Murals without walls [videorecording] / WNET/Thirteen; director, Alfred Broderick; producer, Elizabeth Davis; artistic consultant, Ruth Bowman
odd: label: Publication, Distribution, Etc. (Imprint)
content: New York : WNET/Thirteen, 1979.
label: General
content: Broadcast Dec. 1978 on WNET/Thirteen's Dateline, N.J. series. U-matic video produced April 16, 1979.
label: General
content: Based on the exhibition "Murals Without Walls: Arshile Gorky's Aviation Murals Rediscovered," Newark Museum, Nov. 1978-March 1979.
name: label: Creator
content: WNET (Television station : New York, N.Y.)
label: Names
content: American Federation of Arts
label: Names
content: WNET (Television station : New York, N.Y.)
label: Names
content: Bowman, Ruth, 1923-
label: Names
content: Broderick, Alfred
label: Names
content: Davis, Elizabeth
label: Names
content: Gorky, Arshile, 1904-1948
place: label: Place
content: Newark Airport
topic: label: Topic
content: Mural painting and decoration -- 20th century -- Conservation and restoration
label: Topic
content: Mural painting and decoration -- 20th century -- New Jersey -- Newark
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Donated by the American Federation of Arts, who sponsored a tour of the Newark Museum exhibition "Murals Without Walls: Arshile Gorky's Aviation Murals Rediscovered," July 1979-December 1980. The exhibit was curated by Ruth Bowman.
creator: label: Creator
content: WNET (Television station : New York, N.Y.)
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Videocassettes (U-matic) ((30 min), sd., col., 3/4 in.)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1979
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.wnettelv
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Videocassettes (u-matic)
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Describes the 1972 discovery and later conservation of Arshile Gorky's murals "Aviation" at the Newark, N.J. International Airport, executed in 1937 by Gorky as part of the Work Projects Administration art project. Art historian Ruth Bowman, N.J. Port Authority employees Saul Wenegrat and Stephen Staempler, and conservator Carroll Wales of Oliver Bros. are among those who describe their involvement. The murals are now in the Newark Museum.