Joseph Randall Shapiro and Jory Shapiro papers
name: label: Creator
content: Shapiro, Joseph Randall
label: Creator
content: Shapiro, Jory
label: Names
content: Baj, Enrico, 1924-
label: Names
content: Bohrod, Aaron
label: Names
content: Buehr, George Frederick, 1905-1983
label: Names
content: Chagall, Marc, 1887-1985
label: Names
content: Cuevas, José Luis, 1934-
label: Names
content: Golub, Leon, 1922-2004
label: Names
content: Hoff, Margo
label: Names
content: Ito, Miyoko, 1918-1983
label: Names
content: Janis, Sidney, 1896-1989
label: Names
content: Lanyon, Ellen
label: Names
content: Matisse, Pierre, 1900-1989
label: Names
content: Pattison, Abbott L. (Abbott Lawrence), 1916-1999
label: Names
content: Petlin, Irving, 1934-2018
label: Names
content: Rattner, Abraham
label: Names
content: Sage, Kay
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content: Tanguy, Yves, 1900-1955
topic: label: Occupation
content: Art patrons
label: Topic
content: Art, Modern -- 20th century -- Illinois -- Chicago
label: Topic
content: Surrealism -- Collectors and collecting
label: Topic
content: Art -- Collectors and collecting
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Material on reel 3759 (fr. 1-320) donated 1986; and material on fr. 323-569 lent for microfilming 1986 all by Joseph R. Shapiro.
creator: label: Creator
content: Shapiro, Joseph Randall
label: Creator
content: Shapiro, Jory
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Born 1904. Died 1996. Joseph Shapiro began collecting in 1942 and was drawn to works in the Surrealist tradition. While establishing one of the most important art collections in Chicago, Shapiro and his wife Jory enjoyed personal friendships with artists and used their collection to educate and increase public appreciation of modern art in Chicago. Shapiro was a founder of the Museum of Contemporary Art and served on its board as President from 1967 until 1974.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.6 Linear Feet ((on 1 microfilm reel))
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1943-1985
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.shapjose
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: 35mm microfilm reel 3759 available at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Letters, scrapbooks, and printed material documenting the development of the Shapiro's art collection. Correspondence, primarily from dealers, museums, art organizations and artists, includes letters from Enrico Baj, Aaron Bohrod (recommending Ben Shahn as a muralist), George Buehr, Jose Luis Cuevas, Leon Golub, Margo Hoff, Miyoko Ito, Sidney Janis, Ellen Lanyon, Pierre Matisse, Ida Meyer-Chagall (discussing her father's work), Abbott Pattison, Irving Petlin, Abraham Rattner, and Kay Sage Tanguy (discussing her husband's work). Printed material consists of 11 exhibition announcements and catalogs (1952-1984), and clippings (1965-1985).
label: Scope and Contents
content: Four scrapbooks (1943-1955) contain clippings, some dealing with the "Art to Live With" program, exhibition catalogs, a letter from Richard Daley (1958), a 3-page typescript "Surrealism Then and Now" by Doris Lane Butler (1958), press releases (1959), and a letter from R. J. Nedved of the Illinois Society of Architects (1967).