Joe Shannon papers
name: label: Creator
content: Shannon, Joe
label: Names
content: Alvarado-Juárez, Francisco, 1950-
label: Names
content: Arikha, Avigdor, 1929-
label: Names
content: Fisher, Sandra
label: Names
content: Kitaj, R. B.
label: Names
content: Lerner, Abram
label: Names
content: McIlvain, Isabel
label: Names
content: Soyer, Raphael, 1899-1987
topic: label: Occupation
content: Painters -- Washington (D.C.)
label: Topic
content: Curators -- Washington (D.C.)
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Donated in 2007 by Joe Shannon.
creator: label: Creator
content: Shannon, Joe
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Exhibition designer, painter, curator; Washington, D.C.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1.4 Linear Feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: circa 1980-2005
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.shanjoe
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Letters, writings, exhibition and symposium files regarding the career of Joe Shannon as an exhibition designer, painter, and curator. Letters are from R. B. Kitaj, Sandra Fisher, Abram Lerner, Avigdor Arikha, Francisco Alvarado-Juárez, Isabel McIlvain, Raphael Soyer and others. Writings include drafts of published and unpublished articles, lectures, and reviews by Shannon. Exhibition files regard exhibitions curated by Shannon including "Edwin Dickinson: Selected Landscapes," "R. B. Kitaj," and "Representation Abroad." Also included is a file concerning the symposium "Aspects of Realism," sponored by La Napoule Art Foundation.