Betty Esman Papers
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Esman, Betty, 1904-1996
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content: Betty Esman papers
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.9 Linear Feet (Boxes 1-2, OV 3)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1936-1979
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.esmabett, Series 1
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Artworks include a print by Rufino Tamayo and pastel drawings of figures by Betty Esman. Files for friends Ray Johnson, Yasuhide Kobashi, and Olga and Rufino Tamayo include original artworks, mail art, correspondence, and printed material. Mail art by Johnson is addressed to Esman and to others and was collected by Esman. 

General correspondence is with A. L. Chanin, Chaim and Renee Gross, the Guggenheim Museum, Takeshi Kawashima, Jacques Lipchitz, Jack Pearl, John Rewald, Manfred Schwartz, and Ben Shahn. 

Photographs depict Betty Esman, and Esman in her studio and with her artworks. Photos of others include Jacques Lipchitz, Rufino Tamayo, and Charlotte Weidler. Many photos were taken by Esman's husband, Vernon Samuels. Found within photographs of works of art are three photos of the old sculpture garden at the Museum of Modern Art, New York.

Printed materials include a book on Tamayo, exhibition announcements and catalogs, clippings, and autographed Abraham Walkowitz exhibition catalogs. Also found is a mixed media scrapbook with clippings and exhibition material documenting Esman's career.