Milton and Edith Lowenthal papers
name: label: Creator
content: Lowenthal, Milton
label: Creator
content: Lowenthal, Edith
label: Names
content: Brooklyn Museum
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content: Avery, Milton, 1885-1965
label: Names
content: Davis, Stuart, 1892-1964
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content: De Creeft, José, 1884-1982
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content: Gross, Chaim, 1904-1991
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content: Lawrence, Jacob, 1917-2000
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content: Miller, Henry, 1891-1980
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content: O'Keeffe, Georgia, 1887-1986
label: Names
content: Rattner, Abraham
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content: Sheeler, Charles, 1883-1965
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content: Weber, Max, 1881-1961
topic: label: Topic
content: Art -- Collectors and collecting
label: Topic
content: Greeting cards
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Donated 1993 by Louis M. Bernstein, Mrs. Lowenthal's nephew, except for illustrated greeting cards on reel 4904, frames 1-114, which were received as a loan for microfilming.
creator: label: Creator
content: Lowenthal, Milton
label: Creator
content: Lowenthal, Edith
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Art collectors, benefactors of the Brooklyn Museum; New York, N.Y. Mr. Lowenthal was a lawyer whose clients included Stuart Davis.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 4.4 Linear Feet ((on 5 microfilm reels))
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1940-1989
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.lowemilt
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
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content: Sound recordings
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content: Scrapbooks
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: 35mm microfilm reels 4904-4908 available at Archives of American Art offices, through interlibrary loan. Additional copies made for the Brooklyn Museum and the Metropolitan Museum of Art which currently house the Lowenthal's bequest of American art.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Sound recordings
label: Genre/Form
content: Scrapbooks
originalsloc: label: Existence and Location of Originals
content: Illustrated greeting cards, reel 4904, frames 1-114: Originals returned to the lenders after microfilming.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Biographical material; correspondence and greeting cards; writings; business records; printed material about the Lowenthal collection, exhibitions, and artists, photographs; scrapbooks; and sound recordings.
label: Scope and Contents
content: REEL 4904, frames 1-114: Thirty-nine greeting cards from artists, illustrated with original prints, drawings, and off-set reproductions. Included are 20 from Jose de Creeft and Lorrie Goulet, 8 from Abraham and Esther Rattner, 4 each from Chaim Gross and Milton and Sally Avery, 2 from Max Weber, and 1 from Jacob Lawrence.
label: Scope and Contents
content: REELS 4904 (fr. 126-end) - 4908: Biographical material includes a resume and transcripts for Edith Lowenthal, an obituary of Isadore Lowenthal, M.D., Milton's father, and clippings related to the Lowenthals. General correspondence, 1947-1991, is primarily with museums, university galleries, and publishers regarding loans and gifts of art work, contributions, lectures, travel, and permissions to reproduce for publication. In addition, there are a correspondence file, 1963-1990, with the Brooklyn Museum, regarding loans, contributions, and conservation work, and correspondence from artists, including letters, greeting cards, and announcements from Stuart Davis, Jacob Lawrence, Josef Presser, Abraham Rattner, Charles Sheeler, Max Weber, and others.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Writings and notes by Milton Lowenthal are about the role of the art collector, his thoughts on works of art and artists, and drafts of letters. Writings by others include Henry Miller's "The Rattner Portfolio" and Elizabeth McCausland's proposal for a Marsden Hartley catalog raisonne. Material relating specifically to the Lowenthal Collection includes lists, valuations, collection exhibition records, documentation of gifts, financial records, receipts, clippings, catalogs, and a 2 v. index of acquisitions. A file containing memorabilia relating to Stuart Davis includes clippings, an address book, printed materials, and notes.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Printed materials include clippings about artists, collectors, and other art related issues and exhibitions, exhibition announcements, and catalogs. Photographs are of artists and works of art. Files relating to the "Friends of the Whitney", ca. 1956-1961, include correspondence, by-laws, annual and other reports, statements, and catalogs of loan exhibitions. Scrapbooks (4 v.), 1942-1953, contain letters and greeting cards (many illustrated) from friends, artists and associates, clippings, exhibition announcements, and catalogs about artists, museums, and exhibitions.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Unmicrofilmed material consists of negatives, slides, and transparencies of works of art and 3 phonograph albums (78 r.p.m) of a radio interview with art collectors and a recording of a school performance by Stuart Davis' son.