Jason Berger and Marilyn Powers papers
name: label: Creator
content: Berger, Jason, 1924-2010
label: Creator
content: Powers, Marilyn, 1925-1976
label: Names
content: Posner, Howard
title: label: Topic
content: Jason Berger (Videorecording)
topic: label: Occupation
content: Painters -- Massachusetts -- Boston
label: Occupation
content: Painters -- Massachusetts -- Boston
label: Topic
content: Direct vision (Group of artists)
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Donated 1994 by Jason Berger. The video was donated by Berger and Howard Posner, the video's producer. Twenty-one sketchbooks were donated in 2023 by Leena Rekola, Berger's second wife.
creator: label: Creator
content: Berger, Jason, 1924-2010
label: Creator
content: Powers, Marilyn, 1925-1976
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Jason Berger (1924-2010) and Marilyn Powers (1925-1976) were painters in Boston, Mass. Berger and Powers were married until her death in 1976. They helped to form, along with their son, Adam, and other artists, a group called The Direct Vision. Their son is a poet and painter in Brookline, Mass.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 2.1 Linear Feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: circa 1942-2001
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.bergjaso
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Sketchbooks
label: Type
content: Video recordings
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Sketchbooks
label: Genre/Form
content: Video recordings
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The papers of Jason Berger and Marilyn Powers measure 2.1 linear feet and date from 1942-2001. Included are correspondence, including Berger's Army correspondence to Frieda Humowitz (some illustrated) and miscellaneous correspondence (some letters are xeroxes); sketches by Berger; 22 sketchbooks by Berger; 7 appointment books containing sketches, addresses, and notes; photographs of work by Powers; Powers and Berger passports containing photographs of them and their son, Adam; 2 photographs of Berger taken by Michael Peirce; reproductions of work; exhibition related material; printed material; and clippings. Also included are a VHS videotape, "Jason Berger/At the Edge of the World," (1993) produced by Howard Posner; and material relating to The Direct Vision including, correspondence, writings, exhibition related material, clippings, press releases, an application for financial assistance, and legal documents pertaining to incorporation.