Scrapbooks relating to the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation
name: label: Creator
content: Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation
label: Names
content: Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
label: Names
content: Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
label: Names
content: Bauer, Rudolf, 1889-1953
label: Names
content: Guggenheim, Solomon R. (Solomon Robert), 1861-1949 -- Art collections
label: Names
content: Rebay, Hilla, 1890-1967
topic: label: Topic
content: Art, Abstract -- United States -- Exhibitions
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Lent for microfilming 1965 by the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum.
creator: label: Creator
content: Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Modern art museum; New York, N.Y. Solomon R. Guggenheim's collection of mostly abstract, non-objective painting was largely formed by artist and promotor of non-objective painting, Hilla Rebay. In 1937 it was established as the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation, and in 1939, as the Museum of Non-Objective Painting. After Guggenheim's death in 1949 the name was changed to the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Item (partial microfilm reel (155 frames))
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1935-1939
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.solor
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: 35mm microfilm reel NSRG1 available at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
originalsloc: label: Existence and Location of Originals
content: Originals in the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, N.Y.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Scrapbooks containing newspaper clippings and other printed material relating to Solomon R. Guggenheim and his collection of non-objective art. Topics include: the exhibitions of the collection at the Gibbes Art Gallery, Charleston, S.C., 1936 and 1938, Philadelphia Art Alliance, 1937, and the Baltimore Museum of Art, 1939; the formation of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation, 1937; the opening of the collection at 24 E. 54th St., June 1939; Guggenheim curator Hilla Rebay; painter Rudolf Bauer; and Guggenheim. Editorials and letters to the editor regarding abstract art are also included.