Paul Cummings papers
name: label: Creator
content: Cummings, Paul
label: Names
content: Tobey, Mark
topic: label: Occupation
content: Art historians -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Occupation
content: Editors -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Topic
content: Art, Modern -- 20th century -- United States -- Dictionaries
label: Topic
content: Drawing, American
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Donated 1971-1993 by Paul Cummings.
creator: label: Creator
content: Cummings, Paul
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Art historian and editor; New York, N.Y.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 18.6 Linear Feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1967-1993
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.cummpaul
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Research material on Mark Tobey and for publications by Cummings, including Dictionary of Contemporary Artists (1st through 6th ed.) and American Drawings - the 20th Century; letters; subject files; and printed material.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Research material for a projected catalog raisonne on Mark Tobey, ca. 1967-1972, including forms identifying the owners and locations of Tobey paintings, summary cards and biographical notes, extracts from published sources quoting Tobey, photographs and slides. Also included art research materials for Cummings's DICTIONARY OF CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN ARTISTS, (2nd through 6th ed., 1977-1994), including questionnaires, dossiers, and other biographical information about contemporary artists, and letters; and for AMERICAN DRAWINGS: The 20th CENTURY (1976), including correspondence, data on drawings, and a draft and final version of the book. Also included are 50 letters and two printed announcements; files on Whitney Museum of American Art projects, Sara Roby Foundation (AFA), exhibition files, and manuscripts.