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| Creator: | Johnson, Elaine L. | |
| Title: | Elaine Johnson Papers | |
| Inclusive Dates: | Date Not Yet Determined | |
| Quantity: | 1.75 Linear Feet Four 5" document boxes |
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Arrangement |
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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The Papers comprise four 5" document boxes of various manuscripts, both published and unpublished by Elaine L. Johnson.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.
Index Terms |
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| 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 and Organizations: | ||
| Johnson, Elaine L. | ||
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.
Series I. |
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Unfinished manuscript |
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| Folder | Title | |
| I.A | Notes for introduction | |
| I.B | Notes for plates and comments | |
| I.C | Notes for glossary and chronology | |
| I.D | Notes for sources Incl. Bibliography, visual index, special index, and general index |
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Series II. |
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Unfinished manuscript |
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| Folder | Title | |
| II.A | Forward and Introduction | |
| II.B | Artist list and "Chapter 2, Traditional Language" | |
| II.C.1 | Drafts of "entries": Handwritten Alphabetical by artist |
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| II.C.2 | Drafts of "entries": Typewritten version 1 A-C |
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| II.C.3 | Drafts of "entries": Typewritten version 1 D-K |
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| II.C.4 | Drafts of "entries": Typewritten version 1 L-R |
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| II.C.5 | Drafts of "entries": Typewritten version 1 S-Z |
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| II.C.6 | Drafts of "entries": Typewritten version 2 A-Z |
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| II.C.7 | Drafts of "entries": Typewritten version 3 D, F, G, M, N, O, P |
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| II.D.1 | Drawing Collection Worksheets | |
| II.D.2 | Drawing Collection Worksheets Includes articles, notes, correspondence and other |
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Series III. Bi-Century Bibliography |
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Possibly notes for Arts in America (1979) edited by Bernard Karpel |
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| Folder | Title | |
| III.A | Introduction (Draft) | |
| III.B.1 | Notes Includes work record, word list, entry on bibliographies and other |
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| III.B.2 | Notes Includes work record, word list, entry on bibliographies and other |
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| III.B.3 | Notes Includes work record, word list, entry on bibliographies and other |
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| III.B.4 | Notes Includes work record, word list, entry on bibliographies and other |
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| III.C | Bibliographical material on individual artists and notes (2/2) | |
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Series IV. History of Printmaking |
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Includes notes possibly used for the glossary section of Contemporary painters and sculptors as printmakers, MoMA Exh. #747a, Sep. 15 - Oct. 25, 1964 |
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| Folder | Title | |
| IV.A | Notes, drafts, notes on artists | |
| IV.B.1 | Drafts and notes "France to World War I" |
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| IV.B.2 | Drafts and notes "Picasso to World War II" |
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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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