Morris Louis Papers
name: label: Collection Artist
content: Louis, Morris, 1912-1962
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content: Morris Louis and Morris Louis Estate papers
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 2.9 Linear Feet (Boxes 1-3)
unitdate: label: Date
content: circa 1910s-1998
label: Date
content: bulk 1950-1962
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.louimorr, Series 1
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: This series is arranged as 7 subseries.

1.1 Biographical Material, 1964-1966

1.2 Correspondence, 1941-1998

1.3 Business Records, 1948-1963

1.4 Notebooks, circa 1947-1962

1.5 Printed Material, 1937-1962

1.6 Artifacts, circa 1950s

1.7 Photographs, 1910s-1962
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Within the Morris Louis papers (circa 3 linear feet) are scattered biographical materials, including chronologies and resumes, for Morris Louis and Marcella Brenner.  Correspondence is with family friends, artists, and galleries, the bulk of which consists of photocopies. Of note are letters from Helen Frankenthaler, Clement Greenberg, Leonard Bocour, Kenneth Noland, and Anne Truitt.  Among the correspondence are condolence cards and guest book pages of a Louis exhibition at Andre Emmerich Gallery in 1961 with notable signatures.  Business records include lists of artwork, receipts for art supplies, and scattered tax records.  

Six notebooks belonging to Morris Louis contain notes about house measurements, student attendance and payments, studio rental payments, addresses, travel expenses, and a short list of paintings with dimensions and numbers assigned by Louis.  One notebook of Marcella Brenner's contains notes about expenses, addresses, and miscellany.  Printed materials include exhibition catalogs and announcements, brochures, and clippings.  There is one canvas sample and one embossing stamp.  Photographs are of Morris Louis, Marcella Brenner, and the Bernstein family.