Edward and Rosamond Walling Tirana Corbett papers
name: label: Creator
content: Corbett, Edward, 1919-
label: Creator
content: Corbett, Rosamond Walling Tirana, 1910-1999
label: Creator
content: Grace Borgenicht Gallery
label: Names
content: McChesney, Mary Fuller
label: Names
content: McChesney, Robert, 1913-2008
label: Names
content: Reinhardt, Ad, 1913-1967
label: Names
content: Reveille, Thomas
label: Names
content: Spohn, Clay Edgar, 1898-1977
label: Names
content: Still, Clyfford, 1904-1980
topic: label: Occupation
content: Painters
label: Topic
content: Abstract expressionism
label: Topic
content: Women artists
label: Topic
content: Art, Modern -- 20th century -- United States
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Donated 1983 by Mrs. Rosamond Tirana Corbett.
creator: label: Creator
content: Corbett, Edward, 1919-
label: Creator
content: Corbett, Rosamond Walling Tirana, 1910-1999
label: Creator
content: Grace Borgenicht Gallery
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Edward Corbett (1919-1971) and his wife Rosamond Walling Tirana Corbett (1910-1999) were painters from Calif., N.M., Mass., and Washington, D.C. Edward Corbett was an early Abstract Expressionist. Married Rosamond Tirana in 1962. Rosamund Tirana was married to Rifat Tirana (d. 1952). Died June 27, 1999.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 7 Linear Feet ((partially microfilmed on 7 reels))
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1932-1978
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.corbedwa
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Sketchbooks
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: 35mm microfilm reels 4376-4382 available for use at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Sketchbooks
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Biographical information, correspondence, scrapbooks, writings, artwork and art-related information, photographic materials, school records, financial materials, miscellaneous items, and printed materials. Also included are papers of Rosamond Corbett's husband, economist Rifat Tirana (3 ft.).
label: Scope and Contents
content: REELS 4376-4382: Biographical information includes personal documents, photographs, clippings, yearbooks, letters and other items. Correspondence, ca. 1940-1978, is with Clay Spohn (1960s), Ad Reinhardt (1940s, 1950s, and 1960s), Clyfford Still (1950s and 1960s), Mary Fuller and Robert McChesney, Grace Borgenicht, Andrew Dasburg, Richard Diebenkorn, Ira Glackens, Gyorgy Kepes, Katharine Kuh, David Leonard, Richard Merkin, Dorothy Miller, Seong Moy, Jerry Nordland, Hassel W. Smith, Earl Stoh, Alan Temko, Tirana Family members, Jack Tworkov, Anna Strunsky Walling (Rosamond's mother), and Adja Yunkers. Scrapbooks, 1948-1978, on Edward, contain photographs, clippings, correspondence (much of it from the Grace Borgenicht Gallery), exhibition catalogs, and printed materials; one is on on Rosamond and her family, 1932-1952 (during her marriage to economist Rifat Tirana).
label: Scope and Contents
content: Other material includes notes and poetry written by the Corbetts; artwork and art-related information primarily of Edward Corbett, including a sketchbook, loan agreements and receipts, information about the sale of his paintings, and exhibition catalogs and reviews; photographs, negatives and slides of the Corbetts and others, and of works of art; teaching files from Mount Holyoke College and the University of California at Santa Barbara; financial records, including statements, contracts, and receipts; exhibition catalogs; clippings; and an engagement calendar (1958) for Edward Corbett. Also included are materials on drug abuse.
label: Scope and Contents
content: UNMICROFILMED: Papers of Rifat Tirana, including resumes; correspondence, 1942-1952; notes, writings, lectures, and printed material on international trade; reports on pre-World War II Albania written while serving in the League of Nations, 1932-1939; manuscript of Tirana's SPOIL OF EUROPE, 1941, published under the pseudonym Thomas Reveille; and clippings.