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Arensberg Archives
Collection
Identifier: WLA
Abstract
Art collectors Walter and Louise Arensberg amassed a seminal collection of modern and Pre-Columbian art between 1913 and 1950, when they presented it to the Philadelphia Museum of Art. The Arensberg Archives contain correspondence, ephemera, clippings, writings, personal and art collection records, and photographs documenting the couple's art collecting activities as well as their friendship with many important artists, writers and scholars, including Marcel Duchamp, Charles Sheeler, Walter...
Dates:
1905-1957, undated
Beatrice Wood Collection
Collection
Identifier: BWC
Abstract
This collection includes archival material documenting the life and work of Beatrice Wood (1893-1998), a central figure in the New York Dada movement and a notable ceramicist. The collection contains contributions by both Beatrice Wood and Conrad C. M. Arensberg, the great nephew of Walter C. Arensberg, one of Wood's close friends. It includes documentation of several exhibitions and events; photographs of Woods, her friends, and her artwork; and, letters from Wood to Conrad Arensberg and...
Dates:
1917-2001; Majority of material found within 1978-2001
Francis Bacon Foundation Records
Collection
Identifier: FBF
Abstract
The Francis Bacon Foundation was formed by Walter and Louise Arensberg in 1938 to promote study in science, literature, religion, history and philosophy with special reference to the works of Francis Bacon. The Foundation also served as the legal owner of the Walter and Louise Arensberg art collection. The Francis Bacon Foundation Records consist of correspondence, administrative and financial records which illustrate the organizational aspects of the Foundation, the Baconian research...
Dates:
1936-1997, undated
George Kubler Records of the Arensberg Collection Catalog
Collection
Identifier: KUB
Abstract
These records consist of photographs annotated by George Kubler for a catalog of pre-Columbian sculptures in the collection of Louise and Walter Arensberg.
Dates:
1954
Naomi Sawelson-Gorse Research Collection
Collection
Identifier: NSG
Abstract
These are research materials from Naomi Swelson Gorse, who was an archivist at the Francis Bacon Foundation. Much of it is research correspondence pertaining to the Arensberg family.
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1950-2005