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Photograph of Chiura Obata teaching a children's art class at Tanforan Art School, 1942 / unidentified photographer. Chiura Obata papers, circa 1891-2000, 1942-1945. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

One Spot of Normalcy: Chiura Obata’s Art Schools

Rihoko Ueno | September 20, 2019

 Photograph of Ilene Segalove (detail), circa 1984 / unidentified photographer. Ilene Segalove papers, 1964-2017. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Acquisitions: Ilene Segalove Papers

Matthew Simms | September 17, 2019

Photograph of Charles Caryl Coleman's

Charles Caryl Coleman Rediscovered

Adrienne Baxter Bell | September 12, 2019

Notes on an unpublished article on black women artists for Essence (detail), circa 1980. Judith Wilson papers, 1966-2010. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

The Black Art Historian and the Visual Legacy of Revlon’s “Polished Ambers”

Jordan McDonald | June 10, 2019
Photograph of Elizabeth Catlett sculpture Students Aspire with description (detail), 1978 / unidentified photographer. Elizabeth Catlett papers, 1957-1980. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Elizabeth Catlett and the (Black) Artist as Engineer

Jordan McDonald | May 31, 2019
Photograph of John Vassos holding the Marchesa model accordion he designed for M. Hohner, 195-? / unidentified photographer. John Vassos papers, 1915-1989. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Streamlined and Sonic: John Vassos and Instrument Design

Jayme Kurland | May 17, 2019
Lee Hall, untitled watercolor, ca. 1980s (detail). Watercolor on paper, 6 ½ x 5 in. Lee Hall Papers, Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Acquisitions: Lee Hall Papers

Josh T. Franco | May 15, 2019
Photograph of Val Laigo next to his mosaic in Dr. Jose Rizal Park, Seattle, Washington (detail), between 1988 and 1989 / unidentified photographer. Val Laigo papers, 1954-1998. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Val Laigo and the Mosaic of Filipino America

Jordan McDonald | May 13, 2019
Photograph of the dedication of Friendship Fountain at McGill University, 1931 May 29 / unidentified photographer. Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney papers, 1851-1975, bulk 1888-1942. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Looking in Unexpected Places: Miscellany in Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney's Papers

Tara Allen-Flanagan | April 18, 2019
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