Meyer Schapiro papers
name: label: Creator
content: Schapiro, Meyer, 1904-
label: Names
content: Bess, Forrest, 1911-1977
label: Names
content: Brodie, Gandy, 1925-1975
topic: label: Occupation
content: Art historians
label: Topic
content: Art -- Study and teaching -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Topic
content: Painting, American
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Donated 1982-1985 by Meyer Schapiro.
creator: label: Creator
content: Schapiro, Meyer, 1904-
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Art historian, New York, N.Y. Died March 4, 1996. Schapiro met Gandy Brodie in 1946. He wrote a catalog introduction for a Brodie exhibition, 1967, eulogy for his memorial service, 1975, and a catalog introduction for a Forrest Bess retrospective at the Betty Parsons Gallery, 1962.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.4 Linear Feet ((partially microfilmed on 2 partial microfilm reels))
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1949-1982
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.schameye
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: 35mm microfilm reel 3458 available only at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, and through interlibrary loan.
label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: 35mm microfilm reel 3475 available at AAA's Washington, D.C. office; the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; and through interlibrary loan.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Material relating to painters Gandy Brodie and Forrest Bess.
label: Scope and Contents
content: REEL 3458: Letters from Bess, some illustrated with sketches, diagrams, clippings, or black and white snapshots. Some of the later letters relate to Bess's life in Bay City, Texas, his work, his dealings with gallery owner Betty Parsons, and his stays in a state mental ward and a Veterans' Administration hospital. Also includes copies of letters from Bess to other correspondents, and a copy of a letter from Schapiro to Bess; an exhibition catalog; and a photocopy of a list of letters from Bess lent by Schapiro to the Whitney Museum of American Art.
label: Scope and Contents
content: REEL 3475: A letter from Bess to Schapiro and his wife Lillian; a letter to Bess from ART NEWS rejecting his article; photocopies of letters, notes and diagrams by Bess.
label: Scope and Contents
content: UNMICROFILMED: Materials relating to Gandy Brodie, including 68 letters and postcards, some illustrated, from Brodie; a poem by Brodie; a list of Brodie exhibitions; and a catalog for an exhibition at Durlacher Bros., 1955.
relatedmaterial: label: Related Materials
content: Meyer Schapiro papers, 1923-1991, are located at Columbia University Rare Book & Manuscript Library.