Archive for the ‘art’ Category

Archives of American Art, part 3: Louise Nevelson Papers

Thursday, October 1st, 2009

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All from the Louise Nevelson Papers, 1903-1979. Part of my Archives of American Art vacation series.

Archives of American Art, part 2: Joseph Cornell Papers

Thursday, September 24th, 2009

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All from the Joseph Cornell Papers, 1804-1986 . Part of my Archives of American Art vacation series.

Archives of American Art, part 1: Alexander Calder Papers

Thursday, September 17th, 2009

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All from the Alexander Calder Papers, 1926-1967

(I decided to be very slightly lazy about preparing posts before I go on vacation, so this will be the first in a series featuring collections from the Smithsonian’s Archives of American Art. Each post will follow my usual tendency to look for unique, possibly atypical but revealing items from a digitized collection)

Collection Yves St. Laurent et Pierre Bergé, Day Three

Wednesday, February 25th, 2009



The end.
via Christie’s.

Collection Yves St. Laurent et Pierre Bergé, Day Two

Tuesday, February 24th, 2009





Top to bottom: Ingres, Ruhlmann, Gray, Cheuret, Lalanne
via Christie’s.

Collection Yves St. Laurent et Pierre Bergé, Day One

Monday, February 23rd, 2009

Sorry if you had your heart set on any of these, but they’re already sold:





Top to bottom: Duchamp, Calder, Brancusi, Klee, Leger

via Christie’s.