Gunvor Bull-Teilman Papers
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Bull-Teilman, Gunvor (1900-1996)
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content: Gunvor Bull-Teilman papers
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content: 0.4 Linear Feet
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content: 1921-1980
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
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content: AAA.teilgunv, Series 1
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content: Archival materials
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content: Biographical material includes a business card from Bull-Teilman's time as Art Director of the American Scandinavian Center in New York City, copies of resumes, and a biographical sketch which includes a description of the 1971 fire at Bull-Teilman's apartment and studio building on Washington Square. 


Correspondence includes letters from Norwegian novelist Sigrid Undset written to Bull-Teilman in the 1940s. The letters include mentions of Bull-Teilman's work and describe Undset's return to Norway in 1945 with observations on post-war conditions there. The letters are written in Norwegian and are copies accompanied by transcripts handwritten in English, probably by Bull-Teilman. Undset wrote a short entry for a catalog of an exhibition of Bull-Teilman's work at Gallery Bernheim Jeune in Paris in May 1949. Other letters document aspects of Bull-Teilman's career such as requests to show and sell her work, mentions of commissions, and requests for emergency assistance, including from Doris Metzer, Samuel Miller, Leon Arkus, placed on Bull-Teilman's behalf following the 1971 fire that destroyed her home and studio. The bulk of the letters are photocopies and many are annotated with contextual information by Bull-Teilman.

Notes and writings include a column written by Bull-Teilman on Norwegian sculptor Emil Lie.  Writings by others include a biographical sketch of Bull-Teilman written by George Carlin enclosed in a letter to John Canaday, then New York Times art editor, a 1974 piece by Marie Lien, and other handwritten copies and typed transcripts of reviews for Bull-Teilman's work and exhibitions. 

Printed material includes announcements and catalogs of Bull-Teilman's solo and group exhibitions. Miscellaneous printed material includes three items from the American Scandinavian Center, two American Women's Association programs, and a reproduction of a painting by Bull-Teilman on a card for sale by the American Women's Club of Oslo.
Photographs include contact sheets and prints of Bull-Teilman in her studio at 3 Washington Square. Also found is a photo of the outside of the studio and two photos of the building fire in 1971.

Photos of artwork include snapshots and prints, slides, and negatives and transparencies.