Israel and Idee Levitan papers
name: label: Creator
content: Levitan, Israel, 1912-1982
label: Creator
content: Levitan, Idee
label: Names
content: Armitage, Merle, 1893-1975
label: Names
content: Aronson, James.
label: Names
content: De Kooning, Elaine
label: Names
content: Dearstyne, Howard.
label: Names
content: Dreier, Katherine Sophie, 1877-1952
label: Names
content: Helm, Lillian
label: Names
content: Kline, Svea
label: Names
content: Koff, Noah
label: Names
content: Milles, Carl, 1875-1955
topic: label: Occupation
content: Sculptors -- New York (State) -- New York
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Donated 2007 by Mark Borghi, gallery owner and art dealer, Mark Borghi Fine Arts. Borghi purchased the papers from the Levitan estate in 2006.
creator: label: Creator
content: Levitan, Israel, 1912-1982
label: Creator
content: Levitan, Idee
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Sculptors, New York, N.Y.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.2 Linear Feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: [ca.1946-1982]
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.leviisra2
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Correspondence, a photograph, and printed material documenting Israel and Idee Levitan's involvement in the New York art community after WWII. Correspondence includes letters from Elaine de Kooning, Katherine Dreier, Noah Koff, Merle Armitage, Howard Dearstyne, James Aronson, and others and one letter from the Levitans to Howard Dearstyne. The photographs are of Carl Milles, Svea Kline, and Lillian Helm. Among the printed material are exhibition announcements, including one for a faculty exhibition at the Parsons School of Design featuring Elaine de Kooning in 1976 and various newspaper clippings, including an obituary for Amedee Ozenfant.