Don Baum papers
name: label: Creator
content: Baum, Don, 1922-
label: Names
content: Brofsky, Miriam, 1929-
label: Names
content: Davies, Glenn C.
label: Names
content: Edgecomb, Gabrielle
label: Names
content: Gallas, Hans
label: Names
content: Hanson, Philip, 1943-
label: Names
content: Ito, Miyoko, 1918-1983
label: Names
content: Kim, Jin Soo, 1950-
label: Names
content: Leaf, June, 1929-
label: Names
content: Nutt, Jim, 1938-
label: Names
content: Taylor, Sue, 1949-
label: Names
content: Warneke, Ken
topic: label: Occupation
content: Sculptors -- Illinois -- Chicago
label: Topic
content: Assemblage (Art)
label: Topic
content: Art, Modern -- 20th century -- Illinois -- Chicago
label: Topic
content: Hairy Who (Group of artists)
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Donated 1995 by Don Baum and in 2009 by Maria Baum, Don Baum's daughter.
creator: label: Creator
content: Baum, Don, 1922-
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Don Baum (1922-2008) was a sculptor, assemblage artist, and curator in Chicago, Ill. Baum was considered part of the Chigao group of artists, Monster Roster, and was Hyde Park Art Center's exhibitions director.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 6 Linear Feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: circa 1940-2004
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.baumdon
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Interviews
label: Type
content: Sound recordings
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Interviews
label: Genre/Form
content: Sound recordings
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Files on artwork by Baum, exhibition and loan files, photographs of artwork by others, personal correspondence, and an audio recording.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Files on Baum's artwork, organized chronologically, include photographs and slides of works, as well as titles, dates, locations if known, and occasional printed material and correspondence regarding loans or purchases. Exhibition and loan files are organized chronologically and include printed material and correspondence with the Betsy Rosenfeld Gallery, the Art Institute of Chicago and various Chicago Imagist group shows, among others. Other files include photographs and slides of artwork by other artists.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Personal correspondence includes letters and postcards from Baum's children, and his friends, most of them Chicago artists, including Miriam Brofsky, Glen Davies, Gabrielle Edgecomb, Hans Gallas, Phil Hanson, Miyoko Ito, Jin Soo Kim, June Leaf, Jim Nutt, Barbara Rossi, Darthea Speyer, Sue Taylor, Ken Warneke, Karl Wirsum and others. Many of the letters are illustrated or contain objects. Also included is a radio program about Baum's assemblage houses produced by Wisconsin Public Radio, 1988.