Archives of American Art

Stock books with marbled covers and leather bindings in various color fanned out.

Conserved H. Wunderlich & Company Stock Books Return to Their Former Splendor

The Archives of American Art recently received funding to conserve the H. Wunderlich & Company and Kennedy & Company stock books, which are now fully digitized.

Ruth Asawa, Untitled (S.557, Wall-Mounted Tied Wire, Closed Center Twelve-Petaled Form Based on Nature), bronze wire, 38 x 38 x 12 in. Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas, 2011.39.

Conversations Across Collections: Ruth Asawa at the Ankrum Gallery, 1962

Liza Kirwin explores an early and important exhibition of Ruth Asawa's sculptures, held at Ankrum Gallery in 1962.

Vernita N'Cognita introducing gallerist Holly Solomon and curator Robert Costa with her famous line,

Nearly 1,000 Panels with 6,000 Artists: Highlights from the Artists Talk on Art Records

Macbeth Gallery, ca. 1896 / unidentified photographer. Macbeth Gallery records, 1838-1968, bulk 1892-1953. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Fifty Ways to Use an Archive

Detail from Roberto Matta letter to Allan Frumkin, circa 1952. Allan Frumkin Gallery records, 1880-2016. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Acquisitions: Allan Frumkin Gallery Records

Detail of cardboard box with price code key for Winslow Homer paintings, between 1900 and 1950. Doll & Richards records, Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Cracking Codes: What Does an Artichoke Have to Do With Selling Art?

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

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