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| Creator: | Elaine Johnson | |
| Title: | Elaine johnson Papers | |
| Quantity: | Four 5" document boxes | |
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| The Papers are processed to the folder level and arranged based on original order according to manuscript title. | ||
| The Papers are organized into five Series: | ||
| Series I. Sculpture, 1875-1975 | ||
| Series II: Modern Drawing | ||
| Series III: Bi-Century Bibliography | ||
| Series IV: History of Printmaking | ||
| Series V: Subject Material | ||
Elaine L. Johnson joined The Museum of Modern Art's Department of Circulating Exhibitions in 1960. She became an Assistant Curator in the Department of Drawings and Prints in 1961 and served as an Associate Curator in the same department from 1963 to ca. 1971.
She directed or co-directed twenty exhibitions of graphic art for the Museum, devoted to many styles and periods, including: Orozco: Studies for the Murals at Dartmouth College (MoMA Exh, #698, Nov. 22, 1961-Jan.21, 1962); Prints by German Expressionists (C/E II.2/128(13), 1961-1963); Modern American Drawings (ICE-F-44-60, 1961-1962); The Responsive Eye: Prints ("op" art) (MoMA Exh, #757, Feb. 25-Apr. 25, 1965; C/E II.3.4 (48), 1966-1969); and Dada, surrealism, and Today (C/E II.2/141(7), 1967-1969.)
The Papers comprise four 5" document boxes of various manuscripts, both published and unpublished by Elaine L. Johnson.
The records are open for research and contain no restricted materials.
The Elaine Johnson 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 can be found in the Public Information Scrapbooks, the Department of Circulating Exhibition Records, and the International Program Records in the Museum Archives.
The Papers were donated to the Museum Library by the executors of Johnson's estate in 1980. In 1998 the Papers were transferred from the Library to the Museum Archives and re-housed according to archival principles.
Elaine Johnson Papers, [series.folder]. The Museum of Modern Art Archives, New York.
| Sereis V. Subject Material |
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| Folder | Title | ||
| V.A | Draft of and notes for "A Report on Art and Architecture" | ||
| V.B | Outline of proposed article "Towers" | ||
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