Jane Sabersky Papers
in The Museum of Modern Art Archives
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Finding aid prepared by the Museum Archives.
Machine-readable finding aid derived from SABERSKY.doc,
2007. Machine-readable finding aid created by Kathleene Konkle. Description is in
English.
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Creator: |
Jane Sabersky |
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Jane Sabersky Papers |
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ca. 1950s - 1970s |
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One 5" document box |
Jane Sabersky was born in Munich, Germany on May 26, 1911. She emigrated to the United States in 1939 and served for four
years as assistant to the influential art dealer Curt Valentin. In 1945 she joined the Department of Ciculating Exhibitions
at MoMA where she worked for ten years, first as Supervisor and later as Assistant Director. She later worked for Knoedler
& Co. Inc., The Brooklyn Museum of Art, and the Vassar College Art Gallery. Jane Sabersky died on January 23, 1983.
The Papers (One 5" document box) include material relating to unrealized exhibitions (photographs, correspondence, proposals,)
collecting and dealing in art (typescripts of speeches, notes), and general correspondence. The majority of the Papers date
from 1950-1970.
Access Restrictions
The records are open for research and contain no restricted materials.
Ownership and Literary Rights
The Jane Sabersky 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.
Related material concerning Museum exhibitions can be found in the Public Information Scrapbooks, the Department of Circulating
Exhibition Records and the papers of the International Council Exhibitions. This material can be accessed through the Museum
Archives.
Secondary source material can be found in the Artist Files in the Museum Library.
Materials identified as Series I and Series III.C, were removed from this collection. See notes below for further information.
The Papers were given to the Museum Library in June, 1983 by the Estate of Jane Sabersky through the offices of John Torson.
They were transferred to the Museum Archives during the summer of 1997.
Jane Sabersky Papers, [folder]. The Museum of Modern Art Archives, New York.
| Label Texts Written by Sabersky for MoMA Dept. of Circulating Exhibitions
1950-1955
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Circulating Exhibition Labels Series I: Labels for exhibition nos. 420, 427, 428, 438, 448, 450, 460, 462, 468, 469, 470, 488, 498, and 500.
Removed and integrated into the proper folders in the Department of Circulating Exhibitions Records.
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1950-1955 |
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| Series II: Material Related to Unrealized Exhibition Projects
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| II.A |
Neo-Romantic Exhibition (Canceled) Princeton U. Art Gallery? Essay by "Genia"? Correspondence suggesting other essayists.
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1969-1970 |
| II.B |
Contemporary Sculpture & New Structural Concepts Essay (with drafts) and photographs for unrealized(?) project.
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| II.C |
Sculpture Exhibition Preliminary notes and photographs for a three-part exhibition focusing on "the bloc, the line and the emancipation of the
line."
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| II.D.1 |
Exhibition of Modern Paintings "Copied" from Earlier Works of Art: Photographs |
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| II.D.2 |
Exhibition of Modern Paintings "Copied" from Earlier Works of Art: Proposal & Drafts |
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| II.D.3 |
Exhibition of Modern Paintings "Copied" from Earlier Works of Art: Proposal Letter Letter proposing exhibition to the Bollingen Foundation.
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1951 |
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Exhibition of Modern Paintings "Copied" from Earlier Works of Art: Memos Memos to MoMA Circulating Exhibition staff proposing exhibition.
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| II.D.5 |
Exhibition of Modern Paintings "Copied" from Earlier Works of Art: Listing Listing from Felton (Gibbons?) of drawing considered for inclusion in exhibition.
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11/21/1970 |
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| Material Related to the Business of Collecting and Dealing Art
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| III.A |
Typescript of Slide Talk on Art Dealing |
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| III.B |
Typescript of Speech on the Position Fulfilled by Art Dealers |
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| III.C.1 |
Notes on Collectors and Collecting: Mimeographed List of Collections Visited under the Auspices of MoMA Removed and integrated into MoMA files.
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| III.C.2 |
Notes on Collectors and Collecting: Handwritten Notes and Catalogues of Collections Discarded
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| Series IV: Ney Letters
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| IV.1 |
Letters and Notes from Elizabeth and Ernst Wilhelm Ney Included photographs, clippings, announcement of E.W. Ney's death and testimonies to the artist.
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1964-1969 |
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| Series V: Employment Letters
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| V.1 |
Letters Reltaing to Possible Employment for Sabersky with MoMA |
1956-1957 |
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