| | Creator/Collector: | AC Martin
Partners
| Requires cookie* | | | Title: | AC Martin Partners drawings and records on microfilm  | | | | Dates: | 1906-2006 | | | | Abstract: | The AC Martin Partners drawings and records on microfilm document the significant role this prominent, multi-generational firm has played in shaping the built environment of Southern California throughout the last 100 years. The records consist predominantly of aperture cards mounted with microfilmed copies of over 67,000 architectural drawings, technical plans, and site surveys for civic, commercial, and residential projects predominantly in the greater Los Angeles area. These aperture cards are supported by microfilmed copies of project documentation for several early projects, and a selection of the professional correspondence of Albert C. Martin Senior. | | | | Number: | 2015.M.14 | |
| | Creator/Collector: | Aéro Mre. Indochine
| Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Photograph albums of Indochina | | | | Dates: | 1932-1936 | | | | Abstract: | Two photograph albums documenting urban and rural aspects of French Indochina, compiled by a French pilot. | | | | Number: | 2001.R.21 | |
| | Creator/Collector: | Åkerström, Åke, 1902-
| Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Åke Åkerström papers | | | | Dates: | 1853-1991 (bulk 1927-1987) | | | | Abstract: | The Åke Åkerström papers record the scholarly career of this Swedish classical archaeologist. Åkerström's research interests and publications ranged from architectural terracottas in Asia Minor to Etruscan tomb typology to Mycenaean pottery in Greece, and this breadth is reflected in the research notes, photographs, postcards, drawings, correspondence, manuscripts, and typescripts that constitute the Åkerström papers. The archive also includes a substantial amount of material that originated with Lennart Kjellberg and Axel W. Persson, earlier scholars whose work Åkerström continued. | | | | Number: | 940110 | |
| | Creator/Collector: | Al-Wahhāb, Abdu Rabbih
| Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Al Djazair and Tunis album | | | | Dates: | 1881 | | | | Abstract: | The album compiled by Abdu Rabbih al-Wahhāb contains photographs of the Maghreb region of North Africa. The first half features views of Algeria and Tunisia, while the second half is devoted to portraits of a variety of North African peoples. These are mainly studio portraits of prostitutes and dancers from various ethnic groups, although some male types, and dignitaries such as the Agha and Califa of Ouargla, are included. | | | | Number: | 2001.R.20 | |
| | Creator/Collector: | Alfred Schmela
Galerie
| Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Galerie Schmela records | | | | Dates: | 1923-2006, bulk 1957-1992 | | | | Abstract: | Galerie Schmela was one of the most important art galleries in Germany in the postwar period. Through a prescient program of exhibitions, founder Alfred Schmela introduced and promoted innovative European and American artists, such as Joseph Beuys, Arman, Gerhard Richter, the group ZERO (Otto Piene, Günther Uecker, Heinz Mack), Hans Haacke, Christo, Lucio Fontana, Robert Indiana, Yves Klein, Gordon Matta-Clark, Jean Tinguely, Richard Tuttle, and numerous others. Mainly concentrated on the 1950s through the 1970s, the Galerie Schmela records include: correspondence with artists and clients; gallery financial records; vintage photographic documentation of installations, gallery openings, and artworks; and extensive files of printed ephemera, posters, and press clippings. | | | | Number: | 2007.M.17 | |
| | Creator/Collector: | Alloway, Lawrence,
1926-1990
| Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Lawrence Alloway papers | | | | Dates: | 1891-2003, undated | | | | Abstract: | Lawrence Alloway was a British born art critic active in the New York art scene from 1960 until his death in 1990. An early champion of post-war American art, he coined the term "Pop Art." The archive consists of correspondence with his wife, the artist Sylvia Sleigh, work files, manuscripts and clippings, personal documents, and many photographs and slides of contemporary art. | | | | Number: | 2003.M.46 | |
| | Creator/Collector: | Antin, David
| Requires cookie* | | | Title: | David Antin papers | | | | Dates: | 1954-2006 | | | | Abstract: | The papers of performance artist, experimental poet, curator, and critic David Antin include extensive correspondence, forty years of diaries, published and unpublished manuscripts, working notes, teaching files, and over 300 audiotapes and videos of lectures and performances. In particular, the archive documents Antin's "talk pieces" which were his unique means of fusing spoken poetry with academic lectures. | | | | Number: | 2008.M.56 | |
| | Creator/Collector: | Antin,
Eleanor
| Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Eleanor Antin papers | | | | Dates: | 1953-2010 | | | | Abstract: | The papers of artist Eleanor Antin contain comprehensive documentation of her work and work processes throughout her career as a pioneer in the fields of conceptual, feminist, and performance art. Included are extensive correspondence, notebooks and sketchbooks, ephemera, thousands of photographs and negatives, and master recordings of video, film, and audio works. | | | | Number: | 2012.M.5 | |
| | Creator/Collector: | Arntz, Wilhelm F.
| Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Wilhelm Arntz collection of rare exhibition catalogs and printed ephemera | | | | Dates: | approximately 1900-1985 | | | | Abstract: | Collected by the German art expert Wilhelm Arntz, the ephemera document exhibitions, sales and publishing of 20th century art mainly in Germany, Italy, and France, but also in other European countries, the United States, and South America. Represented are not only well-established artists but also a profusion of lesser known artists as well as numerous emerging artists who became well-known after the mid 1980s. Among the institutions are European and American art museums and exhibition venues, publishing- and auction houses, printing presses, art fairs, and a vast number of art galleries. | | | | Number: | 2002.M.13 | |
| | Creator/Collector: | Arntz, Wilhelm F.
| Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Wilhelm Arntz papers | | | | Dates: | 1898-1986 | | | | Abstract: | Comprehensive research collection on twentieth century art, especially German Expressionism, compiled by the art expert Wilhelm Friedrich Arntz. A vast portion of the collection consists of research files on individual artists. Of particular interest are files concerning the so-called degenerate art campaign by the Nazis and the recovery of confiscated artwork after World War II. Extensive material documents Arntz's professional activities. | | | | Number: | 840001 | |
| | Creator/Collector: | Arthur Tooth &
Sons
| Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Arthur Tooth & Sons stock inventories and accounts | | | | Dates: | 1871-1959 | | | | Abstract: | The records of Arthur Tooth & Sons consist of an incomplete set of stock books, sales books, consignment books, and account ledgers. They primarily focus on the transactions the firm made in London from 1871 to 1959, but also include a ledger recording sales made in New York from 1906 to 1912. | | | | Number: | 860679 | |
| | Creator/Collector: | Asher, Betty
| Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Betty Asher papers | | | | Dates: | 1860-1999 | | | | Abstract: | The papers of art collector and dealer Betty Asher document the Los Angeles art scene from circa 1960 to 1990, though most comprehensively in the 1970s, through photographs, artist files, and more than three hundred posters. Correspondence, photographs and other documents provide information about Asher's family history and the process by which she built her art collection. Included in the papers are her collections of postcards and other ephemera. | | | | Number: | 2009.M.30 | |
| | Creator/Collector: | Asprucci, Mario, 1764-1804
| Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Mario and Antonio Asprucci architectural drawings relating to the Villa Borghese in Rome and other Borghese commissions | | | | Dates: | 1786-early 1800s | | | | Abstract: | The architectural drawings by Mario Asprucci, his father Antonio Asprucci, and their associates, dating from 1786 to the early 1800s, document the buildings and gardens of the Villa Borghese in Rome that were commissioned by Prince Marcantonio IV Borghese as well as other Borghese commissions. They reveal the importance of Mario Asprucci's contributions and include designs he made for the Temple of Aesculapius and the unrealized Museo Gabino. | | | | Number: | 2021.M.12 | |
| | Creator/Collector: | Association Connaissance de l'histoire de l'Afrique contemporaine
| Requires cookie* | | | Title: | ACHAC collection | | | | Dates: | 1880-ca. 1975 | | | | Abstract: | A consortium of scholars and researchers devoted to exploring and promoting discussion of race, iconography, and the colonial and post-colonial periods of Africa and Europe. The ACHAC collection documents the influence of French colonialism, both on Africa and on France itself, as represented in images produced and distributed through the media of French popular culture as well as in the personal photographs of European residents of the African colonies. Some materials concern Belgian and German colonies. | | | | Number: | 970031 | |
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