation of clippings spanning several decades portray the shifting public view of Greenberg, while photographs and tapes preserve a visual and audio record of him lecturing and otherwise interacting in the art world. Diaries, journals, and select correspondence sealed. The repository also has three rolls of microfilm of the unrestricted portion of the Clement Greenberg papers held at the Archives of American Art.

ca. 25 linear ft. (45 boxes) + ADDS (5 boxes)

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