Reference Request
Finding Aids to Official Records of the Smithsonian Institution Archives
Accession 96-089
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden. Department of Painting and Sculpture
(Judith K. Zilczer) Records, circa 1979-1995
Collection Overview
| General Information About This Collection | |
|---|---|
| Repository: | Smithsonian Institution Archives, Washington, D.C. Contact us at osiaref@si.edu. |
| Creator: | Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden. Department of Painting and Sculpture |
| Title: | (Judith K. Zilczer) Records |
| Dates: | circa 1979-1995 |
| Quantity: | 5.5 cu. ft. (5 record storage boxes) (1 document box) |
| Collection: | Accession 96-089 |
| Language of Materials: | English |
| Summary: | These records include exhibition research files of Judith K. Zilczer, Curator of the Department of Painting and Sculpture, 1990- , as well as records from her tenure as Historian and Associate Curator at the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden (HMSG), 1976-1987,and Associate Curator of Painting, 1987-1990. The records primarily document planning of the exhibition, "Willem de Kooning: From the Hirshhorn Museum Collection," unit exhibitions (smaller exhibits which consist of HMSG collections), and loan exhibitions. Materials include memoranda and correspondence pertaining to catalog production; contracts and grants; exhibition installation, opening events, and tours; education and public programming; and budgetary information. In addition there is correspondence with artists, subject files on loan exhibitions, and photographs of Willem de Kooning and his artwork. |
Descriptive Entry
These records include exhibition research files of Judith K. Zilczer, Curator of the Department of Painting and Sculpture, 1990- , as well as records from her tenure as Historian and Associate Curator at the Hirshhorn, 1976-1987, and Associate Curator of Painting, 1987-1990. The records primarily document planning of the exhibition, Willem de Kooning: From the Hirshhorn Museum Collection, unit exhibitions (smaller exhibits which consist of HMSG collections), and loan exhibitions. Materials include memoranda and correspondence pertaining to catalog production; contracts and grants; exhibition installation, opening events, and tours; education and public programming; and budgetary information. In addition there is correspondence with artists, subject files on loan exhibitions, and photographs of Willem de Kooning and his artwork.
Index Terms
This collection is indexed under the following access terms. These are links to collections with related topics, persons or places.
Name
- De Kooning, Willem, 1904-1997
- Willem de Kooning: From the Hirshhorn Museum Collection (Exhibition) (1993-1994: Washington, D.C.)
- Zilczer, Judith
Subject
Physical Characteristics of Materials in the Collection
Administrative Information
Preferred Citation
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 96-089, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden. Department of Painting and Sculpture, (Judith K. Zilczer) Records
Container List
Box 1
Willem de Kooning from the Hirshhorn Museum Collection Exhibition Files, 1988-1995
A. Exhibition Planning
1. Willem de Kooning Project Proposal
2. Willem de Kooning Publication Proposal
3. Conservation
4. Budget
5. Catalog
6. Planning
7. Exhibition Checklist
8. Works not in the Exhibition
9. State University of New York/Buffalo (Edwin Denby, In Public, in Private)
10. Other shows
11. National Gallery of Art
12. Other Museum Collections
B. Exhibition Tour
1. Exhibition Tour
2. Contracts
3. Caixa Foundation, Barcelona (see Tom Messer, File 9 Below)
4. High Museum of Art, Atlanta
5. High Museum of Art opening and Lecture
6. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
7. Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
8. Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
9. Tom Messer
C. Grant Applications/Development
1. Grant Applications/Development
2. Time Warner
3. Tim Boggs, Time Warner
4. Dutch Institutional Holdings
5. James Smithson Society
6. Netherlands-American Amity Trust
7. Royal Netherland Embassy
D. Catalog Production
1. Rizzoli
2. Rizzoli Contract
3. Front Matter/Photo Credits
4. Sisco (Designer)
5. Permissions (See Also DeKooning Office Correspondence below)
6. Additional Photo Suggestions
7. DeKooning: Color
8. Edited Copy: Foreword
9. Catalog of Exhibition
10. Letters
11. Bibliography
12. Chronology - File A
13. Chronology - File B
14. Documentation
15. Lynne Cooke Essay
16. Judith Zilczer Essay
17. Susan Lake Essay
18. Questions/Comments Zilczer Essay
E. DeKooning Installation
1. Framing
2. Handout (2 files)
3. Didactics (2 files)
4. Graphics Package
5. Production Meetings
6. Schematics
7. SI Archives
Box 2
F. De Kooning Research Correspondence
1. De Kooning Research Correspondence, 1982-1993
2. Archives of American Art
3. Archives Permission Letters
4. Abel, Lionel
5. Art Seminar Group, Baltimore
6. Susan Brockman
7. Brugge
8. Brussels - Expositions du Palais des Beaux-Arts
9. R. Burckhardt
10. C & M Arts
11. Conservation Analytical Lab
12. Contempo
13. Lynne Cooke
14. de Kooning Office File 2, June 1993-May 1995
15. de Kooning Office (Conservatorship) File 1: July 1991-June 1993
16. Copyright: DeKooning Conservancy
17. Lisa de Kooning
18. Letters: Permission/License Agreement with de Kooning Conservancy
19. Hester Diamond (Mrs. Harold Diamond) - Antony-de Gesee - File transferred to HMSG Collection Archive
20. Anthony d'Offay
21. John Eastman
22. Egan, Charles
23. Emanuel Herzl
24. Federal Judicial Center
25. Ferber Herbert
26. Finkelstein, Louis (See also Public Programs Files)
27. Frankenthaler, Helen
28. Fuchs, Rudi
29. Gabetti [Gagosian file (insurance-retained)]
30. Gerhart, Robert
31. Hall, Lee
32. Harvard University
33. Hess, William D.
34. Herrera, Hayden
35. Hirshhorn, Olga
36. Hoffeld
37. Hooper, Rhoda
38. Institute for North American Studies, Barcelona
39. Jacobovits de Szeged, Adriaan. (Ambassador of the Netherlands)
40. Janis
41. Juley Photographs
42. Kline, Martin
43. M. Knoedler & Co.
44. Kodonsha
45. Krugier
46. Lerner, Abram
47. Levy, Joan
48. Lieber, Edvard
49. Luyckx, Marjorie
50. Marchowsky, Marie
51. Mazoh, Stephen
52. McNeil, George
53. Milwaukee Art Museum
54. Morelle, Patrick (see video in HMSG-Library)
55. Muryama
56. Namuth
57. O'Connor, Francis
58. Owsley, David
59. Pace
60. Passlof, Patricia
61. Pavia, Philip
62. Petrie, Mrs. Donald
63. Powers, John and Kimiko
64. Salander-O'Reilly
65. Robins, Kenneth
66. Rodrigez, Pedro
67. Rosenthal, Nan
68. Ross, Stephen J. (See also Time Warner)
69. Shiff, Richard
70. Sichere, Marie-Anne
71. Siedell, Dan
72. Slivka, Rose
73. Smith College
74. Snyder, Robert
75. Sothby's
76. Sprayregen, Peter
77. Stone, Allan
78. Swan, Analynn
79. Sylvester, David
80. U. S. Consul, Barcelona
81. Welliver, Neil
82. Whitney Museum
83. Yard, Sally
84. Zakian, Michael
85. Zogbaum, Rufus
G. Development (See also Grant Application, Box I)
86. Development (File 1)
87. Development (File 2)
88. Development (Pending)
89. Government Relations
90. SI Shops
Box 3
H. Opening Events
91. De Kooning Dinner List/Opening/Netherlands Luncheon
92. Embassy Lunch
93. Invitation
94. White House
95. Contributing Membership
96. Catalog Mailing List
I. Education and Public Programming
97. De Kooning Films
98. National Museum of American Art (NMAA) Lunchbag Seminar Lecture (October 1, 1993)
99. Docent Training Lecture (October 1993)
100. High Museum Lecture (September 1994)
101. Conversation with Friends of Bill (Tapes available)
102. De Kooning Panel Discussion
103. Finkelstein, Louis (See also Research Correspondence file)
104. Lassaw, Ibram and Ernestine
105. Lerner, Abram (Text of Paper)
106. McMahon, John
107. Willem de Kooning Reconsidered (Symposium)
108. DeKooning Symposium
109. Symposium Papers (Tape available)
110. Cateforis, David
111. Polcari, Stephen
112. Ratcliff, Carter
113. Wolfe, Judith
114. Symposium/Lectures
115. Kirwin, Liza (Archives of American Art)
116. DeKooning Public Programs
117. Smithson Education Proposal
118. Education Planning
J. Publicity
119. De Kooning Publicity
120. De Kooning Publicity: File 2
121. Publicity Photos
122. Barcelona Press
123. Hammett: Public Affairs
124. Letters about Show: Response
K. Contracts
125. Contract Amendments
126. De Kooning Traveling Exhibition Fund
127. Contracts - Status
L. De Kooning Catalog - Photo Permissions
Photographs for Lynne Cooke Essay
De Kooning Photograph Requests (2 folders)
M. Barcelona/Caixa Foundation
128. Tour Planning
129. Caixa Permission
130. ArtNews (Barcelona Publicity)
131. Caixa Current
132. Participation Fee
133. Nimfa Bisbe
134. Barcelona Catalog
Box 4
135. Barcelona Photo Orders
136. Shipping Charges
137. Follow-up from opening & Barcelona Trip
N. Early Drafts/Research Backup Files
138. Catalog Addenda & Corrections
139. List of Captions
140. Corrected Checklist
141. Revised Chronology
142. Notes on Catalog follow-up
143. Foreword
144. Bibliography Final Check
145. Checklist Final
146. Bibliography
147. De Kooning Follow-up
148. Pending Material for Jennifer Dolt (see also, de Kooning Office)
149. Miscellaneous Bibliography
150. Susan Lake (October 16, 1992)
151. Lynne Cooke Essay
152. Catalog/Bibliography Addenda (October 23, 1992)
153. Sponsored Projects
O. Graphics Package; Photos for Handout and Negatives for Didactic Panels
Photographs and Negatives
P. Cassette Tapes of Public Programs
Cassette Tapes
Q. Photographs from Opening and Panel Discussion (Conversation with Friends of Bill)
Photographs
Judith Zilczer: Research files for Unit Exhibitions, 1979-1986
1. Alfred Maurer Research Notes
2. Burgoyne Diller, September 1979
3. Oscar Bluemner
Bluemner Research: Object file
Bluemner Chronology
Bluemner Chronology Notes
Exhibition Reviews
Catalog Specs
Lecture
Self-portrait
Review (Early)
PWAP and WPA
Color Theory
Biographical Material
Miscellaneous Material (Reproductions & articles)
Archives Notes
Essays
Article
Photos from Archives of American Art - Bluemner Papers
Bluemner's Self-Portrait
Comparative Material (Reproductions from Archives - Bluemner papers)
Correspondence and Manuscript draft
Bluemner: Columbus Museum of Art
Hayes: Bluemner
4. URBAN IMAGE
5. Jacques Lipchitz: 1981
6. Geometric Abstraction (January 1981)
7. Third Floor Reinstallation, March-April 1981
7A. Third Floor Label copy
8. Hispanic Artists in HMSG
9. "The Eight" and the Independent Tradition in American Art
"The Eight" and the Independent Tradition
Galleries 300-303
"The Eight" - Bibliography
Box 5
Manuscripts and galleys (for American Art Journal article)
References
Decent Training Lecture
Artists Bios
Art Students' League Exhibition
10. Relief Sculpture: January 28 - April 12, 1986
Relief Photos
Relief Sculpture Lecture
Miscellaneous Reference material
Relief Sculpture (Checklists)
Relief Sculpture Checklist
Relief Handout and Didactic
11. Reinstallation
1983-1986 Files (3 folders)
12. New York Trip 1986
Judith Zilczer: Research Files for Loan Exhibitions
De Stijl
Geometric Abstraction: Heirs of de Stijl
De Stijl: General
Seuphor Play
Ephemeral Article
De Stijl Bibliography
De Still Magazine
Antheil
Huszar
Mondrian
Van Doesberg
Vantongerloo
De Stijl & Literature
Film: Richter & Eggeling
Dutch Music
Schoenberg
Seuphor
German Expressionist Sculpture
"Ephemeral" Research (Seuphor Play)
Franklin D. Roosevelt (FDR) Show
EDR Centennial Exhibition
FDR Current
Didactic
Correspondence with artists and Benders
Lecture
New Deal Culture Symposium
New Deal Research
Ibram Lassaw Drawings
Box 6
Keith Sonnier
Sonnier
Sonnier Lecture
Auction Market
Articles
Archives - Sonnier Interview
Reviews
Sonnier - Interviews
Notes
Sonnier chronology
Group Exhibitions
Vertical File Materials from NMAA
Bibliography (2 folders)
10th Anniversary Project Ideas: Anniversary (3 folders)
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