Albert Edward Elsen papers
name: label: Creator
content: Elsen, Albert Edward, 1927-
label: Interviewee
content: Golub, Leon, 1922-2004
label: Names
content: Jenkins, Paul, 1923-2012
label: Names
content: Lipton, Seymour, 1903-1986
label: Names
content: Rodin, Auguste, 1840-1917
label: Interviewee
content: Schapiro, Miriam, 1923-2015
topic: label: Occupation
content: Sculptors -- United States
label: Occupation
content: Art historians -- California
label: Occupation
content: Biographers -- California
label: Topic
content: Sculpture, Modern -- 19th century -- United States
label: Topic
content: Sculpture, Modern -- 20th century -- United States
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Lipton related material on reel 4047 donated 1987 by Elsen. He donated an additional 0.2 ft. on Lipton in 1991. The remainder donated 1995 by his widow, Sharon Elsen.
creator: label: Creator
content: Elsen, Albert Edward, 1927-
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Art historian and educator; Stanford, California. Died 1995. Author of several publications on Auguste Rodin, and on sculptors Seymour Lipton, Paul Jenkins, James Rosati, and other general works on sculpture and art appreciation, including Purposes of Art: Introduction to the History of Appreciation of Art.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 11.8 Linear Feet ((partially microfilmed on 1 reel))
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1942-ca. 1995
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.elsealbe
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: 35mm microfilm reel 4047 available at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Personal and professional files, the bulk consisting of research material used in publications and his teaching career at Stanford University. Included are correspondence, writings, notes, artists' files, photographs and printed material. A portion of Elsen's files on Seymour Lipton have been microfilmed.
label: Scope and Contents
content: REEL 4047 (0.6 linear ft.): Correspondence between Elsen and Lipton, 1955-1984, including an autobiographical letter written April 1960 by Lipton; draft manuscripts by Elsen, "The Sculpture of Seymour Lipton," with comments by Lipton and his family on Elsen's manuscript, 1965 and 1967, "The Sculpture of Seymour Lipton as a Portrait of the Artist," 1963, and "The Inclusive Sculpture of Seymour Lipton," 1969; writings and notes by Lipton, including his reflections on aesthetics, 1942, and an autobiographical note, 1960; ca. 70 photographs of Lipton's works executed between 1936 and 1968, and nine of exhibition installations at Betty Parsons Gallery, 1958, and the Marlborough-Gerson Gallery, 1965; a few clippings; and exhibition catalogs, 1960-1967.
label: Scope and Contents
content: UNMICROFILMED (11.2 ft.): Personal documents, including draft card, army papers, certificates and awards, and a school yearbook; correspondence with art historians, artists, publishers and others; research files for publications on Auguste Rodin, including Elsen's catalog for the 1981 exhibition "Rodin Rediscovered" at the National Gallery of Art, Paul Jenkins (1973), Law, Ethics and the Visual Artists (1979), and others; transcripts of interviews with Leon Golub, Oct. 12, 1986 (20 p.) and Miriam Schapiro, Nov. 9, 1986 (40 p.), both regarding artistic freedom; teaching files; artists' files; and files on various other art topics.
relatedmaterial: label: Related Materials
content: Papers of Albert Edward Elsen, 1965-1994, are also located at Stanford University's University Archives.