Exhibition Files
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Karshan, Donald H.
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content: Donald H. Karshan papers relating to Alexander Archipenko
physdesc: label: Extent
content: (Boxes 1-2; 1.5 linear feet)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1960-1972
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.karsdona, Series 1
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
arrangement: label: Arrangement note
content: This series is arranged into 2 subseries:

1.1: UCLA -- American Tour,  -- Alexander Archipenko: A Memorial Exhibition, 1967-1969 -- , 1960-1968

1.2: Smithsonian Institution, International Art Program -- European Tour of  -- Alexander Archipenko: A Memorial Exhibition, 1967-1969 -- , 1969-1971

1.3: Museum of Modern Art,  -- Archipenko: The Parisian Years -- , 1966-1972
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents note
content: Records regarding Alexander Archipenko: A Memorial Exhibition, 1967-1969 consist of general administrative records and correspondence concerning the exhibition organized by UCLA, Dickson Art Center Galleries and production of its accompanying catalog, and includes a manuscript and reviews of the catalog. The exhibition's 1967-1969 tour to nine other cities in the United State is documented with correspondence, printed matter, and photographs arranged by venue. In Washington, UCLA exhibition was shown at the Smithsonian Institution's National Collection of Fine Arts, which issued its own catalog, Archipenko: International Visionary. Of particular interest is a file titled "Terra Cottas" containing correspondence regarding an exhibition of Archipenko's terra cottas planned to supplement the UCLA retrospective at NCFA but not implemented; catalog text is included. In addition, there are sound recordings of interviews w ith Frances Archipenko at NCFA, July 11, 1968 (1 reel) and an interview broadcast by Voice of America, July 14, 1968 (1 reel); and an interview with Donald H. Karshan about the NCFA exhibition broadcast by Voice of America in two parts, July 20 and 21, 1968 (2 reels).

An expanded version of the UCLA memorial exhibition was circulated in Europe between 1969 and 1970 by the Smithsonian's International Art Program. General administrative records regard the production of Karshan's book and its translation, and correspondence concerning the exhibition and arrangements for its showing in five European countries, insurance records, and detailed condition reports. Files specifically relating to each venue include correspondence, photographs, and printed matter, and are arranged by country. French and German editions of Archipenko: International Visionary by Donald H. Karshan were issued to accompany the exhibition's tour of Europe. In Paris, the venue included Museé Rodin, Paris, des Beaux-Arts, Lyon, RJennes, Nantes; in Brussels at the Palais des Beaux-Arts; in Germany at the Museum Folkwang, Essen; Neuen Staatsgalerie, Munich; Rheinisches Landesmuseum, Bonn; Mannheimer Kunstverein, Mannheim; in Geneva at the Museé Rath; and in Ireland at the Municipal Gallery of Modern Art, Dublin.

Correspondence, printed matter, and photographs document Archipenko: The Parisian Years organized by the Museum of Modern Art. Loans to smaller exhibitions are documented in Series 2: General Correspondence.