Herbert Ferber papers
name: label: Creator
content: Ferber, Herbert, 1906-1991
topic: label: Occupation
content: Dentists -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Occupation
content: Environmental artists -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Topic
content: Environment (Art)
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content: Sculpture, Modern -- 20th century -- New York (State) -- New York
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content: Sculptors -- New York (State) -- New York -- Interviews
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Material on reels N69/133-136 and reel N70/39 lent by Herbert Ferber 1969-1970; the unmicrofilmed material was donated 1991 by Herbert Ferber. The donor of the typescript on reel 2804 is unspecified.
creator: label: Creator
content: Ferber, Herbert, 1906-1991
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Painter and environmental sculptor; New York, N.Y. d. 1991. Ferber was also a dentist, who practiced under the name Herbert Ferber Silvers.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Linear Feet ((on 6 microfilm reels))
label: Extent
content: 0.8 Linear Feet (Addition)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1932-1987
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.ferbherb
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Scrapbooks
label: Type
content: Sketchbooks
label: Type
content: Interviews
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: 35mm microfilm reels N69/133-N69/136, N70/39, and 2804 available at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Scrapbooks
label: Genre/Form
content: Sketchbooks
label: Genre/Form
content: Interviews
originalsloc: label: Existence and Location of Originals
content: Reels N69/133-N69/136 and N70/39: Originals returned to lender, Herbert Ferber, after microfilming.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Personal and business correspondence; photographs; writings; biographical materials; and printed materials.
label: Scope and Contents
content: REELS N69/133-N69/136: Personal correspondence, including letters and postcards from friends Wayne Anderson, composer Richard Arnell, E. Leontief, Barnett Newman, Robert Motherwell, Mark Rothko and others; business correspondence, including letters from galleries and universities, regarding exhibitions, sculpture contracts and invitations for lecture, his donation of his paper to Syracuse University, and teaching positions; ground plans, estimates, and correspondence regarding Ferber's "environmental sculpture" for Harlow Carpenter and Bundy Gallery and the ensuing case against them;
label: Scope and Contents
content: contract and letters concerning the courtyard sculpture for the John F. Kennedy GSA building in Boston; letters regarding insurance and damage done to works lent for exhibition through the Walker Art Center; writings by Ferber for various journals including art journals and a scientific journal (using an pseudonym, Herbert F. Silver, D.D.S.); drafts of lectures given at art institutions and colleges; a catalog raisonne; transcript of an interview with Ferber; licenses, degrees and diplomas; a book, THREE AMERICAN SCULPTORS: FERBER, HARE, LASSAW, by E.C. Goossen, Robert Goldwater, and Irving Sandler; sketchbooks, 1933-1937; clippings; exhibition catalogs and announcements; scrapbook relating to his career and work at Midtown Galleries, New York.
label: Scope and Contents
content: REEL N/70-39: Photographs of Ferber at work and of his sculptures.
label: Scope and Contents
content: REEL 2804: A typescript, "Sculpture as Environment," by Ferber, January 1960.
label: Scope and Contents
content: ADDITION: Biographical materials; correspondence, 1979-1980; records concerning Williams College exhibition, 1975-1980; writings, 1970-1986; exhibition catalogs and announcements; photographs, including one of Ferber ca. 1935, one of Helen Frankenthaler and Andrew Heiskell, and one of a painting signed on back by Beck Balken. Additional records concerning his career as a dentist include diplomas and certificates, published articles on dental subjects by Dr. Silvers, and letters of appointment to the dental school faculty, Columbia University, 1980-1985.