Alfredo Valente papers
name: label: Creator
content: Valente, Alfredo
label: Names
content: Alfredo Valente Gallery
label: Names
content: Aronson, Boris, 1900-1980
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content: Avery, Milton, 1885-1965
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content: Benton, Thomas Hart, 1889-1975
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content: Blatas, Arbit
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content: Burliuk, David, 1882-1967
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content: Carreño, Mario
label: Names
content: Dalí, Salvador, 1904-1989
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content: DeMartini, Joseph, 1896-1984
label: Names
content: Dobkin, Alexander, 1908-
label: Names
content: Evergood, Philip, 1901-1973
label: Names
content: Gottlieb, Adolph, 1903-1974
label: Names
content: Greenwood, Marion, 1909-1970
label: Names
content: Gropper, William, 1897-1977
label: Names
content: Gross, Chaim, 1904-1991
label: Names
content: Grosz, George, 1893-1959
label: Names
content: Gwathmey, Robert, 1903-1988
label: Names
content: Harmon, Lily, 1912-
label: Names
content: Hartley, Marsden, 1877-1943
label: Names
content: Haucke, Frederick, 1908-
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content: Kelekian, Dikran, 1868-1951
label: Names
content: Kleinholz, Frank, 1901-
label: Names
content: Kuniyoshi, Yasuo, 1889-1953
label: Names
content: Lassen, Ben, d. 1968
label: Names
content: Lawrence, Jacob, 1917-2000
label: Names
content: Lax, David, 1910-
label: Names
content: Lebduska, Lawrence, 1894-1966
label: Names
content: Liberte, Jean, 1896-1965
label: Names
content: Marsh, Reginald, 1898-1954
label: Names
content: Masson, André, 1896-1987
label: Names
content: Menkes, Sigmund, 1896-1986
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content: Miller, Henry, 1891-1980
label: Names
content: Ormandy, Eugene, 1899-1985
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content: Orozco, José Clemente, 1883-1949
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content: Rome, Harold, 1908-
label: Names
content: Rose, Iver, 1899-1972
label: Names
content: Ryan, Sally, 1916-1968
label: Names
content: Soyer, Moses, 1899-1974
label: Names
content: Soyer, Raphael, 1899-1987
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content: Stark, Margaret, 1915-1988
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content: Teichman, Sabina
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content: Toney, Anthony
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content: Tschacbasov, Nahum, 1899-
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content: Walkowitz, Abraham, 1880-1965
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content: Weber, Max, 1881-1961
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content: Wilson, Ben, 1913-
topic: label: Occupation
content: Photographers -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Topic
content: Art and photography -- New York (State) -- New York
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content: Artists -- United States -- Photographs
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content: Portrait photography -- New York (State) -- New York
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Material on reel D284 lent for microfilming by Valente, 1966; Mrs. Valente subsequently donated the scrapbook, 1979. Material on reels 2802, and 3480 donated by Mr. & Mrs. Valente, 1966 through 1979. Unmicrofilmed material donated by Harold Rome, 1988. An additional 35 photos of artists were donated by Valente ca. 1966, and microfilmed on reels 439-441 with AAA's Photographs of Artists Collection I; search under Valente for more information. Many of the photographs are duplicates.
creator: label: Creator
content: Valente, Alfredo
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Photographer; New York City.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Linear Feet ((partially microfilmed on 3 reels))
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1941-1978
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.valealfr
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Scrapbooks
label: Type
content: Video recordings
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: 35mm microfilm reels D284, 2802, and 3480 available for use at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: Access copies of the motion picture film "Art Discovers America" include a 16 mm projection print as well as digital video copies.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Scrapbooks
label: Genre/Form
content: Video recordings
originalsloc: label: Existence and Location of Originals
content: Reel D284 (except scrapbook): Originals returned to the lender, Mrs. Alfredo Valente, after microfilming.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Photographs of artists; letters; printed material; and a motion picture film.
label: Scope and Contents
content: REEL D284: Exhibition catalogs, 1941-1952, from the Valente Gallery, and clippings; a letter and a sketch from Henry Miller; and a scrapbook containing photographs by Valente of 41 artists, their art work and clippings. Photographs of artists include Boris Aronson, Milton Avery, Arbit Blatas, David Burliuk, Mario Carreño, Joseph DeMartini, Alexander Dobkin, Philip Evergood, Jose Ferrer, Adolph Gottlieb, Marion Greenwood, William Gropper, Chaim Gross, George Grosz, Robert Gwathmey, Lily Harmon, Marsden Hartley, Frederick Haucke, Frank Kleinholz, Yasuo Kuniyoshi, Ben Lassen,Sigmund Menkes, Jose Clemente Orozco, Abraham Rattner, Iver Rose, Sally Ryan, Moses Soyer, Raphael Soyer, Margaret Stark, Sabina Teichman, Anthony Toney, Nahum Tschacbasov, Abraham Walkowitz and Ben Wilson.
label: Scope and Contents
content: REEL 2802: A letter from the National Gallery of Art regarding Valente's film "Art Discovers America"; exhibition catalogs on and written by Valente; clippings; and 30 photographs by Valente of 20 artists.
label: Scope and Contents
content: REEL 3480: Two letters from Henry Miller, dated 1943 and 1945. The letters refer to a "watercolor pad and brushes", and Miller also thanks Valente for a portrait of Abe Rattner.
label: Scope and Contents
content: UNMICROFILMED: Photographs by Valente of artists, each accompanied with the artists' self-portrait. Included are Milton Avery, Arbit Blatas, David Burliuk, Mario Carreño, Alexander Dobkin, Philip Evergood, Chaim Gross, Lily Harmon, Frank Kleinholz, Ben Lassen, David Lax, Lawrence H. Lebduska, Jean Liberte, Jose Orozco, Harold Rome, Moses Soyer, Raphael Soyer, Margaret Stark, Sabina Teichman, Anthony Toney, Nahum Tschacbasov, Abraham Walkowitz, and Ben Wilson and 4 photographs of composer Eugene Ormandy which are on the back of the Blatas portraits.
label: Scope and Contents
content: UNMICROFILMED: "Art Discovers America" (MGM shorts), ca. 1945, a 16mm b&w, 400 ft. film regarding the "new public interest" in American art. The film traces the trend back to the exhibition of The Eight, and shows various artists at work, including John Sloan, Thomas Hart Benton, Reginald Marsh, and Abraham Walkowitz. The film was produced by Regency Pictures. Valente was the photographer and co-director along with Hal Frater.
label: Scope and Contents
content: REEL 439-441 AND SCANNED Photos of artists, previously microfilmed under Photos of Artists I, have subsequently been scanned and returned to the Valente papers.