Research material on Ronald Bladen and Les Levine
name: label: Creator
content: Berkson, Bill
label: Names
content: Bladen, Ronald, 1918-1988
label: Names
content: Levine, Les, 1935-
topic: label: Occupation
content: Sculptors -- California -- San Francisco
label: Occupation
content: Art museum curators
label: Topic
content: Sculptors -- New York (State) -- New York -- Interviews
label: Topic
content: Mass media and art -- Exhibitions
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Donated 1991 and 1995 by Bill Berkson.
creator: label: Creator
content: Berkson, Bill
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Berkson is an art historian, curator; San Francisco, Calif. Bladen, a painter and sculptor, worked in San Francisco in the mid-1950s, and later moved to New York. Levine, a conceptual and video artist, and a curator, works in New York.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.6 Linear Feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1931-1991
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.berkbill
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Interviews
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Interviews
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Material gathered by Berkson in preparation for exhibitions on sculptors Ronald Bladen and Les Levine.
label: Scope and Contents
content: The Bladen material, compiled for a retrospective at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, 1991, includes: biographical material; an unpublished artists' statement, 1946; interviews of Bladen; material from the California School of Fine Art's archives, and the Whitney Museum of American Art; Bladen correspondence, 1931-1956; Berkson correspondence, 1990-1991; a painting checklist; writings by and about Bladen; photographs of Bladen's paintings and sculptures; exhibition announcements 1941-1983; and clippings and reviews, 1941-1987.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Files on Les Levine include photographs, slides, correspondence, articles, announcements, and clippings. Included are information on his media projects Subway Project (1989) and Diamond Mind.
relatedmaterial: label: Related Materials
content: Papers of Bill Berkson, 1960-1988, are also located at the University of Connecticut's Archives & Special Collections.