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Finding Aids to Personal Papers and Special Collections in the Smithsonian Institution Archives

Accession 07-162

Zilczer, Judith

Judith K. Zilczer Papers, 1984-2005

Repository:Smithsonian Institution Archives, Washington, D.C. Contact us at osiaref@si.edu.
Creator:Zilczer, Judith
Title:Judith K. Zilczer Papers
Dates:1984-2005
Quantity:2 cu. ft. (2 record storage boxes)
Collection:Accession 07-162
Language of Materials:English
Summary:

This accession consists of records documenting the professional activities and correspondence of Judith K. Zilczer, art historian and curator. Zilczer was employed by the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden (HMSG) in various capacities from 1974-2003, ultimately serving as Curator of Paintings from 1992-2003. Many of the records document exhibitions for which she served as a consultant, including "Visual Music: 1905-2005" at HMSG, which she continued working on after her official retirement in 2003, and "Advent of Modernism" at the High Museum of Art. Materials include correspondence, checklists, essays, brochures, notes, lists of artwork, exhibitions proposals, grant applications, and related materials.

Descriptive Entry

This accession consists of records documenting the professional activities and correspondence of Judith K. Zilczer, art historian and curator. Zilczer was employed by the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden (HMSG) in various capacities from 1974-2003, ultimately serving as Curator of Paintings from 1992-2003. Many of the records document exhibitions for which she served as a consultant, including "Visual Music: 1905-2005" at HMSG, which she continued working on after her official retirement in 2003, and "Advent of Modernism" at the High Museum of Art. Materials include correspondence, checklists, essays, brochures, notes, lists of artwork, exhibitions proposals, grant applications, and related materials.

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Use Restriction

Restricted for 25 years. See Deed of Gift for additional information about restrictions, until Jan-01-2031; Transferring office; 12/1/2003 Deed of Gift; Contact reference staff for details.

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Preferred Citation

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 07-162, Judith K. Zilczer Papers

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Container List

Box 1

Visual Music: 1905-2005

Music Proposal, 1985-1987

Box 1 of 2

Scholarly Studies Progress Report, 2004

Box 1 of 2

Scholarly Studies Application Cover Sheets and Guidelines, 2002-2003

Box 1 of 2

Visual Music: 1905-2005, 2004 (2 folders)

Box 1 of 2

Current Miscellaneous, 2004-2005

Box 1 of 2

Inside Smithsonian Research, 2004

Box 1 of 2

Photograph Orders, 2004

Box 1 of 2

Opening, 2005

Box 1 of 2

Installation, 2005

Box 1 of 2

Public Programs, 2005

Box 1 of 2

Checklist and Spreadsheet Data

Box 1 of 2

Alternate Selections, 2004

Box 1 of 2

Pending, 2003-2004

Box 1 of 2

Preface/Acknowledgments - Drafts

Box 1 of 2

Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art (LA MOCA), 2004-2005

Box 1 of 2

National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) Application, 2004

Box 1 of 2

Fundraising, 2004

Box 1 of 2

Indemnity, 2004

Box 1 of 2

Checklist Revisions, 2004

Box 1 of 2

Loan Withdrawals

Box 1 of 2

Loans: Documents and Ephemera, 2004-2005

Box 1 of 2

Pending Loan Correspondence, 2004

Box 1 of 2

Correspondence, 2004

Box 1 of 2

Abadie: Survage, 2004

Box 1 of 2

Albright-Knox, 2003-2004

Box 1 of 2

Beyler Foundation, 2003-2005

Box 1 of 2

Brougher, 2004

Box 1 of 2

Joy Chambers, 2005

Box 1 of 2

Cinemathique francaise, 2004

Box 1 of 2

Ciurlionis, 2004-2005

Box 1 of 2

Collopy, 2004

Box 1 of 2

Denver Art Museum

Box 1 of 2

Dove Selections, 2004

Box 1 of 2

Eastman House, 2004

Box 1 of 2

Eugene Epstein, 2005

Box 1 of 2

Harvard Art Museums, 2004

Box 1 of 2

Heckscher Museum, 2004

Box 1 of 2

Hirschfield-Mack, 2004

Box 1 of 2

Klee Foundation, 2003

Box 1 of 2

Klee Catalogue Raisonne, 2003-2004

Box 1 of 2

Library of Congress, 2004

Box 1 of 2

Mattis, 2004

Box 1 of 2

Maiushin, 2004

Box 1 of 2

Metropolitan Museum of Art, Pasadena, 2004

Box 1 of 2

Musee d'Orsay, 2003

Box 1 of 2

Norton Simon Museum of Art, 2004

Box 1 of 2

Ottevanger, 2000-2003

Box 1 of 2

Papdopouos, 2005

Box 1 of 2

Pesanek, 2004

Box 1 of 2

Pompidou Center, 2004

Box 1 of 2

Reiback/Wilfred Project, 2004

Box 1 of 2

San Diego, 2003-2004

Box 1 of 2

Schoenberg Center, Vienna, 2004

Box 1 of 2

Nancy Schwartz, 2004

Box 1 of 2

Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery, 2004

Box 1 of 2

Shiffman, Tracy, 2004

Box 1 of 2

Stieglitz Music Photographs, 2003-2004

Box 1 of 2

Survage, 2004

Box 1 of 2

Athena Tacha, 2005

Box 1 of 2

Wilfred Thomas (son), 2002

Box 1 of 2

Thyssen Foundation, 2004

Box 1 of 2

Yale, 2004

Box 1 of 2

Current/Contemporary - Synaestesia, 2004

Box 1 of 2

Other Artists, 2005

Box 1 of 2

Timeline, 2002-2004

Box 1 of 2

Online History, 2002

Box 1 of 2

Bibliography, 2004

Box 1 of 2

Miscellaneous Correspondence, 2003

Box 1 of 2

Miscellaneous Correspondence and Research, 2003

Box 1 of 2

Checklist, 2004

Box 1 of 2

Letters from Jeremy Strick, 2003

Box 1 of 2

Kristen Grubb, 2003

Box 1 of 2

Prospectus

Box 1 of 2

Bill Camfield, 2002

Box 1 of 2

Cleveland

Box 1 of 2

Cleveland - Wilfred Clavilux, 2002

Box 1 of 2

Dan Conrad - ChromaAccord, 2002

Box 1 of 2

Consey: University of California, Berkeley, 2002

Box 1 of 2

Eric de Chassey, 2001-2003

Box 1 of 2

Wilfred Catalogue Raisonne, 2001-2002

Box 1 of 2

Galerie Brusberg Berlin, 2002

Box 1 of 2

Marcade, 2002

Box 1 of 2

Leonard Hutton Galleries, Branoff-Rosine, 2002-2003

Box 1 of 2

Color Music: Kovler, Gail, Wilfred, 2002

Box 1 of 2

Musee d-Orsay

Box 1 of 2

Pierre, Arnauld, 2002-2003

Box 1 of 2

Lisa Renaud, 2003

Box 1 of 2

Scattergood Moore, 2002-2003

Box 1 of 2

Donna Stein, 1999

Box 1 of 2

Wasserman: The Jewish Museum, 2002-2003

Box 1 of 2

Los Angeles Trip, July 2003 (2 folders)

Box 1 of 2

Box 2

Meeting at LA MOCA, July 21, 2003

Box 2 of 2

Addenda to Selections

Box 2 of 2

Synaesthesia and Light - Miscellaneous, 1988

Box 2 of 2

Art and Sound, 2002

Box 2 of 2

Preliminary Lists, 1984

Box 2 of 2

Europeans

Box 2 of 2

Abstract Expressionism, 1984-1985

Box 2 of 2

American Abstract Artists, 1984

Box 2 of 2

Americans, 1985-1991

Box 2 of 2

Irving Babbitt Research

Box 2 of 2

Van Deering Rerrine - Sources

Box 2 of 2

Advent of Modernism"

High Museum of Art, 1986

Box 2 of 2

Peter Morrin, 1984-1986

Box 2 of 2

Research Correspondence, 1985-1986

Box 2 of 2

Bill Agee, 1985-1986

Box 2 of 2

Post-Impressionism: Diffusion, 1985

Box 2 of 2

List of Artists and Lenders, 1985

Box 2 of 2

Consultants, 1985

Box 2 of 2

Prospectus, 1985

Box 2 of 2

Post Impressionism, 1985

Box 2 of 2

Expenses, 1985

Box 2 of 2

Essay Entries, 1985

Box 2 of 2

Arthur Dove

Box 2 of 2

Nordfeldt, 1985-1986 (3 folders)

Box 2 of 2

Joseph Stella

Box 2 of 2

Canadian Documentation, 1985

Box 2 of 2

Checklist, 1985

Box 2 of 2

Notes for Conference Calls, 1985

Box 2 of 2

Manuscript

Box 2 of 2

Alice Schille (2 folders)

Box 2 of 2

Newspapers

Box 2 of 2

Notes for Post-Impressionism Lecture, 1986

Box 2 of 2

American National Biography, 1994-1997 (2 folders)

Box 2 of 2

Art News Books, 1984

Box 2 of 2

Delaware State Art Council, 1990

Box 2 of 2

Dictionary of Art, 1988-1993

Box 2 of 2

Fairfax County Council of the Arts, 1991-1992

Box 2 of 2

Donald Graham, 1986

Box 2 of 2

Kushner, 1988

Box 2 of 2

Peachtree Gallery, 1986

Box 2 of 2

Time Symposium, 1989

Box 2 of 2

Yasuna, 1985

Box 2 of 2