Research material relating to Arshile Gorky
name: label: Creator
content: Spender, Matthew
label: Names
content: De Havenon, Gaston T.
label: Names
content: Gorky, Arshile, 1904-1948
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Photographs on reels 2380-2381 donated in 1981 by Matthew Spender, son-in-law of Gorky. The drawings depicted in the photographs formed part of the Arshile Gorky Estate. Additional photocopies on reel 4982 were donated in 1992 by Spender. Spender copied the items from his father's papers. Photocopies discarded after microfilming. Additional material donated 1999.
creator: label: Creator
content: Spender, Matthew
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Painter; New York, N.Y. Born in Khorkom Vari Haiyotz Dzor, Armenia. Emigrated to the United States in 1920.Matthew Spender is the son-in-law of painter Arshile Gorky. He is co-author of the exhibition catalog Arshile Gorky: the Breakthrough Years (1995) and other work on Gorky.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.6 Linear Feet ((on partial microfilm reel))
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1957-1999
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.spenmatt
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: 35mm microfilm reels 4982 (fr. 1390-1410), 2380-2381 available for use at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
label: Reproduction Note
content: All photocopies or reproductions.
originalsloc: label: Existence and Location of Originals
content: Original drawings in the possession of Matthew Spender.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Writings, interview transcripts, and photographs of works of art regarding Arshile Gorky.
label: Scope and Contents
content: REELS 2380-2381: 489 photographs of drawings by Gorky cataloged by signature, date, size, medium, title, inscriptions and other information.
label: Scope and Contents
content: REEL 4982: Reminiscence of Gorky by his friend, Gaston T. de Havenon (7 p.); exhibition catalog, 1957 [in Italian]; a list of Gorky library and photo reproductions in Spender's collection.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Unmicrofilmed: Photocopies of oral history transcripts and other archival material, much of it from the holdings of the Archives of American Art; and photocopies of several lists compiled by Spender of books known to have been owned by Gorky. This material was used by Spender in writing the biography, "From a High Place: A Life of Arshile Gorky" (1999).