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Photograph of John Steuart Curry sketching a football practice at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1936 or 1937 / unidentified photographer. John Steuart Curry and Curry family papers, 1848-1999. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Sketching at the Scrimmage Line: The Story of a Photograph

Jody Clowes | May 18, 2018
Miné Okubo letter to Kay Sekimachi and Bob Stocksdale, ca. 1980. Bob Stocksdale and Kay Sekimachi papers, 1937-2014. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

A Friendship in Letters: Miné Okubo and Kay Sekimachi

Rihoko Ueno | May 14, 2018
Entry for December 12, 1941, Toku Shimomura Diary, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution.

How Superman and His Grandmother's Diary Inspired Roger Shimomura

Kevin Kim | May 11, 2018
Mock Up for mural, 1994. Juan Sánchez papers, 1977-2005. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian

Acquisitions: Juan Sánchez Papers

Josh T. Franco | May 3, 2018
Calendar with verses by William Adams Delano and illustrations by Tina Safranski, 1945. Arthur Sinclair Covey papers, 1882-1960. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

The Architect Who Was a Poet and He Knowed It

Elizabeth Botten | April 18, 2018
Lonnie Holley with artwork, ca. 1995 / unidentified photographer.Jimmy Hedges papers and Rising Fawn Folk Art Gallery records, 1969-2015, bulk 1991-2013. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution

Lonnie Holley and the Geologies of Alabama

Rachel White | March 23, 2018
Photograph of Loren Madsen with sculpture Inverted Pyramid, Floating at Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, 1979 / unidentified photographer. Loren Madsen papers, 1969-2017. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Acquisitions: Loren Madsen Papers

Matthew Simms | March 13, 2018
Betty Parsons standing in the doorway of her gallery, 196-? / unidentified photographer. Betty Parsons Gallery records and personal papers, circa 1920-1991, bulk 1946-1983. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

How Betty Parsons Became an American Tastemaker

Barbara Aikens | March 5, 2018
Bal Noir de Paris, between 1925 and 1970. Palmer C. Hayden papers, Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Artists of the Harlem Renaissance

Erin Kinhart | February 27, 2018
Alma Thomas, ca. 1958 / unidentified photographer. Alma Thomas papers, 1894-2000, bulk 1936-1982. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

How Painter Alma Thomas Brought African American History to D.C. Public Schools

Kelly Quinn | February 21, 2018
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