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Whitney Museum of American Art

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Found in 23 Collections and/or Records:

Lloyd and Edith Havens Goodrich, Whitney Museum of American Art, Record of Works by Thomas Eakins

 Collection
Identifier: LEG
Abstract The Lloyd and Edith Havens Goodrich, Whitney Museum of American Art, Record of Works by Thomas Eakins consists mainly of typescript and manuscript papers, correspondence, and a variety of research and reference materials pertaining to Lloyd Goodrich's major published and unpublished works on American artist Thomas Eakins. This collection documents more than 50 years of Eakins scholarship, during which Goodrich published "Thomas Eakins: his life and work" (1933) and the revised and augmented...
Dates: 1894, 1903, 1915-1986

"Making Mischief: Dada Invades New York" invitation for opening, 1996

 Object — Box: 8, Folder: 38
Identifier: MDR_B008_F038_001
Scope and Contents

Whitney Museum of American Art. "Making Mischief: Dada Invades New York." Members' opening invitation.

Dates: 1996

New York Observer. "Here Comes the Whitney, Now that Dada's Dead", 1996 December 2

 Object — Box: 2, Folder: 21
Identifier: MDR_B002_F021_001
Scope and Contents

New York Observer. "Here Comes the Whitney, Now that Dada's Dead" by Hilton Kramer [copy]. Review of "Making Mischief" exhibition at Whitney Museum of American Art.

Dates: 1996 December 2

Whitney Museum of American Art, 1951-1952

 File — Box: 90, Folder: 4
Scope and Contents From the Series: Comprising the largest portion of the Fiske Kimball Records, this series clearly documents Kimball's extensive contact with the institutions, individuals, and businesses that collectively directed and promoted art and artists, and a public appreciation for both. Kimball cultivated a variety of correspondents, from dealers and donors to museums, educational institutions and professional organizations. Throughout the three decades documented, antiques and art dealers appear to be Kimball's...
Dates: 1951-1952

Whitney Museum of American Art, 1953-1954

 File — Box: 102, Folder: 13
Scope and Contents From the Series: Comprising the largest portion of the Fiske Kimball Records, this series clearly documents Kimball's extensive contact with the institutions, individuals, and businesses that collectively directed and promoted art and artists, and a public appreciation for both. Kimball cultivated a variety of correspondents, from dealers and donors to museums, educational institutions and professional organizations. Throughout the three decades documented, antiques and art dealers appear to be Kimball's...
Dates: 1953-1954

Whitney Museum of American Art, 1949-1950

 File — Box: 77, Folder: 6
Scope and Contents From the Series: Comprising the largest portion of the Fiske Kimball Records, this series clearly documents Kimball's extensive contact with the institutions, individuals, and businesses that collectively directed and promoted art and artists, and a public appreciation for both. Kimball cultivated a variety of correspondents, from dealers and donors to museums, educational institutions and professional organizations. Throughout the three decades documented, antiques and art dealers appear to be Kimball's...
Dates: 1949-1950

Whitney Museum of American Art, 1947-1948

 File — Box: 64, Folder: 5
Scope and Contents From the Series: Comprising the largest portion of the Fiske Kimball Records, this series clearly documents Kimball's extensive contact with the institutions, individuals, and businesses that collectively directed and promoted art and artists, and a public appreciation for both. Kimball cultivated a variety of correspondents, from dealers and donors to museums, educational institutions and professional organizations. Throughout the three decades documented, antiques and art dealers appear to be Kimball's...
Dates: 1947-1948

Whitney Museum of American Art, 1932

 File — Box: 11, Folder: 19
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

Concerning sales and possible sales of objects to museums. Includes much correspondence with the Metropolitan Museum in New York, the Philadelphia Museum of Art, and the Washington Cathedral.

Dates: 1932

Whitney Museum of American Art, 1985, 1993-1996

 File — Box: 24, Folder: 44
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: Correspondence with Library staff, particularly Elizabeth Wrigley and Naomi Sawelson-Gorse, who was hired as Archivist in the 1980s. Much of the correspondence consists of research requests to the library, primarily about Duchamp, the Arensbergs and their circle of artist friends. There is also correspondence with the Philadelphia Museum of Art regarding the transfer of the art collection to the Museum. There are also many requests for photographs, photocopies, and permission to publish, as...
Dates: 1985, 1993-1996

Whitney Museum of American Art, 1966-1970, 1985

 File — Box: 3, Folder: 25
Scope and Contents From the Series: This series contains Goodrich's general correspondence related to his studies of Thomas Eakins. The bulk of the material is correspondence with other scholars of Eakins, including Maria Chamberlin-Hellman, Gordon Hendricks, William Innis Homer, Elizabeth Johns, Margaret McHenry, and Elizabeth Milroy. Files with these individuals document the exchange of ideas and information regarding Eakins and his work, as well as the part Goodrich played in the production of publications and exhibitions...
Dates: 1966-1970, 1985

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New York City, United States 2
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