Artists files, [ca. 1930]-1986

Authors:Whitney Museum of American Art, Edwin Walter Dickinson, Philip Evergood, John Edward Heliker, Bernard Reder, Raphael Soyer, Jack Tworkov, Andrew Wyeth, William Zorach

Summary:Files primarily about twentieth century American artists, both famous and not well-known. Broad range of material includes photographs of works of art, exhibition catalogs, invitations of exhibitions, news clippings, reviews, reprints of articles, biographical information, press releases, and data about specific works of art. Also, some correspondence with curators and others about the artists, and a small amount of correspondence with the artists themselves. Some loan forms are included. Artists include Charles Burchfield, Alexander Calder, Arthur Davies, Stuart Davis, Arthur Dove, William Glackens, Winslow Homer, Edward Hopper, John Marin, Reginald Marsh, Georgia O'Keeffe, and John Sloan. In addition, a large series of notebooks contains numerous photographs of works of art, artists, and workshops. Artists represented are Alexander Calder, Ellsworth Kelly, Jasper Johns, Reginald Marsh, Willem de Kooning, Katherine Schmidt, and James Turrell. Other notebooks prepared by curators for Whitney Museum catalogs contain descriptions of the work of art accompanied by photographs. Artists include Edwin Dickinson, Philip Evergood, John Heliker, Reginald Marsh, Bernard Reder, John Sloan, Raphael Soyer, Jack Tworkov, Andrew Wyeth, and William Zorach