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Annual Report October 1, 2016 – September 30, 2017 Letter from the Director

RESEARCH CENTERS EXHIBITION GALLERY Washington, DC Lawrence A. Fleischman Dear Friends, founding, the Luce Foundation’s gift 750 9th Street, NW Gallery will help us to renew our focus on Victor Building, Suite 2200 Located in the Thank you for making fiscal year 2017 diversifying the Archives’ holdings and Washington, DC 20001 Smithsonian (October 1, 2016 to September 30, 2017) build awareness of these collections by T: 202.633.7940 Donald W. Reynolds another remarkable year for the Archives creating finding aids for greater online Research: 202.633.7950 Center for American Art of American Art. From acquiring 114 discoverability. and Portraiture New York, NY 8th and F Streets, NW collections and bringing our 200th fully digitized collection online to a successful Our digitization program received 300 Park Avenue South, Washington, DC 20001 Suite 300 annual benefit and engaging exhibitions generous support from the Terra at the Lawrence A. Fleischman Gallery, Foundation for American Art and the New York, NY 10010 AFFILIATED RESEARCH T: 212.399.5035 CENTERS this year was one of tremendous growth Walton Family Foundation in the form and achievement. In these pages, you of challenge grants that will further Amon Carter Museum, MAILING ADDRESSES will find highlights of the Archives of our mission of broadening access to Fort Worth, TX U.S. Postal Service American Art’s accomplishments made our collection. Their generous funding , possible, in large part, by friends and has enabled us to increase the volume Archives of American Art Boston, MA Smithsonian Institution donors like you. and speed of digitization efforts, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 937 de Young Museum, greatly expanding the access to our Victor Building, Suite 2200 , CA As a research center within the collections by users worldwide. The Terra Washington, DC 20013-7012 Huntington Library, Smithsonian Institution, the Archives Foundation’s $4 million challenge will San Marino, CA does receive federal support each year create an endowment for digitization FedEx/UPS for our operations. However, we must to sustain our program in perpetuity, Archives of American Art Smithsonian Institution secure more than half our operating providing long-term funding to invest in 750 9th Street, NW budget from private donors in order to the staff and infrastructure that make Victor Building, Suite 2200 fulfill our mission. This year, supporters our renowned program possible. Washington, DC 20001 across the globe have demonstrated their commitment to the Archives and The Walton Family Foundation’s current- our mission, inspiring us to take on use grant matches outright gifts to ambitious projects that will ensure digitization, allowing us to build the greater accessibility and diversity of our capacity of our digitization program unparalleled collection. even as we build the Terra endowment. We will be able to double the rate at With funding from the Henry Luce which we can bring collections online, Foundation we embarked on a three- making our program more efficient year African American Collecting and dynamic. With the support of the Initiative, which will support two new Terra Foundation, the Walton Family positions and an annual summer Foundation, and many other generous internship that will increase the friends of the Archives, we are in an representation of African American ever-stronger position to harness new artists in our collection. Although the innovative technologies as soon as they Archives has collected the papers emerge and explore new opportunities of African American artists from our to launch big, bold experiments. Without

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this increased capacity, we would not more playful exhibition Before Internet be able to take on projects like one Cats: Feline Finds from the Archives funded by the Mr. and Mrs. Raymond of American Art, we explored artists’ J. Horowitz Foundation for the Arts this enduring fascination with felines. From 42 72 114 year to digitize the enormous Macbeth playful sketches to studio companions, Oral histories Collections Collections Gallery collection. These gifts have truly cats make compelling muses to artists, recorded processed acquired transformed the Archives. whether they are expressive or aloof. The exhibition won acclaim and admiration Other generous donations that have from the media and visitors alike, been a catalyst for growth this year proving that cats have a timeless appeal came from: Marla Prather and Jonathan beyond the internet age. Schiller, who supported the oral history program; Joyce Menschel, who through As I take stock in all we have achieved the Vital Projects Fund supported this fiscal year, I want to extend my 147,048 the Archives of American Art Journal, gratitude to the many individuals who Digital images created our signature publication and the have made this year possible—our longest-running scholarly journal in the dedicated staff, our supportive Board field of American art; and The Brown of Trustees, generous donors, and the Foundation, whose grant answered the scholars and researchers who use our demand from the Archives’ researchers collections to explore the nation’s rich and global audience to bring more cultural and artistic heritage. I hope this collections online. annual report will inspire you to continue 341 972 Reproduction In-person visitors supporting our mission to collect and requests fulfilled consulted 4,319 containers In our exhibition space at the Lawrence preserve the untold stories that— of primary documents A. Fleischman Gallery in Washington, without a central repository such as the DC, our curatorial department presented Archives—might otherwise have been two exhibitions. In Expanding the lost. Once you have finished reading, I Legacy: New Collections on African encourage you to remain (or become) American Art, organized in celebration of an active member of the Archives of the opening of the Smithsonian National American Art community by sharing with 501,159 683.5 Museum of African American History us your research using our collections, Sessions on the website Linear feet of and Culture, letters, photographs, subscribing to our e-newsletter, and collections processed notebooks, and other rare materials following our blog and social media highlighted the stories and experiences channels for exciting announcements of African Americans in the art world and highlights from artists’ archives. in the twentieth century. Showcasing these voices and legacies demonstrates With gratitude, the power of the Archives of American Art’s collection to spark dialogue that Kate Haw 1,473,927 allows current and future generations to Director Page views on the website piece together the nation’s rich artistic and cultural heritage. In our second,

ARCHIVES OF AMERICAN ART 3 ANNUAL REPORT 2017 Exhibitions

Expanding the Legacy: New Collections on African American Art September 23, 2016 to March 21, 2017 Lawrence A. Fleischman Gallery in the Donald W. Reynolds Center for American Art and Portraiture, Washington, DC

Before Internet Cats: Feline Finds from the Archives of American Art April 28, 2017 to October 29, 2017 Lawrence A. Fleischman Gallery in the Donald W. Reynolds Center for American Art and Portraiture, Washington, DC

Charles Searles painting a mural, circa 1975 / unidentified photographer. Charles Searles papers, 1953-2010.

ARCHIVES OF AMERICAN ART 4 ANNUAL REPORT 2017 Events

Oct. 21, 2016 Feb. 8, 2017 Deputy Director Dr. Liza Kirwin presented the Archives’ collections to The Archives’ Head of Digital Operations Karen Weiss, Archivist Megan donors as part of a celebration of the Archives’ receipt of the inaugural Burdi, and Head of Reference Services Marisa Bourgoin presented to Don Tyson Prize from the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art. the German/American Provenance Research Exchange Program The Prize recognizes significant achievements in American art, as selected for Museum Professionals in New York, organized by the Smithsonian by a prestigious national jury of art historians and museum professionals. Provenance Research Initiative.

Oct. 25, 2016 Feb. 16-18, 2017 The annual Archives of American Art Benefit awarded During the College Art Association Archives of American Art Medals to Steve Martin and (CAA) Annual Conference in New Catherine Opie; and the Lawrence A. Fleischman Award York City, the University of Chicago for Scholarly Excellence in the Field of American Art Press held a reception for the Archives History to Thomas Crow. of American Art Journal at its booth in the book fair. Guests met Editor Tanya Sheehan, Managing Editor Emily D. Shapiro, Deputy Director Dr. Liza Kirwin, members of the journal’s advisory board, and contributors to recent and forthcoming issues. Also at the CAA conference, Latino Collections Specialist Josh Franco co-chaired the panel “Mexico City Today,” and delivered a paper, “A Brief History of US Latinxs and Mexico City: Documents from the Archives of American Art.”

Clockwise from Top Right: 1 Steve Martin, Catherine Opie, and Thomas Crow. 2 David J. Skorton, Barbara Fleischman, Arthur Cohen, and Kate Haw. 3 Archives of American Art Benefit. Benefit Photographer: Michael Seto.

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June 5, 2017 Sept. 21-22, 2017 Trustees and friends of the Archives Director Kate Haw presented on the Archives collections and programs gathered to celebrate more than 40 at “State of the Art Archives,” an international conference in Berlin on years of dedication to the Archives of archives documenting modern and contemporary art. American Art by Gilbert H. Kinney. Gil first became a Trustee in 1974, and was elected President of the Board of Trustees in 1978. Over the decades, Gil Augusta Savage has been a champion for the Archives’ with her sculpture work both in Washington and New York, Realization, circa 1938 / hosting events in his home surrounded Andrew Herman, by his extraordinary art collection; photographer. bringing important new supporters to , Photographic our ranks; and most recently, endowing Division collection, the Gilbert and Ann Kinney New York circa 1920-1965. Collector position at the Archives. His friendship has made all of our work more rewarding, and his commitment has been instrumental in guiding the Archives to the strong position it maintains today. Gil’s impact on the Archives of American Art will be felt far into the future.

Latino Collections Specialist Josh Franco led “A Conversation with Andres Serrano,” hosted by the Archives of American Art at Pace Gallery in .

Clockwise from Top Right: 1 Martha Fleischman, Kate Haw, Gil Kinney, and Ann Kinney. Photo credit: Ron Jautz. 2 Gil Kinney and Barbara Fleischman. Photo credit: Ron Jautz. 3 Andres Serrano and Josh Franco. Photo credit: Archives of American Art staff.

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Selected publications that relied spring 2017 56.1 on the Archives’ collections

Anfam, David. Abstract Krčma, Ed. Rauschenberg / Dante: Expressionism. London: Royal Drawing a Modern Inferno. New Academy of Arts, 2016. Haven: Press, 2017. of Arteaga, Agustín, ed. México 1900­ Landauer, Susan, and Michael Duncan. 1950: Diego Rivera, Frida Kahlo, José Of Dogs and Other People: The Art of Clemente Orozco and the Avant- Roy DeForest. Oakland: University of Garde. Dallas: Dallas Museum California Press, 2017. of Art, 2017. Longwell, Alicia Grant, William C. Agee, Corn, Wanda M. Georgia O’Keeffe: Sophie Egly, and Karen Wilkin. John Living Modern. Brooklyn: Brooklyn Graham: Maverick Modernist. Water Museum, 2017. Mill: Parrish Art Museum, 2017.

Dickerman, Leah, Achim Borchardt- Murphy, Kevin M. Not Theories but Hume, and Yve-Alain Bois. Robert Revelations: The Art and Science Rauschenberg. New York: The of Abbott Handerson Thayer. , 2016. Williamstown: Williams College Museum of Art, 2016. Floré, Fredie, and Cammie Dale McAtee. The Politics of Furniture: Rosenberger, Christina Bryan. Identity, Diplomacy and Persuasion Drawing the Line: The Early Work of

in Post-war Interiors. New York: Agnes Martin. Oakland: University of ARCHIVES AMERICAN ART Routledge, 2017. California, 2016.

Gilmore, Janice Haynes. Olive Rush: Seaman, Donna. Identity Unknown: journal Finding Her Place in the Santa Fe Art Rediscovering Seven American Women Colony. Santa Fe: Museum of New Artists. New York: Bloomsbury USA, 2017. Mexico, 2016. Cover, Archives of American Art Journal, Volume 56, Number 1, Spring 2017. Westheider, Ortrud, and Michael Goodin, Alexix, and Kathleen M. Philipp, eds. From Hopper to Rothko: Morris. Orchestrating Elegance: Alma- America’s Road to Modern Art. Munich: Tadema and the Marquand Music Prestel, 2017. Room. New Haven: Yale University Publications Press, 2017. Zagorin, Adam Desmond. Subversion and Surrealism in the Art of Honoré Archives of American Art Journal Sharrer. New Haven: Yale University Volume 56, Number 1, Spring 2017 Press, 2017. Volume 56, Number 2, Fall 2017

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February 10, 2017–January 7, 2018 A Dangerous Woman: Subversion and Surrealism in the Art of Honoré Sharrer Venues include the Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, Ohio, February 10-May 21, 2017; Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, June 29-September 3, 2017; and Smith College Museum of Art, Northhampton, Massachusetts, September 29, 2017-January 7, 2018. ITEMS LENT: Source material for Honoré Sharrer’s Tribute to the American Working People.

June 9, 2017–January 21, 2018 Left to Right: 1 Source Henry James and American Painting material for Tribute Venues include The Morgan Library and Museum, to the American Working People. Boy New York, New York, June 9- September holding drawing, 10, 2017; and the Isabella Stewart Gardner ca. 1947 / Honoré Museum, Boston, Massachusetts, October 19, Desmond Sharrer, 2017-January 21, 2018. photographer. ITEMS LENT: Photographs of painter Elizabeth Honoré Sharrer Boott Duveneck with family and friends from the papers, circa 1920­ Frank and Elizabeth Boott Duveneck papers. 2007. 2 Elizabeth Boott Duveneck, 1863 / unidentified August 25, 2017-May 20, 2018 photographer. Frank and Elizabeth Boott Dealer’s Choice: The Samuel Kootz Duveneck papers, Gallery 1945-1966 1851-1972. Venues include the Fralin Museum of Art at the University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, August 25-December 17, 2017; and the Neuberger Museum of Art, Purchase, New York, January 21-May 20, 2018. ITEMS LENT: Candid photographs of Samuel Kootz and an image of the Intrasubjectives exhibition opening at the Kootz Gallery.

ARCHIVES OF AMERICAN ART 8 ANNUAL REPORT 2017 Acquisition Highlights Oral History Highlights

Allan Frumkin Gallery Doug Aitken Bill Jacobson Kenny Scharf records, 1880-2016 Doug Ashford Tom Jancar Laurie Simmons John White Alexander Dara Birnbaum Kiki Smith papers, 1775-1968 Nayland Blake Zoe Leonard Rosalind Fox Solomon (addition) AA Bronson James R. Magee Richard Tuttle Will Barnet papers, Diane Burko Patrick Moore James Wentzy 1929-2016 (addition) Chuck Close Catherine Murphy Douglas Wheeler William Burroughs and George Condo Jack Pierson Martha Wilson Brion Gysin writings, 1963–1973 Douglas Crimp Stephen Prina Virginia Wright Eric Rhein Helen Zell Christine Burgin Gallery records, 1980-2016 Rosalyn Drexler John Dugdale Emilio Cruz papers, 1961-2008 Barney A. Ebsworth Jack Flam MARK DI SUVERO ORAL HISTORY Tony DeLap papers, circa INTERVIEW TRANSCRIPT, PAGE 68 1940-2015 Lia Gangitano Nan Goldin Stanley and Elyse “And if you can do art, it Grinstein papers, Sunil Gupta 1960–2015 Sketchbook with portrait of Walt Whitman, Lyle Ashton Harris is very nourishing in a 1977. Naul Ojeda papers, 1964-2002. John Held Loren Madsen papers, very deep, primeval way, 1969–2017 Ron Ho Jim Hodges Otto and Richard Tuttle papers, you know? It’s at the level papers, 1914-2013 circa 1935-2017 Frank Holliday of dreams, at the level Naul Ojeda papers, Victor Zamudio-Taylor 1964–2002 papers, 1982–2012 of—at the level, I want to Mary Swift papers, circa Marc Zimmerman files say, of horror, of tragedy 1970-2005 regarding Latino artists, 2004-2017 that the world can bring Edmund C. Tarbell papers, circa 1855-2000 (addition) you. But it is something Jerry L. Thompson papers, that we, who look at art, circa 1970-2004 get fed by it.”

ARCHIVES OF AMERICAN ART 9 ANNUAL REPORT 2017 Collection Donors

Carolyn Alper Christine Burgin Tony DeLap Jesse Amado Carnegie Museum of Art Pamela Demme Charles Arnoldi via Elizabeth Tufts-Brown, Doug Edge Registrar Will Barnet Roger Ehrich Margaret Carney Engart, LLC via Marie Romero Cash Sandra Berler James Tisch Jill Ciment Jack Brogan Gaspar Enriquez Pepe Coronado James and Charlotte David Ernst Brooks Foundation via Patricia Cruz Jo Lauria Fargo Kathryn B. Dodson, Betty Cuningham and Rosamund Felsen Illinois Historical Art Adele Pressman David Strauss President Jessica Kitz Ruth Fine Project via Joel Dryer, Print Council of America Arden Sugarman Deborah Mirski Brown Nancy Davidson Executive Director Carole C. Fingesten via James A. Ganz, Mary Swift via Byron and Yvonne Jacquette Katherine Kaplan Degn Forbes Andre Jagendorf President Isabel Swift Burckhardt via Kraushaar Galleries Scherezade Garcia Tom Jancar Eve Propp Martha Swiss Jorge J. E. Gracia Donna Stein Korn Michael Owen and William P. Tarbell James Yost Grinstein family via Ayn Damian Kostiuk Estate of Valentin Grinstein, Ellen Grinstein Joanne Leonard Stephen and Palmina Pace Tatransky via Christine Perliter and Nancy Trust via Cathy Claman, Vicente Dopico Lerner Dulaney, Executor Grinstein, Executors Trustee Robert Lewis Sue Taylor Renee and Chaim Gross Marilyn R. Pappas Lisa Lipofsky- Valenzula Temple of Man via George Foundation via Sasha Gwen Parish Herms, Officer and Yoav Davis, Interim Director and Loren Madsen Paul Ramírez Jonas Getzler, Registered Agent Curator of Collections Estate of Louise E. Tom Ray of Record Estate of Jane Wilson Marianetti via Louise M. Andre Thibault/Teabo and John Gruen via Julia Pezzullo, Executor Elizabeth Reed Jerry Thompson Gruen Emanuel Martinez Mrs. Henry M. Reed Shokichi Tokita Peter Frumkin John F. McGuigan Jr. and Roland Reiss Deane French Hancock Mary K. McGuigan Juan Sánchez Richard Tuttle Paul Harmon Matt Mullican Rochelle Shicoff Kenneth E. Tyler Lila Harnett Gail Reynolds Natzler Sanford Schwartz Frances Valesco Robert E. Harrist Jr. New York Artists Equity Pamela Scott Sally Van Orden Estate of Harold Helwig via Association via Regina Estate of Victor Porter Joan Washburn Arnelle Dow, Executor Stewart, Director Smith via Lynn Springer Judith Wechsler Lloyd Herman Philomena “Pennie” Ojeda Roberts, Executor William T. Wiley Michael L. Heslip Patricia Olson Katherine Snelson Sophia Zamudio-Haas Gilah Yelin Hirsch Frank Paluch Mike Speiser Marc Zimmerman Hood Museum of Art, Stephen Porter Bernice Steinbaum Dartmouth College via Xenia Schmeckebier John Stomberg, Director Sterling

ARCHIVES OF AMERICAN ART 10 ANNUAL REPORT 2017 Donors

$1,000,000 or more $25,000 or more Grete Meilman & Hanno $2,500 or more David & Susan Rockefeller Mott Benjamin & Donna Rosen Ann & Gilbert Kinney, Mr. & Mrs. Norman R. Douglas S. Cramer & Bridget Moore & Vicki & Roger Sant Renaissance Charitable Bobins, The Robert Thomas Christoph Kotowski Hugh Bush Bobins Foundation Ann & Richard Solomon, Foundation Inc. Gilberto Cárdenas & National Film Preservation Richard, Ann, John & Terra Foundation for Mr. Arthur M. Cohen, Foundation Dolores García LaPlaca Cohen James Solomon Families American Art Kayla Carlsen Advertising, Inc. Shaun Caley Regen Foundation Barbara Bertozzi Castelli Helen W. Drutt English & H. Smithsonian Institution Duane A. Wakeham $500,000 or more Peter Stern Research Equipment Pool Beth Rudin DeWoody Candace King Weir, Thomas Dane Gallery Elizabeth & David and Candace Weir Barbara G. Fleischman Pollock-Krasner Foundation, Inc. WETA Anthony Enders Foundation Henry Luce Foundation Print Council of America Robert Gober & Donald Clifton & Dolores Wharton Walton Family Foundation Moffett, Robert Gober Smithsonian Institution $5,000 or more Company Asian Pacific American $1,000 or more $250,000 or more Initiatives Pool Jane Chace Carroll, Point Marlene Hess & $50,000 or more Gammon Foundation Mr. James D. Zirin, Hess Anonymous Martha J. Fleischman Philanthropic Fund The Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Larry Gagosian, Gagosian Alexandre Gallery, $10,000 or more Carroll, Donna, & Linda Lichtenberg Kaplan J. Horowitz Foundation for Gallery Inc. New York & Dr. Louis D. Kaplan, Whitney Janis the Arts, Inc. Carrie Rebora Barratt Mr. & Mrs. Leslie J. Garfield Victoria Barr Lichtenberg Family Richard & Ronay Marty O’Brien Foundation Ann Berman & Daniel Feld, John Stuart Gordon Menschel, Charina Jonathan Boos John R. & Barbara Jewish Communal Fund & Richard and Jane Kate Haw Foundation, Inc. Christopher Bosh Robinson, The Widgeon Mandell L. and Madeleine Manoogian Foundation Titia Hulst, Strypemonde Carol Neuberger W. P. Buckthal Point Charitable H. Berman Foundation Foundation Victoria Newhouse, Paula Cooper, Paula Foundation Amy G. Bermingham Susan & Henry Johnson Samuel I. Newhouse Cooper Inc. $100,000 or more Dr. & Mrs. R. Perry The Honorable Max N. Raymond Learsy Foundation Robinson, The Widgeon Berry The Brown Foundation, Point Charitable The Leon Levy Foundation Inc. Susan Dunne Foundation Constance C. McPhee, Helen Frankenthaler Crystal Bridges Museum Smithsonian Institution PECO Foundation of American Art Foundation, Inc. Collections Care and Robert E. Meyerhoff & Debra Force, Debra Force Joyce F. Menschel, Preservation Fund Rheda Becker The Robert and Joyce Fine Art Inc. Smithsonian Institution Janice C. Oresman Menschel Family Collections Information Agnes Gund, AG Foundation & Vital Projects System Information Foundation Rosina Rubin Fund, Inc. Resources Management The Kaplen Brothers Fund Barbara & Donald Tober, Barbara and Donald Tober Marla Prather & Pool Dorothy Lichtenstein Jonathan Schiller Foundation Nicholas Lowry Lulu & Anthony Wang, The Luhring Augustine Shoreland Foundation Schaina and Josephina Lurje Memorial Foundation, Inc.

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Katherine Degn, The O’Grady Foundation Joseph & Lesley Hoopes Bill & Elita Agee Bridgewater Fund, Inc. Lee & Carol Orr, Orr Nancy Iacomini William Anthony Kathleen M. Doyle Family Trust Helen I. Jessup Judy Arginteanu Susanne Emmerich Nancy & Jim Reinish Sidney & Robert Katzman Betsy Barbanell Dr. Linda S. Ferber Christina Rifkin Foundation Karole Dill Barkley The Fifth Floor Foundation Sidney Babcock & Ron Kent Vivian E. Barnett Jose Romeu Robin Jaffee Frank Pam Koob Ann & Olin Barrett Joel Rosenkranz, Karen Grinthal Beth Kopley Jill P. Beach Conner-Rosenkranz LLC Brian A. Gross, Brian Ethel Fisher Kott* Pamela J. Belanger Gross Fine Art Christopher Rothko & Lori Cohen Emily Lenz Julie & Henry Berkowitz Marie Halff Warren & Charlynn Goins Meredith Ward, Meredith Glenn Lowry Annette Blaugrund Jane Gregory Rubin, Richard & Mary L. Gray, Ward Fine Art Wolf Kahn & Emily Mary-Anne Martin, M.A. The Reed Foundation Richard Gray Gallery Gertrude de G. Wilmers Lillian Rose Brenwasser Mason Kahn Martin Fine Art, Ltd. Mr. & Mrs.* Alan E. J. Ben Ali Haggin Deborah B. Brown Mr. & Mrs. Robert P. Kogod, Schwartz Robert Marx The Robert P. and Arlene R. Harris K. & Lois G. $250 or more Barbara C. Buenger Rachel Middleman Kogod Family Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Peter L. Sheldon Oppenheimer Foundation Peter C. Bunnell Hattula Moholy-Nagy Carol LeWitt Dr. Robert A. Silver Mr. & Mrs. Morrison Mrs. Carolyn Alper Evan Lindquist Patricia Brown Specter Heckscher Ms. Georgia Barnhill Mary E. Murray Sueyun Locks, Locks Liz Sterling Henry and Rose Pearlman Mr. Melvin L. Bedrick & Deirdre & Kevin O’Donnell Gallery John Szoke & Sabina Foundation, Inc. Ms. , Able Trust John E. (Sandy) Parkerson Jeffrey & Jonna Mazet Klein, Szoke Klein Herman Stephanie LaNasa Ruth L. Bohan William Reese Foundation Christina McInerney James Melchert Alexis L. Boylan Robert Holtz Robles Ann Temkin The Merrin Gallery Amy & Robert Poster Dr. & Mrs. Philip Brewer The Linda & Harvey Jan & Marica Vilcek Robert & Bethany Millard Linda Richardson Sarah Burns Saligman Charitable Evelene Wechsler, Foundation Kathleen O’Grady, The Sheila Johnson Robbins John W.M. Butler Jr. & Wechsler Foundation Andrea & Ron Sandler Anne Rorimer John M. VanderLinden Sophia D. Schachter Mr. & Mrs. Robert B. Drs. Bobbi & Barry Coller $500 or more Rosowski Jacqueline & Christian Patterson Sims Dame Jillian Sackler Erdman Charles F. Stuckey Elizabeth C. Baker Mr. & Mrs. James B. Byers Yvonne de C. Segerstrom Arthur & Ruth Feder, Feder Wayne Thiebaud Sandra Berler William A. Camfield Family Charitable Trust Susan Sosnick, Sosnick Mrs. March Avery William L. Bernhard Ronald & Frayda Feldman Family Philanthropic Fund Cavanaugh Ms. Georgina Bissell Gabriella De Ferrari Linda Stillman Up to $249 Adele Chatfield-Taylor The Boris Lurie Art Marion True Barbara File Foundation Alberta Cifolelli Cynthia King Vance & Lee Ellen S. Flamm Ms. Ita Aber Andrea Henderson Thomas Colville Vance, Lee and Cynthia Ann Abrams Fahnestock Sam Francis Foundation Vance Foundation Eleanor Congdon Jeannine Falino Jon & Katherine Gothold Vincent Fremont, Vincent Susan C. Conway Charles Grigg Greg Freeman Fremont Enterprises Inc Wanda & Joe Corn Cynthia Harris

ARCHIVES OF AMERICAN ART 12 ANNUAL REPORT 2017 Donors

Raymond M. and Jane E. George Gurney Helen Langa Ellen Pollak Joan Snyder Cracchiolo Foundation Lucy & Kenneth Harper Heidi Lange Sam Powell David M. Sokol Wendy Cromwell, Robert Hayden III Catherine C. Lastavica Jules Prown Robert Solomon Cromwell Art LLC Andree Hayum, Hayum Elisabeth Leach Emily Rauh Pulitzer Rachel Stella Darryl Curran Fund Mr. & Mrs. Edwin Emily & Mitch Rales, Elizabeth Stillinger William P. Daley John Held, Jr. Deane Leonard Glenstone Foundation Stocksdale Lee Dalzell Linda D. Henderson Frances Levin Dr. & Mrs. Keith Rapp Spencer Throckmorton Dr. Bernard & M. Daniel Henderson Doris Jean Lockhart Ann K. Rawley Ruth DeHovitz Ellen Todd Nolan Higgins Joyce Lowinson, M.D. Sara Rex Suzanne Delehanty Robin Veder Erica Hirshler & Tom F. & Charlene C. Leland Rice Lea Rosson DeLong Glyn Vincent Harold D. Clark Marsh Bruce Robertson Davida Deutsch Jacqueline Vossler Michael J. Horvitz Yuko Matsukawa Page 10, Left to Right: 1 John Von Dulcie Rosenfeld Malissa Weikel, Andrew Hottle Stephen Mazoh & Wicht to Will Barnet, 1956 August Jo Sandman & MADMODWORLDVINTAGE 14. Will Barnet papers, 1897, 1929­ Eduardo Diaz Martin Kline Elizabeth Hutchinson Robert Asher Sue Ann Weinberg, The 2016. 2 Lockwood de Forest travel sketchbook, between 1880 and Alessandra Dreyer Hisayasu Ihara David McCarthy & Jean Sapin John L. and Sue Ann Marina Pacini 1881. Lockwood de Forest papers, Annette Dunlap Sarah Iselin Dorothy R. Saxe Weinberg Foundation 1858-1980. Teri J. Edelstein & Laurette McCarthy Volker Welter Jane Johnston Ingrid Schaffner Page 11, Left to Right: 1 Long scroll, Neil Harris Julie McGee Lynn Kearney Lewis Schiller John Wilmerding 1997-1999. Loren Madsen papers, Janis Ekdahl Pauline C. Metcalf Alona Cooper Wilson, 1969-2017. 2 Photograph Christopher Ketcham Mrs. Mary C. Schlosser of Nancy Davidson giving a Sharon Emanuelli Carol Mitchell Ph.D. Deborah Weyhe Kiley Gail Scott lecture, 1998 / John Vecchiolla, Rosa Esman Mrs. Milo M. Naeve Dr. Barbara Wolanin photographer. Nancy Davidson Ms. Victoria T. Kirby Curtis Shappee papers, 1970s-2016. Jane Falk Sue Nager Mary Adams Wotherspoon Nancy Koenigsberg Adrian Shelby Bruce Feldacker Ms. Mira Nakashima Marjorie Zapruder Page 12, Left to Right: 1 Photograph Janet Koplos Ted & Mary Jo Shen of Jimmy Hedges and Jimmy Amy Newman Erwin Zeuschner Lee Sudduth, circa 2000 / Barbara Krueger Harvey S. Shipley- Kathleen A. Foster Roy W. Nicholson & Judith Zilczer unidentified photographer. Andrei Kushnir Miller, The Shipley-Miller Jimmy Hedges papers and Rising Alvin Friedman-Kien Helen A. Harrison Foundation Fawn Folk Art Gallery records, 1969-2015. 2 Storyboard for Susan Futterman Martha Nodine & Patricia Shippee, Patricia *Deceased Wright Nodine Jr. The Cat Who Was Different, Joanna Gardner-Huggett Shippee Fine Art LLC 197-?. Reginald Gammon papers, Mr. & Mrs. Robert Nover 1927-2007. 3 Preparatory sketch Joy Glass & Shirley Sikov Christine I. Oaklander for a retablo, circa 1980. Marie Richard Milazzo Mary-Leigh Smart Romero Cash papers, circa 1985. Ed Gilbert, Anglim Jane Opper Suzanne Smeaton, Page 13, Left to Right: 1 Charles Gilbert Gallery Mark Ostrander & Suzanne Smeaton LLC E. Buckley letter to Elizabeth Raymond Gloeckler Marjorie Vancura Raymond Smith, R.W. McCausland, 1950 March 24. John Pappajohn Smith Bookseller Elizabeth McCausland papers, Dr. & Mrs. Frank Greene 1838-1995. 2 Reproduction of Wendy Greenhouse Philip & Dorothy Pearlstein Robert H. & Doug Edge’s Globe Head, 1990 Elizabeth Pergam Sharon W. Smith from THE magazine volume 1, Maurice Gregg number 8, 2009 May. Doug Edge Alvin L. Snowiss Barbara Grossman Jody Pettibone papers, circa 1951-2017. Deborah C. Pollack

ARCHIVES OF AMERICAN ART 13 ANNUAL REPORT 2017 Support the Archives Board of Trustees

HELPING US TO FULFILL ENDOWED GIFTS Martha J. Fleischman Ex Officio Beth Kopley OUR MISSION Endowed gifts are both a Chair David J. Skorton Rachel Larsen The Smithsonian Archives of gift for the future and a gift Secretary Annette Leddy American Art personalizes for today, supporting the Arthur Cohen Smithsonian Institution Bridget Mazet our nation’s art, shaping how Archives in perpetuity and Vice Chair Michelle McDaniel art history is written and providing the donor with John Davis Megan McShea how art is viewed. Join us in long-term recognition and Edward O. Cabot Provost/Under Secretary Sarah Mitrani our effort to leverage public tax benefits. Secretary for Museums & Research Sarah Mundy dollars with private gifts that Smithsonian Institution Judy Ng will help us attract, inspire, PLANNED GIFTS Members Eden Orelove and serve the public. Now, Planned gifts allow the Carrie Rebora Barratt Kate Haw Hilary Price as never before, you can donor to leave an important Ann E. Berman Director Tobias Reiter make an impact on what is legacy while also receiving Amy Bermingham Archives of American Art Anna Rimel collected, preserved, and tax benefits and income Virginia Bobins Mary Savig made available to the world. for life. Those who include Gilberto Cárdenas Staff Craig Schiffert the Archives of American Helen W. Drutt English Kate Haw Emily Shapiro OUTRIGHT GIFTS Art in their estate plans Susan Dunne Director Tanya Sheehan Gifts of cash, stock, or other and notify us are eligible Debra J. Force Sharon Shepard personal assets provide vital for membership in the Leslie J. Garfield Liza Kirwin Matthew Simms unrestricted support and Smithsonian Legacy Society. Susan I. Johnson Deputy Director Jennifer Snyder may be made to the Archives Linda Lichtenberg Kaplan Jason Stieber of American Art by mail or Your investment in the Gilbert H. Kinney Barbara Aikens Ariana Stowe phone at any time. Archives of American Art Nicholas Lowry Stephanie Ashley Rihoko Ueno is a commitment to future George Merck Nicole Blechynden Vivian Vargas INDIVIDUAL GIVING generations. Richard Miller Elizabeth Botten Karen Weiss Donors to the annual fund Bridget Moore Marisa Bourgoin Liza Zapol provide operating support For more information about Marty E. O’Brien Antoinette Brawner that enables us to create how you can support the Marla Prather Lindsey Bright new exhibitions, publications, Archives of American Art, Deborah Schmidt Robinson Megan Burdi programs, and special please contact us: Amy Zinck Susan Cary events each year, while Melissa Cristal continuing to preserve and T: 202.633.7989 Trustees Emeriti Caroline Donadio make available significant F: 202.633.7994 Max N. Berry, Esq. Kathryn Donahue records and untold stories W: www.aaa.si.edu/support Nancy Brown Negley Poreia Duncan documenting the history Barbara G. Fleischman Brandon Eng of American art and Archives of American Art Dona S. Kendall Josh Franco visual culture. Office of Advancement Richard A. Manoogian Antonia Gardner P.O. Box 37012 MRC 937 Frank Martucci Jennifer Graves CORPORATE GIVING Victor Building, Suite 2200 Janice C. Oresman Tiffany Green Corporations and galleries Washington, DC 20013-7012 Siobhan Hagen may support the Archives in Founding Trustees Michelle Herman a variety of ways including, Lawrence A. Fleischman Zoe Herrmann but not limited to, financial Mrs. Edsel B. Ford Taylor Hicks contributions, gifts in kind, Edgar P. Richardson Robin Holladay Peak and sponsorship of special Kendra Jae events, including our Elissa Jerome annual benefit. Jayna Josefson Erin Kinhart

ARCHIVES OF AMERICAN ART 14 ANNUAL REPORT 2017 COVER

Top Row, Left to Right: Cinque Gallery brochure, 1959-1981. Cinque gallery records, 1959-2010. mail art to Maryette Charlton, 1980. Maryette Charlton papers, circa 1890-2013. U.S. Air Force unloading of art from a plane for the 32nd Venice Biennale, 1964 / unidentified photographer. Alan R. Solomon papers, 1907-1970.

Bottom Row, Left to Right: Cover design sketch for Who Am I?, not after 1946. Lilian Swann Saarinen papers, circa 1909-1977. Abril Lamarque painting on stage, 194-? / Marian Hille, photographer. Abril Lamarque papers, 1883-2001. Preperatory sketch for Heir to the Future, 1944. Anton Refregier papers, circa 1900-circa 1990.

All images are from the collections of the Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.