Louis and Annette Kaufman papers
name: label: Creator
content: Kaufman, Louis, 1905-1994
label: Creator
content: Kaufman, Annette
label: Names
content: Avery, Milton, 1885-1965
label: Names
content: Avery, Sally
label: Names
content: Burliuk, David, 1882-1967
label: Names
content: Kokoschka, Oskar, 1886-
label: Names
content: Lebduska, Lawrence, 1894-1966
label: Names
content: Levine, Jack, 1915-2010
label: Names
content: Léger, Fernand, 1881-1955
label: Names
content: Pach, Walter, 1883-1958
label: Names
content: Rosenberg, Paul, 1881-1959
label: Names
content: Walkowitz, Abraham, 1880-1965
topic: label: Occupation
content: Collectors -- California -- Los Angeles
label: Occupation
content: Musicians -- California -- Los Angeles
label: Topic
content: Art -- Collectors and collecting
label: Topic
content: Women artists
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Material on reels 1119 and 1189 was lent for microfilming 1976-1977 by the Kaufmans. In 2002, an additional 0.4 ft. was donated by Annette Kaufman; the donation does not include material previously lent.
creator: label: Creator
content: Kaufman, Louis, 1905-1994
label: Creator
content: Kaufman, Annette
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Collectors; Los Angeles, Calif. Noted American violinist, Louis Kaufman (1905-1994) , He attended Institute of Music Art (Julliard), New York at age of 13 to study with violinist Franz Kneisel. His wife, Annette (née Leibole), a gifted pianist and fellow student at the Institute, met Kaufman in 1932. They married a year later and she went on his to be his accompanist for more than fifty years. Settling in Los Angeles, Kaufman became active as a studio performer for more fourteen years in the film industry. The Kaufmans amassed a significant collection when they were still in New York of prints and early 20th century modern art which they have given to major institutions including the National Gallery of Art, Syracuse University, and University of Wisconsin. Among their close artist friends were Milton and Sally Avery, David Burliuk, Mark Rothko, and Louis M. Eilshemius. Their correspondence was donated to the Library of Congress along with his music archives.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 282 Items ((on 2 microfilm reels))
label: Extent
content: 0.4 Linear Feet (Addition)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1931-2000
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.kaufloui
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: 35mm microfilm reels 1119 and 1189 available for use at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
originalsloc: label: Existence and Location of Originals
content: Reels 1119 and 1189: Originals returned to lenders, Mr. and Mrs. Louis Kaufman, after microfilming.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Correspondence, financial papers, and printed materials.
label: Scope and Contents
content: REEL 1119: Correspondence; financial papers relating to house repairs; exhibition announcements, invitations, and other printed material relating to Fernand Leger, Walter Pach, Milton Avery, David Burliuk, and Abraham Walkowitz; and three photographs of Paul Rosenberg, Milton and Sally Avery, Louis and Annette Kaufman at the Rosenberg Gallery during a 1945 Avery exhibition.
label: Scope and Contents
content: REEL 1189: Letters to the Kaufmans from Sally, Milton, and March Avery, David Burliuk, Oskar Kokoschka, Lawrence Lebduska, Jack Levine, and Walter Pach. Also included is a clipping concerning Louis Kaufman's career as a concert violinist, 1976.
label: Scope and Contents
content: ADDITION: Research material on Milton Avery, David Burliuk, and Louis Eilshemius (photocopies of newspaper and magazine articles); Avery exhibition catalogs (1961-2000), including Milton Avery Revisited: Works from the Louis and Annette Kaufman Collection, Syracuse University Art Collection (1999-2000); two magazines, Art Bulletin (1932) and Color and Rhyme (1940); and book, Milton Avery: Prints and Drawings, 1930-1964, Brooklyn Museum of Art, 1966.