I. J. Belmont papers
name: label: Creator
content: Belmont, Ira Jean, 1885-1964
label: Names
content: Belmont, Elsie K.
topic: label: Occupation
content: Gallery owners
label: Occupation
content: Painters -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Topic
content: Painting, Modern -- 20th century -- United States
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Donated 1988 by Seymour Graubard, the executor of the estate of Elsie K. Belmont, Belmont's widow.
creator: label: Creator
content: Belmont, Ira Jean, 1885-1964
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Painter, New York, N.Y. Executed "color-music" paintings.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Linear Feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1929-1986
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.belmi
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Drawings
label: Type
content: Sketchbooks
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Drawings
label: Genre/Form
content: Sketchbooks
otherfindaid: label: Other Finding Aids
content: Finding aid listing subject file titles is available at Archives of American Art offices.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: A marriage certificate, 1926; notes concerning "The Modern Dilema in Art," an essay "Music and the Fourth Dimension"; writings about Belmont, 1969-1971, by his wife, Elsie; a receipt; photographs of Belmont and his art work, and slides of his color music expressions; a sketchbook and 18 sketches; exhibition catalogs and announcements, 1924-1951; clippings, 1929-1964; and a copy of The Manifestodes Peintres du Groupe "Les Artistes Musicalists." Seventy-two subject files contain Elsie Belmont's letters to various museums asking them to accept her husband's work, and some information on her gallery, The Belmont Galleries, 1941-1982.