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© 2002 The Museum of Modern Art. All rights reserved.
The Museum of Modern Art, Publisher
Finding aid prepared by Claire Dienes and Jeremy Melius, 2002.
Machine-readable finding aid derived from JBNeumann.doc, 2006. Machine-readable finding aid created by Kathleene Konkle. Description is in English.

Descriptive Summary
Creator: J.B. Neumann
Title: J.B. Neumann Papers
Dates: 1914-1963
Quantity: 4.5 linear feet of records
3 reels of microfilm
9 boxes

Arrangement
The Papers are organized into eight Series:
Series I: Correspondence, 1914-1959
Subseries A: Artists, ca. 1919-1957
Subseries B: Other
Series II: Unpublished Manuscripts, ca. 1940s - 1950s
Subseries A: Klee in the U.S.A., ca. 1949, 1952
Subseries B: Confessions of an Art Dealer, n.d.
Series III: Material Published by JBN, 1920-1945
Subseries A: Bilderhefte, 1920-1922
Subseries B: Art Lover, 1926-1937
Series IV: Gallery Ephemera, 1916-1953
Subseries A: Berlin, Munich and Düsseldorf, Germany, ca. 1916-1931
Subseries B: New York, NY, United States, ca. 1924-1953
Series V: Related Material, 1920s - ca.1960s
Series VI: Personal Documents, ca. 1950s
Series VII: Photographic Material, 1929 - ca. 1961
Subseries A: Photographic Prints, ca. 1929
Subseries B: 7.5" × 10" Negatives
Subseries C: Glass Negatives
Subseries D: Slides
Subseries E: Microfilm Reel #3
Subseries F: 35 mm Film
Series VIII: Addenda, 1929-1960
Subseries A: Correspondence, ca. 1951
Subseries B: Mock-up of Artlover Library, Vol. 1, n.d.

Biographical Note

Jsreal Ben Neumann [JBN] was born in Austria in 1887. In 1910, he opened his first book and art store in Berlin, displaying works by such artists as Edvard Munch. By 1922, branches were opened in Bremen, Düsseldorf, and Munich. Neumann moved to New York City in 1923; a year later he would open a gallery, first called J.B. Neumann's Print Room and later the New Art Circle gallery, which was also known as a meeting spot for artists and art lovers. He championed progressive living artists, including Wassily Kandinsky, Max Beckmann, Paul Klee, and Georges Rouault. His wife, Elsa Schmidt, was a well-known artist who worked in mosaics. In addition to being an art dealer, Neumann was an art critic, author, lecturer, and publisher. Periodicals issued by Neumann include Bilderhefte (Berlin, 1920-1922) and Artlover (New York, 1926-1945, 1959). Neumann died in Rye, New York on April 28, 1961.

Scope and Content Note

The Papers (4.5 linear feet) date from 1914-1963, and are contained in nine document boxes (eight 5" boxes; one 2.5" box), one archives storage box (10.5"×12.5"×15.5"), and three reels of microfilm. Materials include correspondence to and from Neumann, unpublished manuscripts, photographs of works of art, and publications issued by Neumann.

Material on R. Bresdin, Beckmann, Kandinsky, Klee, Rouault, and Munch is particularly well represented in the Papers.

Restrictions

Access Restrictions

The records are open for research and contain no restricted materials.

Ownership and Literary Rights

The J.B. Neumann Papers are the physical property of The Museum of Modern Art. Literary rights, including copyright belong to the authors or their legal heirs and assigns. Rights to work produced during the normal course of Museum business resides with The Museum of Modern Art. For further information, and to obtain permission to publish or reproduce, contact the Museum Archivist.

Index Terms
This collection is indexed under the following headings in DADABASE, the library catalog of The Museum of Modern Art. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons, or places should search the catalog using these headings.
Persons:
Neumann, Jsrael Ber, 1887-1861.
Subjects:
Art critics.
Art dealers.
Artists -- Correspondence.
Artlover.
Beckmann, Max, 1884-1950. -- Correspondence.
J.B. Neumanns Bilderhefte.
Kandinsky, Wassily, 1866-1944 -- Correspondence.
Klee, Paul, 1879-1940 -- Correspondence.
Munch, Edvard, 1863-1944 -- Correspondence.
Neumann, Jsrael Ber, 1887-1861 -- Archives.
Rouault, Georges, 1871-1958 -- Correspondence.
Document Types:
Exhibition catalogs.
Photonegatives.

Related Collections at MoMA and Elsewhere

See Library for related published material; and Archives of American Art (AAA) for additional Neumann Papers.

Originals of Beckmann letters supposedly in Frankfurt University Neumann-Albers correspondence at the Josef Albers Foundation, CT

Microfilm of letters in I.A.1-2 also available at AAA.

Administrative Information

Provenance

The Papers were a gift to the Museum Library from Elsa Schmidt Neumann, J. B. Neumann's widow, in 1962. They were transferred from the Museum Library to the Museum Archives on April 28, 1997, and re-processed adhering to archival principles.

Preferred Citation

J.B. Neumann Papers, [series.folder]. The Museum of Modern Art Archives, New York.

Condition

The condition of material in the J. B. Neumann Papers varies from very stable to very volatile. Unstable photographic material has been reproduced in the form of black and white contact sheets, color slides, preservation color photocopies, or microfilm, as appropriate. Microfilm material in subseries I.A: correspondence with artists, has been scanned and digital images of the materials are available for viewing within the archives. Number ranges in the left-hand column indicate both microfilm frame and digital image numbers for each correspondent's material.

Additional Descriptive Data

Explanation of Abbreviations

ACS is an Autographed Card Signed.
TCS is a Typed Card Signed.
ANS is an Autographed Note Signed.
TNS is a Typed Note Signed.
JBN stands for J. B. Neumann.
JH stands for Jean Holtzman.
I-MV stands for Ilse-Margret Vogel.
ALS is an Autographed Letter Signed.
TLS is a Typed Letter Signed.
TL stands for Typed Letter.
MoMA is The Museum of Modern Art.
n.d. stands for no date.
re: stands for regarding.

Container List

 

Series I: Correspondence

 

Subseries A: Artists

The order of the list of correspondents on both reels reflects the order in which they appear on the microfilm; inclusive dates of the material appear in parentheses. In January 1962, Mrs. J.B. Neumann lent the original letters to MoMA for microfilming. The original letters were offered at auction on May 24, 1962; see auction catalogue Archiv und Teile der Sammlung J. B. Neumann Auktion in Bern, 24 Mai 1962. (Bern: Klipstein and Kornfeld), available at the Museum Library, call number 3.3 N38 K5.

Correspondence from the following artists: Johannes Becher, Gerhart Hauptmann and Walter Jacob is listed in the auction catalogue but is not included on the microfilm; correspondence from the following artists, [?] Dulberg and Karl Schmidt-Rottluff is not listed in the auction catalogue but is found on the microfilm.

Microfilm material in subseries I.A: correspondence with artists, has been scanned and digital images of the materials are available for viewing within the archives. Number ranges in the left-hand column indicate both microfilm frame and digital image numbers for each correspondent's material.

Folder Title Date
I.A.1
0007-0021 		Microfilm Reel #1: Albers, Josef 1937-1945
I.A.1
0022 		Microfilm Reel #1: Arp, Hans 1930
I.A.1
0023-0027 		Microfilm Reel #1: Adler, Jankel 1932, 1936
I.A.1
0028-0029 		Microfilm Reel #1: Archipenko, Alexander 1923, 1933
I.A.1
0030-0031 		Microfilm Reel #1: Baader 1920
I.A.1
0032-0220/0221 		Microfilm Reel #1: Beckmann, Max

See also I.A.3

 1920-1931
I.A.1
0222-0250 		Microfilm Reel #1: Behmer, Marcus 1920-1948
I.A.1
0251-0255 		Microfilm Reel #1: Burliuk, David 1930-1941
I.A.1
0256-0259 		Microfilm Reel #1: Calder, Alexander 1931
I.A.1
0260-0271 		Microfilm Reel #1: Campendonk, Heinrich 1935-1936
I.A.1
0268 		Microfilm Reel #1: Corinth, Lovis 1921
I.A.1
0269-0271 		Microfilm Reel #1: Cassirer, Bruno and Else 1942
I.A.1
0272-0288 		Microfilm Reel #1: Chagall, Marc and Ida 1937, 1938, 1941
I.A.1 Microfilm Reel #1: Cohen, Walter

Note: see "L"

 1930
I.A.1
0289-0318 		Microfilm Reel #1: Dix, Otto 1934 and n.d
I.A.1
0319-0326 		Microfilm Reel #1: Dreier, Katherine S. 1925-1950
I.A.1
0327-0328 		Microfilm Reel #1: Dulberg, [?] 1920
I.A.1
0329-0337 		Microfilm Reel #1: Ehrenstein, Albert 1921-1943
I.A.1
0338 		Microfilm Reel #1: Ewers, Hanns H. 1920
I.A.1
0339-0345 		Microfilm Reel #1: Feininger, Lyonel 1920, 1940-1943
I.A.1
0346-0352 		Microfilm Reel #1: Feuchtwanger, Lion 1957
I.A.1
0353-0383 		Microfilm Reel #1: Felixmüller, Konrad 1921-1958
I.A.1
0384-0397 		Microfilm Reel #1: Flechtheim, Alfred 1924-32
I.A.1
0398-0402 		Microfilm Reel #1: Frank, Leonhard 1921, 1957
I.A.1
0403-0410 		Microfilm Reel #1: Fuchs, Eduard 1927-1930
I.A.1
0411-0440 		Microfilm Reel #1: Gangolf, Paul 1919-1939
I.A.1
0441-0453 		Microfilm Reel #1: Grohmann, Will 1930-1954
I.A.1
0454-0473 		Microfilm Reel #1: Gromaire, Marcel 1939-1940
I.A.1
0474-0476 		Microfilm Reel #1: Gropius, Walter 1928, 1957
I.A.1
0477-0479 		Microfilm Reel #1: George, Waldemar 1930
I.A.1
0480-0481 		Microfilm Reel #1: Grossmann, Stefan 1928
I.A.1
0482-0486 		Microfilm Reel #1: Glaser, Curt 1918, 1931
I.A.1
0487-0488 		Microfilm Reel #1: Gosebruch, Ernst 1931
I.A.1
0489-0492 		Microfilm Reel #1: Guillaume, Paul n.d.
I.A.1
0493-505 		Microfilm Reel #1: Gurlitt, Wolfang 1955-56
I.A.1
0506-0508 		Microfilm Reel #1: Gulbransson, Olaf 1951
I.A.1
0509-0510 		Microfilm Reel #1: Guggenheim, Peggy 1942
I.A.1
0511-0544 		Microfilm Reel #1: Grosz, George 1921-1939
I.A.1
0545-0552 		Microfilm Reel #1: "H"Hegner, Jakob 1924, 1952
I.A.1
0553-0555 		Microfilm Reel #1: Haller, Hermann 1926, 1929
I.A.1
0556-0562 		Microfilm Reel #1: Helion, Jean 1936-1951
I.A.1
0563-0568 		Microfilm Reel #1: Huf, Fritz 1920
I.A.1
0569-0574 		Microfilm Reel #1: Hardt, Ludwig 1938-1939
I.A.1
0575-0577 		Microfilm Reel #1: Hofer, Karl 1934
I.A.1
0578-0581 		Microfilm Reel #1: Harlfinge[r?], R. 1918
I.A.1
0582-0584 		Microfilm Reel #1: Hegner, Jakob 1924, 1952
I.A.1
0585-0611 		Microfilm Reel #1: Heckel, Erich 1924-1934
I.A.1
0612-0616 		Microfilm Reel #1: Heidegger, Martin 1957
I.A.1
0617-0626 		Microfilm Reel #1: Jansen, F.M. 1920-1921, 1957
I.A.1
0627 		Microfilm Reel #1: Jungk, Robert 1954-56
I.A.1
0628-0630 		Microfilm Reel #1: Janthur, Richard 1921
I.A.1
0631-0635 		Microfilm Reel #1: Jaeckel, Willy 1920
I.A.1
0636-0637 		Microfilm Reel #1: Jacob, Max 1932
I.A.1
0638-0646 		Microfilm Reel #1: Jungk, Robert 1954-56
I.A.1
0647-0662 		Microfilm Reel #1: Jannings, Emil 1927-1929
I.A.1
0663-0747 		Microfilm Reel #1: Kandinsky, Wassily

see also I.A.4

 1935-1940
I.A.1
0748-0792 		Microfilm Reel #1: Kirchner, Ernst Ludwig 1919-1927, 1935
I.A.1
0793-0805 		Microfilm Reel #1: Klossowski, Erich 1930
I.A.1
0806-0827 		Microfilm Reel #1: Kokoschka, Oskar 1930, 1937-1943
I.A.2
0007-0023 		Microfilm Reel #2: Kubin, Alfred 1920, 1922, 1927, 1930
I.A.2
0027-0028 		Microfilm Reel #2: Lehmbruck, Manfred 1948
I.A.2
0025-0026 		Microfilm Reel #2: Cohen, Walter 1930
I.A.2
0029-0035 		Microfilm Reel #2: Marcks, Gerhard 1931
I.A.2
0036-0053 		Microfilm Reel #2: Masereel, Frans 1921-1957, 1959
I.A.2
0054-0058 		Microfilm Reel #2: Mataré, Ewald 1955
I.A.2
0059-0060 		Microfilm Reel #2: Mellinger, Freidrich 1920
I.A.2
0061 		Microfilm Reel #2: Moholy-Nagy, Laszlo 1938
I.A.2
0062-0064 		Microfilm Reel #2: Moser, [?] 1932
I.A.2
0065-0074 		Microfilm Reel #2: Mendolsohn, Erich 1925, 1941, 1952
I.A.2
0075-0077 		Microfilm Reel #2: Meseck, Felix 1920
I.A.2
0078-0079 		Microfilm Reel #2: Martin, K. 1954
I.A.2
0080-0083 		Microfilm Reel #2: Mataré, Ewald 1955
I.A.2
0084-0088 		Microfilm Reel #2: Meidner, Ludwig 1919
I.A.2
0089-0107 		Microfilm Reel #2: Meier-Graefe, Julius 1930
I.A.2
0108-0111 		Microfilm Reel #2: Nauen, Heinrich 1930
I.A.2
0112-0120 		Microfilm Reel #2: Nolde, Emil 1921-1926
I.A.2
0121-0125 		Microfilm Reel #2: Orozco , J.C. 1935
I.A.2
0126-0130 		Microfilm Reel #2: Poelzig, Hans 1921
I.A.2
0131-0133 		Microfilm Reel #2: Pannwitz, Rudolf 1921
I.A.2
0134-0136 		Microfilm Reel #2: Pankok, Otto 1921
I.A.2
0137-0140 		Microfilm Reel #2: Pottner, Erich 1938
I.A.2
0141-0150 		Microfilm Reel #2: Richter, Hans 1959
I.A.2
0151-0160 		Microfilm Reel #2: Rössner, Georg W. 1929, 1950-1951
I.A.2
0161-0171 		Microfilm Reel #2: Roger-Marx, Claude 1928-1931
I.A.2
0172-0183 		Microfilm Reel #2: Rebay, Hilla 1933, 1936, 1945
I.A.2
0184-0314 		Microfilm Reel #2: Rouault, Georges and Isabelle Rouault

To JBN and Mrs. JBN; see also I.A.7

 1926-1935
I.A.2
0315-0325 		Microfilm Reel #2: Scheyer, Gulka 1936, 1943
I.A.2
0326-0377 		Microfilm Reel #2: Segall, Lasar 1936-1940
I.A.2
0378-0383 		Microfilm Reel #2: Seligmann, Kurt 1949, 1953
I.A.2
0384-0387 		Microfilm Reel #2: Schmidt-Rottluff, Karl, 1925
I.A.2
0388-0389 		Microfilm Reel #2: Stinnes, Dr. H. 1916
I.A.2
0390-0394 		Microfilm Reel #2: Spiro, Eugen 1928, 1933
I.A.2
0395-0400 		Microfilm Reel #2: Scheffler, Karl 1929-1932
I.A.2
0401-0404 		Microfilm Reel #2: Severini, Gino 1931
I.A.2
0405-0407 		Microfilm Reel #2: Schlemmer, Oskar 1931, 1934-1935
I.A.2
0408-0428 		Microfilm Reel #2: Stein, Leo 1929, 1933
I.A.2
0429 		Microfilm Reel #2: Steiglitz, Alfred 1924
I.A.2
0430-0431 		Microfilm Reel #2: Toller, Ernst 1936
I.A.2
0432-0439 		Microfilm Reel #2: Thöny, W. 1933-1941
I.A.2
0440-0442 		Microfilm Reel #2: Tietze, Hans 1951
I.A.2
0443 		Microfilm Reel #2: Tappert, Georg 1920
I.A.2
0444-0451 		Microfilm Reel #2: Uhde, Wilhelm 1936
I.A.2
0452-0459 		Microfilm Reel #2: Weber, Max 1924, 1937
I.A.2
0460-0466 		Microfilm Reel #2: Zweig, Stefan 1930
I.A.3 Beckmann, Max

Incl. ALS Beckmann-JBN 1926
See also I.A.1

1925-1932
I.A.4 Kandinsky, Wassily

See also I.A.1

 1935-1940
I.A.5 Klee, Paul

Klee, Felix 1952, 1958

 1934, 1939
I.A.6 Munch, Edvard 1914
I.A.7 Rouault, Georges

See also I.A.2

 1926-1935
 

Subseries B: Other
Folder Title Date
I.B.1 Family

10 items
Son (Peter)
Daughter-in-law (Annie)
Wife (Elsa)

1951, 1958-1959
I.B.2 Friends, clients and dealers, etc

1"
Arranged alphabetically
Incl. TLS Jay Leyda-JBN
TLS Nelson A. Rockefeller-JBN
TLS JBN-Louis (Stern)

1926, 1940-60
I.B.3 Re: prints by R. Bresdin

10 items

 1920s-1932
I.B.4 Re: El Greco's St. Francis in Meditation

41 items
Purchased jointly by JBN and Marian Willard

1939-1946
I.B.5 Miscellaneous

12 items

 n.d.
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Series II: Unpublished Manuscripts

 

Subseries A: Klee in the U.S.A.

Collected for unpublished book; forward by Felix Klee, edited by JBN.

Folder Title Date
II.A.1 Correspondence

Annotated typescripts
Handwritten notes
7 items

1949, 1952
II.A.2.a Photographs of works of art by Paul Klee

Items numbered 1-49

 n.d.
II.A.2.b Photographs of works of art by Paul Klee

Items numbered 50-90

 n.d.
II.A.2.c Photographs of works of art by Paul Klee

Items numbered 91-118

 n.d.
II.A.2.d Photographs of works of art by Paul Klee

Items numbered 119-146

 n.d.
II.A.2.e Photographs of works of art by Paul Klee

Items numbered 147-199

 n.d.
 

Subseries B: Confessions of an Art Dealer

Unpublished memoir by JBN in which he discusses Max Beckmann, Paul Klee, Edvard Munch and Georges Rouault.
Folder Title Date
II.B.1.a Unbound version

Miracles, Mostly Minor, p. 1-14
Incl. cover page and foreword
A Son of the Midnight Sun, re: Munch, p. M1-M22

n.d.
II.B.1.b Unbound version

Between Heaven and Earth, re: Rouault, p. R1-R20
Sorrow and Champagne, re: Beckmann, p. 1-47
Shclussgesang, "Endsong", p. 48-49
Introducing the Miracle, re: Klee, p. K1-K15
New Beginnings, p. 1-8

n.d.
II.B.2 Bound version

Copy
128 sheets
7 chapters

n.d.
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Series III: Material Published by JBN

 

Subseries A: Bilderhefte
Folder Title Date
III.A.1 Bilderhefte (Berlin)

Vol. 1, nos. I-VI
Artlover: JBN's Bilderhefte (New York), Vol. 2, nos. 1-9, 1926-1927
Vol. 3, nos. 1-8/9?, 1930-1937
26 issues
One bound volume

1920-1922
III.A.2 Bilderhefte (Berlin)

Vol. 1, nos. 1
5 n.d.

May 1920
 

Subseries B: Art Lover
Folder Title Date
III.B.1 Art Lover

Vol. 2, nos. 3, 4, 6, 7, 8 (1926-1927)
Vol. 3, nos. 1, 2, 6 (1930-1937)
Vol. 4, no. 1 (1945)

1926-1927, 1930-1937
III.B.2 Artlover Library

Vol. 2 and 3 n.d.
See Addenda (VII.B) for mock-up of Vol. 1, 1929

1929
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Series IV: Gallery Emphemera

Includes invitations, exhibition announcements, catalogues, annotated brochures, clippings, etc., for JBN's various galleries and activities as an art dealer. Arranged by country, then chronologically.

 

Subseries A: Berlin, Munich and Düsseldorf, Germany

Folder Title Date
IV.A.1 Graphisches Kabinett, 50 Kurfurstendamm, Berlin ca. 1916
IV.A.2 Graphisches Kabinett, 10 Briennerstrasse, Munich ca. 1928-1931
IV.A.3 Galerie Neumann-Nierendorf, Berlin and Düsseldorf ca. 1925-1926
 

Subseries B: New York, NY, United States

Folder Title Date
IV.B.1 J. B. Neumann's Print Room, 19 East 57th Street 1924-1925
IV.B.2 New Art Circle, 35 West 57th Street 1926-1928
IV.B.3 New Art Circle, 509 Madison Avenue 1934-1937
IV.B.4 New Art Circle, 543 Madison Avenue

Neumann-Willard Gallery and the Art Book Center also mentioned

ca. 1940
IV.B.5 New Art Circle, 41 East 57th Street ca. 1948-1953
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Series V: Related Materials

Folder Title Date
V.A 1920-1929

Incl. issue of Der Neue Merkur Monatshefte with annotations (Nov./Dec. 1921)
"What and When is Painting Today?" by Oscar Bleumner (Oct. 1929)

1920-1929
V.B 1930-1963

Incl. Plaza Art Galleries, Inc., auction catalogue "A Selection of Modern Art, European and American from JB Neumann and Others" (May 8, 1940)
Exhibition brochure for From Realism to Abstraction, assembled by JBN for The Cincinnati Modern Art Society (Feb. 26-March 17, 1945)
Brochure for JBN, "Counsellor in Art" (1956-1957)
Issue of Massachusetts Review, re: R. Bresdin (Autumn 1960)

1930-1963
V.C n.d.

Incl. announcements, brochures, photographs re: artist K. S. Kulkarni

 n.d.
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Series VI: Personal Documents

Folder Title Date
VI.A Photographs and U.S. inoculation and vaccination certificate

9 items

 1954, n.d.
VI.B Course catalogs and lecture notes

6 items

 ca. 1933-1936, n.d.
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Series VII: Photographic Material

 

Subseries A: Photographic Prints

Folder Title Date
VII.A.1 Installation photographs of first exhibition at The Museum of Modern Art

One annotated envelope
8 items

1929
VII.A.2 Klee in the U.S.A.

See II.A.2a-II.A.2e

 n.d.
 

Subseries B: 7.5"×10" Negatives

Items are 7.5" × 10" negatives unless otherwise noted; there are some prints, which vary in size; 351 items; arranged alphabetically by artist or descriptive phrase; phrases in quotation marks reflect original labeling of material.

Folder Title
VII.B.1 Beckmann, Max

15 items
VII.B.2 Béraud, Jean, 1883

1 item
VII.B.3 Blythe, ?, 1883

1 item
VII.B.4 Chagall, Marc

8 items
VII.B.5 Coffermans, Marcellius, 1575

1 item
VII.B.6 Dufy, Raoul

1 item
VII.B.7 Gatch, Leo

13 items
VII.B.8 German Expressionists

19 items
VII.B.9 El Greco

3 items
VII.B.10 Kandinsky, Wassily

10 items
VII.B.11 Klee, Paul

6 items
4 negatives
2 prints

VII.B.12 Knaths, Karl

28 items
VII.B.13 Kokoschka, Oskar

3 items
VII.B.14 Kopman

24 items
VII.B.15 Kuniyoshi, Yasuo

3 items
VII.B.16 Levinson, (A.F.)
VII.B.17 Matisse, Henri

2 items
VII.B.18 Maurer, (Alfred H.)

26 items
VII.B.19 Metzinger, Jean

2 items
VII.B.20.a Modern Americans

30 items
VII.B.20.b Modern Americans

30 items
VII.B.20.c modern Americans

37 items
VII.B.21 Modern French

Includes Dufy, Gromaire, Modigliani, Soutine
12 items

VII.B.22 Picasso, Pablo

12 items
4" × 5"
works of art by Picasso and photographic portraits of the artist as a young boy and a man

VII.B.23 Rouault, Georges

42 items
12 negatives
30 prints

VII.B.24 Rousseau, Henri

1 item
VII.B.25 von Wuchtman, ?

20 prints
VII.B.26 Unlabeled

Various European artists 40 items
1 of them 4" × 5" negative

VII.B.27 Unlabeled

Various artists
Mostly European and American
40 items
1 of them 4"×5"

VII.B.28 Unlabeled

Various artists
Mostly European and American
30 items

VII.B.29 Unlabeled

Various artists
Mostly European and American
40 items

VII.B.30 Unlabeled

Various artists
Mostly European and American
40 items

VII.B.31 Unlabeled

Various artists
Mostly European and American
43 items
6 of them are 4"×5"

 

Subseries C: Glass Negatives

Various subjects; 60 contact sheets were made for reference use; negatives are 3.25 × 4.25" unless otherwise indicated; the 140 3.25 × 4.25" negatives were originally separated into 7 boxes; this original order has been retained; originals are housed in box 10

Folder Title
VII.C.1a African Negro

8 items
Originals are glass negatives, 8 × 10.50"

VII.C.1b African Negro Sculpture

13 items
Originals are glass negatives, 8 × 10.50"

VII.C.2 Unlabeled

8 items
Incl. film stills, photographs, cartoons

VII.C.3 Unlabeled

4 items
Incl. various European artists (Fantin-Latour, Renoir, etc.)

VII.C.4 Unlabeled

3 items
Incl. various European artists (Arp, Grosz, Mondrian, etc.)

VII.C.5 Unlabeled

7 items
Incl. various early twentieth-century European artists

VII.C.6 Unlabeled

4 items
Incl. photographs
diagrams
various European artists

VII.C.7 Unlabeled

6 items
Incl. cartoons
Medieval works
Rousseau, Mohol-Nagy, Titian

VII.C.8 Unlabeled

7 items
Incl. cartoons
Breughel, Rouault, Daumier

 

Subseries D: Slides

84 items; color photocopies were made for reference; originals are housed in box 10.

Folder Title Date
VII.D.1 Schmidt, Elsa

6 items
Original slides are 2 × 2"

1949-1953
VII.D.2 Various artists

78 items
Original slides are 2 × 2" and 3.5 × 4"

n.d.
 

Subseries E: Microfilm Reel #3

11 rolls consolidated onto one. Original reels housed in box 10. Incl. articles in German, Russian, and other Eastern European languages.

 

Subseries F: 35 mm Film

Box 10, Original photographic material (retired)

Folder Title Date
VII.F.1 Slide film

Various artists
8 images
Color slides have been made from the film
Originals are housed in box 10

n.d.
VII.F.2 JBN vacation 1

37 images
Black and white contact sheets have been made from the film
Originals are housed in box 10

n.d.
VII.F.3 JBN vacation 2

Black and white contact sheets have been made from the film
Originals are housed in box 10

n.d.
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Series VIII: Addenda

 

Subseries A: Correspondence

Correspondence to Jean Holtzman from J.B. Neumann and Ilse-Margret Vogel (Director of the New Art Circle gallery in 1950). Gift of Jean Holtzman, 1992-1993.

Folder Title Date
VIII.A.1 Correspondence to Jean Holtzman from Ilse-Margret Vogel

5 items
TLS I-MV-JH (1951), on New Art Circle gallery announcement, with envelope 2 items
TLS I-MV-JH (also signed by JBN) (12/11/51), with envelope, annotated (12/11/51)
2 items
TLS I-MV-JH (n.d), on New Art Circle gallery
Announcement

ca. 1951
VIII.A.2 Correspondence to Jean Holtzman from J.B. Neumann

20 items
announcements re: New Art Circle gallery 2 items
TLS JGN-JH (8/29/5), re: loan, cancelled check attached 1 item
ACS JBN-JH (3/10/52?) 1 item TCS JBN-JH (1/18/55) 1 item
TLS JBN-JH (4/6/56), with envelope 2 items
ACS JBN-JH (2/21/57), with ANS, TN, and envelope 4 items
TLS JBN-JH (1/9/58), with envelope 2 items
ACS JBN-JH (12/20?/58) 1 item
ALS JBN-JH (2/10/60), re: Courbet, with envelope 2 items
TLS JBN-JH (4/18/60), re: Courbet and money loan, with envelope 2 items
ALS JBN-JH (7/6/60), re: Courbet, with envelope 2 items

n.d.
 

Subseries B: Mock-up of Artlover Library, Vol. 1

See III.B.2 for Vol. 2 and 3 (n.d.).

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Box and Folder List

Box Series Folder
1 I-II I.A.3-II.A.2.b
2 II II.A.2c-II.B.2
3 III-IV III.A.1-IV.B.5
4 V-VII V.A-VII.A.2
5 VII VII.B.1-VII.B.15
6 VII VII.B.16-VII.B.20c
7 VII VII.B.21-VII.B.27
8 VII VII.B.28-VII.B.31
9 VII-VIII VII.C.1a-VIII.B

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