Arthur Coleman Danto papers
name: label: Creator
content: Danto, Arthur Coleman, 1924-
topic: label: Occupation
content: Art critics
label: Occupation
content: Artists -- United States
label: Topic
content: Art criticism
label: Topic
content: Art, Modern -- United States
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Donated 1998 by Arthur C. Danto.
creator: label: Creator
content: Danto, Arthur Coleman, 1924-
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Art critic; New York, N.Y. Danto was Johnsonian Professor of Philosophy at Columbia University. Since 1984, he has been art critic for The Nation.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.8 Linear Feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1979-1998
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.dantarth
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Correspondence; notes; writings; articles; exhibition announcements and invitations; catalog; printed matter; and monographs. Letters from artists, Audrey Flack, Guerrilla Girls, Dick Higgins, Robert Mangold, Cindy Sherman, among others, 1981-1997. Numerous letters from Robert Motherwell; a booklet, L'Humanisme De L'Abstraction" by Robert Motherwell, inscribed: "For Arthur Danto With Great Esteem, Robert Motherwell," 1991 (text in French). Typescripts (and chapter drafts) for The Transfiguration of the Commonplace, 1979, and The State of the Art 1987; and miscellaneous writings, 1988-1989.