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NEW YORK, NY 300 Park Avenue South, Suite 300 Fiscal year 2015 (October 1, 2014 through September 30, 2015) was an New York, NY 10010 especially fruitful one at the Archives of American Art. In their travels, T: 212.399.5015 our collectors acquired the papers of artists from across the country, while in Washington we highlighted the vital connection between our Mailing Addresses primary sources and the American visual arts in exhibitions at the U.S. POSTAL SERVICE Fleischman Gallery. Generous support through gifts and grants enabled Archives of American Art us to create opportunities to expand scholarship by processing and Smithsonian Institution P.O. Box 37012, MRC 937 digitizing many more of our nearly 6,000 collections. Victor Building, Suite 2200 Washington, DC 20013-7012 In 2015, 14 digitized collections were added to the Terra Foundation Center for Digital Collections, including the papers of Gertrude FEDEX/UPS Vanderbilt Whitney, which document the founding of the Whitney Archives of American Art Museum of American Art; watercolor sketches by Henry Bacon; and Smithsonian Institution the exhibition files of the Dwan Gallery, among other collections. 750 9th Street, NW We continue to bring art history into the digital age by making Victor Building, Suite 2200 collections available to anyone, anytime, anywhere. Washington, DC 20001 Gallery Our holdings grew with new acquisitions from around the country, with Lawrence A. Fleischman Gallery some extraordinary highlights. The Cosmos Andrew Sarchiapone papers Located in the Smithsonian’s include more than 40,000 images documenting New York’s avant­ Donald W. Reynolds Center garde art scene in the 1970s. Through our Latino Collecting Initiative, for American Art and Portraiture we secured several exciting collections including those of Scherezade 8th and F Streets, NW Garcia and iliana emilia garcia, two mixed media artists and designers. Washington, DC 20001 Additionally, we acquired the papers of photographer and video artist Affiliated Research Centers Eileen Cowin, as well as those of painter and printmaker Ellen Lanyon Amon Carter Museum, FortIII ANNUAL Worth, REPORT TX 2013 as part of our Feminist Collecting Initiative. Among the new oral history Boston Public Library, Boston, MA interviews conducted this year were conversations with collectors Paul de Young Museum, San Francisco, CA and Elmerina Parkman, painter and printmaker Squeak Carnwath, and Huntington Library, San Marino, CA museum director James Demetrion.

In October 2014 at the annual Archives of American Art Benefit we recognized a distinguished group of honorees. The Terra Foundation for American Art received the inaugural Archives of American Art Award for Philanthropic Leadership; Archives of American Art Medals were presented to collector Robert E. Meyerhoff and artist Claes Oldenburg; and the Lawrence A. Fleischman Award for Scholarly Excellence in the Field of American Art History was awarded to Teresa A. Carbone of the Brooklyn Museum.

Our curatorial department presented three inspired exhibitions in the Lawrence A. Fleischman Gallery in Washington, D.C. A Day in the Life: Artists’ Diaries from the Archives of American Art included a selection of diaries from our collections, sharing artists’ private accounts of their work, relationships, and lives. Artist Teacher Organizer: Yasuo Kuniyoshi III ANNUAL REPORT 2013 in the Archives of American Art explored the extraordinary life and Oral histories career of Japanese-American modernist painter, photographer, and recorded printmaker Yasuo Kuniyoshi, featuring newly discovered material 24 including the artist’s personal correspondence, photographs, writings, and scrapbooks. This exhibition was organized to coincide with a major Collections retrospective of Kuniyoshi’s work at the Smithsonian American Art processed Museum. Little Black Books: Address Books from the Archives of American 64 Art showcased the personal address books of influential American artists for the first time, revealing thought-provoking personal and professional connections and earning us coverage from Susan Stamberg on NPR’s Collections Morning Edition. 109 acquired Although as a unit of the Smithsonian Institution the Archives of American Art receives federal support, each year we must secure more Reproduction requests fulfilled for 1,140 than half of our operating budget from private donors in order to make 369 images and over 100 hours of audio and video our continued work possible. Among the generous gifts we received in fiscal year 2015 was a major gift from the Roy Lichtenstein Foundation to enable the Archives to digitize sections of the Leo Castelli Gallery Linear feet of collections processed papers, the single most consulted collection at the Archives, and create 881 a rich web resource to highlight connections between Castelli and related collections and oral histories. Another critical gift came from the Keith Haring Foundation, which is fully underwriting an oral history In-person visitors consulted 4,249 project documenting the lives and careers of twenty-five visual artists, 956 containers of primary documents art writers, curators, and other key figures in the art world who were in New York at the height of the AIDS epidemic.

During fiscal year 2015, longtime Trustee Gilbert H. Kinney and his wife Digital files created Ann, who have loyally supported the Archives for decades, endowed 94,617 the position of New York Collector, fostering the growth of the Archives’ holdings from New York. Endowment gifts, which provide a permanent source of reliable income, are key to the Archives’ long-term financial Sessions on the website stability. In addition to the Kinneys’ gift, Trustee Linda Lichtenberg 649,295 Kaplan significantly advanced the Archives’ oral history program through her challenge gift, which we aim to match to bring the level of critical funding for oral histories up to at least $500,000. We also Page views on the website received a bequest from the estate of filmmaker and artist Maryette 2,013,051 Charlton, long an Archives friend and supporter, the extent of which was a wonderful surprise.

The Archives’ success relies upon the dedication of many people including our resourceful staff, together with our loyal Board of Trustees, and the generous support of individual and foundation donors. It is a pleasure to acknowledge their generosity, from gifts and grants to guidance and time, because all of these allow the Archives to continue acquiring and sharing the papers of artists, collectors, dealers, art historians, and critics with a worldwide community of scholars, researchers, and all those interested in American art. We thank you.

Kate Haw

2 ANNUAL REPORT 2015 Exhibitions

A Day in the Life: Artists’ Diaries from the Archives of American Art September 26, 2014– February 28, 2015 Lawrence A. Fleischman Gallery in the Donald W. Reynolds Center for American Art and Portraiture, Washington, DC

Artist Teacher Organizer: Yasuo Kuniyoshi in the Archives of American Art March 30, 2015–July 10, 2015 Lawrence A. Fleischman Gallery in the Donald W. Reynolds Center for American Art and Portraiture, Washington, DC

Little Black Books: Address Books from the Archives of American Art August 7, 2015–November 1, 2015 Lawrence A. Fleischman Gallery in the Donald W. Reynolds Center for American Art and Portraiture, Washington, DC

Bernarda Bryson Shahn appointment book, 1972-2002. Bernarda Bryson Shahn papers, 1872-2004, bulk 1904-2004. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution. Events

October 28, 2014 November 21, 2014 March 27, 2015 The annual Archives of American Clockwise from Top Mary Savig, curator, and Meghan Megan McShea, AV archivist, Art Benefit awarded Archives of Benefit honorees Teresa A. Carbone, Ferriter, Transcription Center organized a symposium entitled American Art Medals to collector Robert E. Meyerhoff , Claes Oldenburg, project coordinator, hosted a The Multi-Media Archive: and Elizabeth Glassman. Robert E. Meyerhoff and artist Google Hangout, Dear Diaries: Stewardship and Use of Deborah Schmidt Robinson, Barbara Claes Oldenburg; the Archives Fleischman, Edward Cabot, and HangTime with Archives of Audiovisual Media Documenting of American Art Award for Wendy Jeff ers. American Art. Contemporary Art History. Philanthropic Leadership to the Kate Haw and Janice Oresman. Terra Foundation for American Photo credit: Michael Seto Art, accepted by President and CEO Elizabeth Glassman; and the Lawrence A. Fleischman Award for Scholarly Excellence in the Field of American Art History to Teresa A. Carbone.

May 11–14, 2015 Karen Weiss and OCIO SIRIS Manager Ching-Hsien Wang travelled to Shanghai, China to meet with several staff members from the Qian Xuesen Library and Museum, Shanghai Jiao Tong University. They conducted presentations on collection information management systems and digitization initiatives at the Smithsonian and the Archives of American Art. January 3, 2015

The Archives hosted a public Left to Right reading of diaries from the Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney, ca. 1913 / Archives of American Art, where Adolf De Meyer, photographer. Gertrude participants read intriguing Vanderbilt Whitney papers, Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution. diary entries from the fi rst of Xerography study using color filt ers and the year in the Lawrence A. collage, circa 1970. Esta Nesbitt papers, Fleischman Gallery. 1942-1981. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

6 ANNUAL REPORT 2015 Events

May 15, 2015 Dr. Liza Kirwin delivered a keynote lecture for Wordstruck: American Artists as Readers, Writers and Literati, a symposium organized by the Department of American Studies at Maria Curie- Sklodowska University, Lublin, Poland. Her lecture was entitled “The A to Z of Artist/Writers at the Archives of American Art.”

June 18-20, 2015 The Archives hosted two free programs with artist Aram Han Sifuentes in conjunction with the exhibition, Artist Teacher Organizer: Yasuo Kuniyoshi in the Archives of American Art. Sifuentes presented her work and touring art project, U.S. Citizenship Test Samplers, and led a sampler workshop.

Left to Right Yasuo Kuniyoshi’s Alien Registration certificat e, 1942 February 18. Yasuo Kuniyoshi papers, 1906-2013. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution. Esta Nesbitt collage, 1970 September 19. Esta Nesbitt papers, 1942-1981. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

8 ANNUAL REPORT 2015 Cathy Curtis. Restless Germany: Kunsthalle Reference Ambition: Grace Goeppingen, 2015. Hartigan, Painter. Highlights New York: Oxford Keely Orgeman. “Side University Press, 2015. by Side: Horace Pippin Selected publications at Edith Halpert’s that relied on the Allyson Nadia Field. Downtown Gallery,” Archives’ collections Uplift Cinema: The in Yale University Emergence of African Art Gallery Bulletin American Film and the 2014. New Haven: Yale Possibility of Black University Art Gallery, Modernity. Durham: 2014. Duke University Press, 2015. Richard Ormond. Sargent: Portraits of Brandon Brame Fortune, Artists and Friends. Ann Eden Gibson, and London: National Simona Cupic. Elaine Portrait Gallery de Kooning: Portraits. Publications, 2015. New York: Prestel Publishing, 2015. Andrea Pappas. “In Search of a Jewish Anne Collins Goodyear Audience: New York’s and James W. McManus, Guild Art Gallery, eds. Aka Marcel 1935-1937.” Duchamp: Meditations American Jewish History on the Identities of an 98 (October 2014): Artist. Washington, DC: 263-288. Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press, 2014. Thayer Tolles and Thomas Brent Smith. Laurie Lisle. Louise The American West Nevelson: A Passionate in Bronze, 1850-1925 Life. Bloomington: (exhibition catalog). iUniverse, 2014. New Haven and London: Yale University Press, Mnuchin Gallery. 2014. Cover of Artists Unframed featuring: Lee Krasner and Jackson Donald Judd Stacks Pollock, ca. 1946. Jackson Pollock and Lee Krasner papers, circa (exhibition catalog). Cécile Whiting. 1914-1984. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution. New York: Mnuchin “Apocalypse in Gallery, 2013. Paradise: Niki de Saint Phalle in Los Angeles.” Katharina Neuberger. Women’ s Art Journal 35 Archives of American Artists Unframed: Louis M. Eilshemius (Spring/Summer 2014): Art Journal Snapshots from the (1864-1941): Die 14-22. Publications Volume 54, Number 1, Smithsonian’s Archives Entdeckung der Spring 2015; of American Art Performativen Volume 54, Number 2, By Merry A. Foresta, Malerei. Goeppingen, Fall 2015. May 2015.

10 ANNUAL REPORT 2015 The Andy Warhol The Pennsylvania Loan Museum, Academy of Fine Arts, Pittsburgh, Philadelphia, Highlights Pennsylvania Pennsylvania May 29-September 6, November 14, 2014- 2015 November 5, 2015 Pearlstein, Warhol, Peter Blume: Nature Cantor: From and Metamorphosis Pittsburgh to New York ITEMS LENT 42 drawings ITEMS LENT 26 documents and preparatory from the Phillip Pearlstein sketches for paintings papers including many by Peter Blume. candid snapshots of Philip Pearlstein, Andy Warhol, Dorothy Cantor, and others as students at Carnegie Institute of Technology.

The Brandywine River Museum of Art, Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania April 25- July 19, 2015 Horace Pippin: The Way I See It ITEMS LENT Horace Pippin’s memoir of Left to Right his experiences in Andy Warhol, Dorothy Cantor, and Philip Pearlstein World War I. on Carnegie Institute of Technology campus, ca. 1948 / unidentified photographer. Philip Pearlstein papers, 1949-2009. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution. Peter Blume papers, 1870-2001. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution. Horace Pippin notebooks and letters, circa 1920, 1943. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

12 ANNUAL REPORT 2015 Anne Arnold papers, Scherezade Garcia circa 1925–2015 papers, 1988–2016 Acquisition Oral History ORAL HISTORY INTERVIEW Highlights Art Foundry and Art Highlights WITH BILL BERKSON (EXCERPT), Foundry Editions SEPTEMBER 29- OCTOBER 2, records, 1980–2010 2015, ARCHIVES OF AMERICAN ART, Bill Berkson SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION. Dotty Attie papers, circa 1950–2012 Squeak Carnwath “ I inherited a small sum. William Conger Albert Bloch papers, I think it was $500 dollars circa 1898–1998 James Demetrion from my grandfather, my Suzi Gablik father’s father. And I went to Tony Ganz the Tibor de Nagy Gallery, Art Green which was then off Madison Candice Groot Avenue. I think something iliana emilia garcia Ted Halkin like 60-something Street, papers, 1992–2010 Nancy Hoffman between Madison and 5th, Bernard Langlais Rhona Hoffman papers, circa top flight. And I said…, Ernest Briggs papers, 1948–1997 Kenneth Josephson ‘I’d like to see works by these 1949–1984 Ellen Lanyon papers, Ray Kass three artists.’ And I bought William J. and circa 1926–2013 Vera Klement Jane Brown papers three paintings: a Porter, (addition) Loren MacIver letters Arnold Lehman which you’ve seen and hangs to Harold Leeds, Constance Lewallen Ching Ho Cheng 1953–1970 over our mantelpiece in San papers, circa 1960–2012 Robert E. Meyerhoff Eleanor Munro papers, Francisco; a Rivers, …; and Eileen Cowin papers, 1960–2010 Jean Milant a Freilicher… . And all within 1970–2004 Eleanor Moty Robert Overby papers, the $500 dollar range.” Left to Right Jeff Donaldson papers, circa 1960–1990 Paul and Elmerina Dotty Attie, 197- / Joyce 1960–2005 Parkman Ravid, photographer. Rosamund Felsen Dotty Attie papers, circa Ruth Duckworth Gallery records, Allan Sekula 1950s-2014. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian papers, 1938–2005 1978–2006 (addition) Sandra Shannonhouse Institution. Robert Ebendorf Robert Ebendorf Cosmos Andrew Charles Simonds papers, 1920-2015, bulk papers, 1920–2015 Sarchiapone papers, 1960-2010. Archives of Evelyn Statsinger American Art, Smithsonian circa 1890–2011 Institution. Benjamin Forgey papers, circa John Wilde papers, 1964–2006 1935–2006 (addition)

14 ANNUAL REPORT 2015 Cynthia Dantzic Patricia Hickman Thomas Morin $10,000 or more Collection George Deem Estate via Renate, Hans and Maria Matt Mullican Donors Ann Berman & Daniel Feld, Ronald Vance, Executor Hofmann Trust via Museum of Fine Arts Mandell and Madeleine Berman Foundation & Donors Lois Dodd Patricia A. Gallagher, Houston via Margaret Co-Trustee Culbertson, Director, Kitty $1,000,000 or more Jewish Communal Fund Jameela Donaldson King Powell Library Ann & Gilbert Kinney, of New York Doris Aach Raymond and Margaret Horowitz via Steven L. Joan Olitski Renaissance Charitable The Honorable Max N. Berry Robert Aichele Ingerman, Executor Foundation Owen Gallery via Michael Arthur Cohen, Jari “WERC” Alvarez and Reed Isbell-Hobbs Owen and Jim Yost Terra Foundation for LaPlaca Cohen Geraldine “Gera” Lozano American Art William Jaffe Print Council of America Helen W. Drutt English & Naomi Antonakos via James A. Ganz, H. Peter Stern Glen Kaufman $250,000 or more Anne Arnold Estate via President Dr. Daniel W. Fort* Dodie Kazanjian Maryette Charlton* Robert Brooks and Janice Paul Ramírez Jonas Kasper, Executors Lynn Kearney Barbara G. Fleischman Rosamund Felsen Gallery ArtTable, Inc. Liza Kirwin via Rosamund Felsen Martha J. Fleischman Dotty Attie Denise Lassaw San Luis Obispo Museum Linda Lichtenberg Kaplan Lynn Battenberg Harry Leeds Estate of Art via Karen Kile, & Dr. Louis D. Kaplan, via Barry Skovgaard, Director Lichtenberg Family Harriet Fisher Bemus Foundation Executor Tom Sarchiapone Lucy Jones Berk Richard & Jane Manoogian Diane Leslie Kay Sekimachi Martha Bielawski Dumbo Arts Center via Foundation Judith Linhares Smithsonian American Art Albert Bloch Foundation Julie Martin, Chairman Mr. & Mrs. Frank Martucci Museum/Portrait Gallery via Scott Heffley, of the Board Lucy Lippard Library President Robert Ebendorf Joan Ludman Robert L. Stahl $100,000 or more Jane Brown Kathleen Ewing Elaine Lustig Cohen Anne Stein The Keith Haring Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Leslie J. Garfield Thea Burger Bruria Finkel Lorrie D. Madden Deborah Stone Roy Lichtenstein Foundation Robert Gober & Evan R. Firestone David McCarthy Margot Semler Strong Smithsonian Institution Donald Moffett Fischbach Gallery via Mary Fuller McChesney Collections Care and Keith Stubbs Wendy Jeffers & Lawrence di Carlo, James A. McGrath Preservation Fund Anthony Orphanos Director Jonathan T. Sturges Gerda Meyer-Bernstein Smithsonian Institution Alexander Kaplen*, Angel Suárez Rosádo Ethel Fisher Ed Mieczkowski Latino Initiatives Pool The Kaplen Brothers Fund Paul Tucker Benjamin Forgey Ren Moore Adair Konrad* $50,000 or more David T.M. Frankfurter Leah Vogel Dorothy Lichtenstein Joyce F. Menschel, Linda Freeman Elizabeth Whiteley Linda Burnham Robert and Joyce Menschel Nicholas Lowry iliana emilia garcia John Wilde Estate via Rob Family Foundation & Vital Rimer Cardillo Matthew Marks Grilley, Executor Projects Fund, Inc. Scherezade Garcia Robert E. Meyerhoff & Sybao Cheng Wilson Susanna De Maria Wilson Andrew Ginzel Rheda Becker Judith Childs Elizabeth H. Wolff $25,000 or more Barbara Grossman Marty O’Brien City University of Judith Zilczer Anonymous New York via Polly Dwight Hackett Marla Prather & Elyn Zimmerman Artists’ Legacy Foundation Jonathan Schiller Thistlethwaite, Chief Zarina Hashmi Librarian Agnes Gund, AG Foundation Smithsonian Women’s Olga Hauptman Colby College via John R. & Barbara Robinson, Committee Carrie Carlton Helser Paige Doore, Curricular The Widgeon Point Judith & Steaven K. Jones, Registrar Heritage Preservation Charitable Foundation Steaven K. & Judith G. William Conger via Tom Clareson, Acting Dr. & Mrs. R. Perry Robinson, Jones Foundation President The Widgeon Point Sarah Cook Charitable Foundation Eileen Cowin Alice Walton

16 ANNUAL REPORT 2015 $5,000 or more $2,500 or more $1,000 or more Barbara Hoffman Sally Rosen $500 or more Carrie Rebora Barratt Mr. & Mrs. Norman R. Virginia A. Aaron Sharon Hurowitz Christopher Rothko & Anonymous Bonhams Auctioneers Bobins, The Robert Thomas Elizabeth C. Baker Jill Iscol, IF Hummingbird Lori Cohen W. P. Buckthal Bobins Foundation Edward O. Cabot Alan & Leslie Beller Foundation, Inc. Jane Gregory Rubin, Georgia de Havenon, Barbara Bertozzi Castelli The Reed Foundation, Inc. Christie’s International Ann Kaplan The New York Drs. Bobbi & Barry Coller Katherine & Keith L. Sachs Community Trust Dedalus Foundation Megan Fox Kelly Paula Cooper, Betty Sams Andrea Henderson Diane & Blaine V. Fogg Ward Mintz & Floyd Lattin Paula Cooper, Inc. Marilyn Schuster Fahnestock Debra J. Force, Joan Lazarus, Kathleen M. Doyle, Lazarus Charitable Trust Kenneth H. Schweber Ruth & Arthur Feder, Debra Force Fine Art Doyle New York Feder Family Ms. Margo Leavin Edith Seligson Kate Haw Elizabeth & Anthony Enders Charitable Trust Marguerite & Gerry Lenfest Jacqueline Fowler Jerald D. Fessenden Gloria Levy, Gloria and Cathe Giffuni James N. Goodman, Ken Levy Foundation James Goodman Mr. & Mrs. Geoffrey Gund, William Bernard & Evan & Sharon Lindquist Gallery, Inc. Geoffrey Gund Foundation Catherine Cahill*, Bernhill Fund Richard & Elaine Montag Richard & Mary Hollis Taggart Galleries L. Gray Gregoire Billault Rob & Berni Neal Jay DeFeo Trust Susan Zises Green Adrian Shelby & Ed Bindel Joan Nelson The Lauder Foundation, Brent Harris Leonard and Evelyn Mrs. George P. Bissell, Jr. Carol Neuberger, Lauder Fund Art and Travel LLC Wolf Kahn & Arlene Blau, Gloria and Emily Mason Kahn Jo Carole & Ken Levy Foundation Samuel I. Newhouse Ronald S. Lauder Foundation, Inc. Jane Katcher, Bonhams DC Katcher Family Kathleen O’Grady Raymond Learsy & Thomas Colville Foundation Melva Bucksbaum* Lee and Carol Orr Katherine Degn, Mr. & Mrs. Peter Sheldon Joyce Kozloff Lucy Lippard The Bridgewater Fund, Elmerina & Paul Parkman Carol Schaefer, Norma B. Marin Marilyn Meyerhoff Inc & Kraushaar Galleries Shepherd Foundation Frank & Bonnie Pratt Judy & Bob Huret Philanthropic Fund, Alice Duncan The Associated: Jewish Amy Newman & Emily Rafferty Mr. & Mrs. Robert P. Kogod, Community Federation Virginia Dwan Max Shulman The Robert P. & Arlene R. Anne Rorimer of Baltimore Susanne Emmerich Betty B. Smith Kogod Family Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Robert Grete Meilman & Hanno Mr. & Mrs. Richard Solomon Anne H. Bass & Rosa Esman B. Rosowski Mott, Jacques & Yulla Ellen Sosnow Julian Lethbridge Lipchitz Foundation, Inc. Geraldine Fabrikant, David Ross Leon Levy Foundation Sanford C. Bernstein Eugene V. Thaw Bridget Moore, & Co., LLC The Linda and Harvey Janice C. Oresman DC Moore Gallery Duane A. Wakeham Saligman Charitable Patricia Falkenberg Foundation Arne & Milly Glimcher, Sotheby’s, Inc. Washburn Gallery Sidney B. Felsen, Pace Gallery New York Evelene Wechsler, Alan E. & Marianne Strypemonde Foundation Gemini G.E.L. Schwartz Constance C. McPhee, Wechsler Foundation A. Alfred Taubman*, Judy Fiskin Yvonne de C. Segerstrom PECO Foundation A. Alfred Taubman Billie Milam Weisman, Jane Carroll & Foundation Ellen Flamm Frederick R. Weisman Art Ruth S. Stanton, Foundation The Ruth Stanton Leo Arnaboldi, Gordon VeneKlasen Marilyn Friedman Andrew Fabrikant Point Gammon Foundation Foundation Anthony Grant Alan Pensler Barrie A. and Sue Ann Weinberg, Deedee Wigmore, Dr. & Mrs. Philip Brewer, Jamie S. Gorelick, John L. and Sue Ann Patricia Grant Litowitz Shirley Gorelick Foundation Warrie & James Barrie A. and Deedee Stifel Nicolaus Weinberg Foundation Francine du Plessix Gray David Price, Fieldland Wigmore Foundation Investment Company Olivia Thompson Candace King Weir, Marie M. Halff Anne Wright Wilson, David and Candace Mr. & Mrs. Benjamin Rosen, Morrison Heckscher Princeton Area Community Weir Foundation Benjamin M. Rosen Family Foundation Marlene Hess Foundation Kate Wolf

18 ANNUAL REPORT 2015 $250 or more Dierdre & Kevin O’Donnell John & Natalie Blaney Jeff Garrett, Mid-American Nancy Koenigsberg Elizabeth Pergam Anonymous Oldenburg Van Bruggen Annette Blaugrund Rare Coin Galleries, Inc. Janet Koplos Jody Pettibone Ms. Carolyn S. Alper, Foundation Ted Bonin Ms. Joy L. Glass Ethel Fisher Kott Photofind Gallery, Inc. Carolyn S. Alper Brian & Kimberly Orcutt Alexis Boylan & Raymond Gloeckler Ms. Barbara Krueger Crumpacker Library, Revocable Trust Dr. & Mrs. Keith & Micki McElya Judith Godwin Ellen Landau Portland Art Museum Barbara Brickman Rosemary Rapp Robert Brink Lawrence J. Goldrich, Helen Langa Jules Prown Debra Burchett-Lere, Lucas Reiner & Deborah B. Brown L & J Goldrich Foundation Joan A. Quinn Sam Francis Foundation Maud Winchester Denise Lassaw Mary Beth Buck Wendy Greenhouse Jean Quinnette Ms. Sheila Johnson Robbins Catherine C. Lastavica Peter C. Bunnell Maurice Gregg Joanne Rapp Sydney Roberts Rockefeller Michael Leja & Sarah Burns Charles Grigg Margaret Werth Ann K. Rawley Rosina Rubin Sally T. Butler Mr. & Mrs. Edwin William Reese Mr. & Mrs. Frederic A. Sharf James B. Byers Deane Leonard Leland Rice, Louise Siddons William A. Camfield Frances Levin Leland Rice Studio Mickey & Len Sirowitz James Carroll Doris Jean Lockhart Dr. E. Bruce Robertson Mary-Leigh Smart Mrs. March Avery Kenneth W. Maddox George Rogers & David M. Sokol Cavanaugh Regina Madigan, Patrick Watson Jewel Stern, Ninon Chaet Regina Madigan Appraisals Mr. & Mrs. Mark Rom Jewish Communal Fund Alberta Cifolelli JN Marquis, Marquis Naomi Rosenblum of New York Studios and Gardens Eleanor Congdon Penelope Rothfield John William Butler, Jr. & Roberta Tarbell Katharine Martinez Susan Cooke Amalie R. Rothschild John M. Vanderlinden Lance Mayer & Gay Myers, Wanda M. Corn Jill Samant, Samant Katherin Chase Lyman Allyn Art Museum Corporation Eileen Cowin William P. Daley Roberta A. Mayer Willard Saunders Sara T. Davies Lee Dalzell Mimi Gross Stephen Mazoh Alice M. Denney Dr. & Mrs. Bernard DeHovitz Barbara Grossman David McCarthy Charles & Jane Eldredge Lea DeLong George Gurney Forrest L. Merrill Jacqueline & Jim Demetrion Helen A. Harrison Pauline C. Metcalf Christian P. Erdman Joel Dryer Robert Hartmann Kara Minogue Jeannine Falino Mr.* & Mrs.* Julian Andrée Hayum Hattula Moholy-Nagy Eisenstein Barbara W. File John Held, Jr. Don Mullins Janis Ekdahl Ruth Fine Linda D. Henderson Mrs. Milo M. Naeve Andrea Evers Patricia Lewy Gidwitz Erica Hirshler & P.B. North Linda Goldstein Stuart P. Feld, Hirschl & Harold Clark Up to $249 Adler Galleries Christine I. Oaklander Harpoon Brewery Elizabeth I. Hunter Ms. Ita Aber Franklin Feldman Elissa Oberman Mr. & Mrs. Joseph C. Elizabeth Hutchinson Ms. Roselyn Abitbol Richard Field Susan Conway Oliphant & Hoopes Jr. Nancy Iacomini Patrick Oliphant Ann Abrams David B. Findlay, Jr., Ay-Whang Hsia Sarah Iselin Al & Carol-Ann Olson Herbert Ascherman, Jr. Findlay Family Foundation Bob & Lynn Johnston, Mr.* & Mrs. Richard L. Kaplin Jane Opper Educational Ventures, Inc. Julie Ault Renee & Gary Finkelstein Robert Katzman, Nigel Paneth & Ellen Pollak Dr. Joyce K. Schiller* Pamela N. Koob Georgia Barnhill Arline Fisch* Sidney Katzman and Robert John E. (Sandy) Parkerson Ms. Mary C. Schlosser Susan G. Larkin Ann Dobson Barrett Kathleen A. Foster Katzman Foundation Christian Parreno Carl Schmitz Emily Lenz Fletcher Benton, Gregory Freeman Richard Kelly Mr. & Mrs. John W. Payson Leslie & Judith Schreyer Jim Melchert Fletcher Benton Studio Marion Fulk Mr. Leftwich D. Kimbrough Mr. and Mrs. Philip Joyce Pomeroy Schwartz Francis M. Naumann Julie Berkowitz Susan Futterman Victoria Kirby Pearlstein Helen Searing Fine Art Bill Berkson*

20 ANNUAL REPORT 2015 Julie Shaperman P. 16-17 Left to Right 1940-2011. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Peter Blume papers, 1870­ Curtis E. Shappee Institution. 2001. Archives of American Art, Steve Sharp Smithsonian Institution. Robert Ebendorf mail art to Louis Bailey, 2001 January 17. Ted & Mary Jo Shen Juliana Force letter to Yasuo Robert Ebendorf papers, 1920­ Kuniyoshi, 1947 February 27. Patricia M. Shippee, 2015, bulk 1960-2010. Archives Yasuo Kuniyoshi papers, 1906­ of American Art, Smithsonian Patricia Shippee Fine Art 2013. Archives of American Art, Institution. Mrs. Shirley Sikov Smithsonian Institution. Jacqueline Silverman and Milton Glaser at Pushpin P. 22: Clockwise from Top Studios, 1975 / Cosmos Associates, Inc. Jules Olitski notes to Joan Andrew Sarchiapone, Olitski, 1981-2004. Archives Patterson Sims photographer. Cosmos Andrew of American Art, Smithsonian Sarchiapone papers, circa Suzanne Smeaton Institution. 1850-2011, 1940-2011. John Smith Archives of American Art, William Merritt Chase papers, Smithsonian Institution. Margaret Smith circa 1890-1964. Archives of Helen Torr Dove and Arthur American Art, Smithsonian Robert H. & Sharon W. Smith Dove diary, 1936. Arthur and Institution. Alvin L. Snowiss Helen Torr Dove papers, 1905­ Jules Olitski notes to Joan 1975, 1920-1946. Archives Olitski, 1981-2004. Archives Janet Solinger of American Art, Smithsonian of American Art, Smithsonian Matthew Sperling Institution. Institution. George R. Sprague P. 18-19: Left to Right Florence Arquin papers, 1923­ 1985. Archives of American Art, Rachel Stella William J. and Jane Brown Smithsonian Institution. papers, 1948-1991. Archives Elizabeth Stillinger of American Art, Smithsonian Kay Sekimachi Stocksdale Institution. Daniel E. Sutherland Sketch of horse and rider, between 1946 and 2001. Vera Mark Thistlethwaite Klement papers, 1946-2001. Ellen Wiley Todd Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution. Amy Torbert Sketch of Yasuo Kuniyoshi, Beth Treadway 1917-1918. Dorothy Varian papers, circa 1902-1984. Patricia Trenton, Ph.D. Archives of American Art, Joan Troccoli Smithsonian Institution. Julia Van Haaften Karl and Marion Zerbe diary, 1941. Karl Zerbe papers, 1938­ Gretchen Vanderhoof 1989. Archives of American Art, Robin Veder Smithsonian Institution. Glyn Vincent P. 20-21: Left to Right Patti Warashina Yasuo Kuniyoshi with a camera, circa 1930 / Dana M. Wehle unidentified photographer. Brian Wilkinson Yasuo Kuniyoshi papers, 1906­ 2013. Archives of American Art, Dr. John Wilmerding Smithsonian Institution. Gertrude de G. Wilmers Reginald Marsh diary, 1912. Mr. & Mrs. Louis E. Wilson Reginald Marsh papers, 1897­ 1955. Archives of American Art, Mary Adams Wotherspoon Smithsonian Institution. Michele Zackheim Gordon Matta-Clark installing Walls paper at 112 Greene Marjorie Zapruder Street, 1972 / Cosmos Andrew Judith Zilczer Sarchiapone, photographer. Cosmos Andrew Sarchiapone * Deceased papers, circa 1850-2011,

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Corporate Giving Corporations and galleries may support the Archives in a variety of ways including, but not limited to, financial contributions, gifts in kind, and sponsorship of special events, including our Annual Benefit. COVER Left to Right, Top to Bottom Cosmos in Cosmos Appearance Series #371, circa 1979 / Charles Denson, photographer. Cosmos Andrew Sarchiapone papers, circa 1850-2011, 1940-2011. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Robert Ebendorf mail art to Louis Bailey, 2000 or 2001?. Robert Ebendorf papers, 1920-2015, bulk 1960-2010. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Mock-up of an exhibition announcement, circa 1970. Dotty Attie papers, circa 1950s-2014. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Sketchbook of variations on the painting Infanta Margaret Teresa in a pink dress, circa 1970. Dotty Attie papers, circa 1950s­ 2014. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Artists’ book for Robert Ebendorf, 2008. Robert Ebendorf papers, 1920­ 2015, bulk 1960-2010. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Fischbach Gallery announcement for exhibition of works by Anne Arnold, 1972. Anne Arnold papers, circa 1925-2015. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.