Helen L. Kohen papers
name: label: Creator
content: Kohen, Helen L.
label: Names
content: Alexander, Jane
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content: Alfonzo, Carlos, 1950-1991
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content: Algaze, Mario Arturo, 1947-
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content: Anthony, Carol
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content: Bedia, José, 1959-
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content: Blaine, Michael
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content: Blazer, Wendy
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content: Brito, María (1947-)
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content: Cano, Margarita, 1932-
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content: Cano, Pablo
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content: Carulla, Ramón, 1938-
label: Names
content: Castagliola, Maria E., 1946-
label: Names
content: Corone, Matthew
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content: Couper, James M., 1937-
label: Names
content: Cubiles, Miguel
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content: De Monte, Claudia, 1947-
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content: Delehanty, Suzanne, 1944-
label: Names
content: Demi, 1955-
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content: Duval-Carrié, Edouard, 1954-
label: Names
content: Eisenstaedt, Alfred
label: Names
content: Fernández, Agustin, 1928-
label: Names
content: Frohnmayer, John
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content: García, Fernando A., 1945-
label: Names
content: Gelfman, Lynn Golub
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content: Gillman, Barbara Seitlin, 1937-
label: Names
content: González, Juan, 1942-1993
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content: Gottlieb-Roberts, Marilyn Patricia, 1939-
label: Names
content: Gutierrez, M. (Marta)
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content: Henderson, Shirley
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content: Jones, Pat
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content: Juarez, Roberto, 1952-
label: Names
content: Kardin, Janet
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content: Kuitca, Guillermo, 1961-
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content: Lanza, Bianca
label: Names
content: Leibovitz, Annie, 1949-
label: Names
content: Marisol, 1930-2016
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content: Morgan, Andrew Wesley, 1922-
label: Names
content: Muñoz, Celia Alvarez, 1937-
label: Names
content: Orr-Cahall, Christina, 1947-
label: Names
content: Paik, Nam June, 1932-
label: Names
content: Paparelli, Janet
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content: Pellon, Gina
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content: Riverón, Enrique
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content: Riverón, Noella
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content: Rodriguez, Vivian
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content: Rodríguez, Arturo, 1956-
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content: Rojo, Damian
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content: Rubell, Jason
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content: Rubio, Lydia, 1946-
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content: Salinas, Baruj
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content: Sanchez, Emilio, 1921-1999
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content: Schaaf, William
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content: Scharf, Kenny
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content: Scull, Haydée
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content: Scull, Sahara
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content: Shapiro, Joel
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content: Slobodkina, Esphyr, 1908-2002
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content: Spitzer, David D.
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content: Strasser, Barbara
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content: Sullivan, G. L.
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content: Trasobares, César
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content: Valdez-Fauli, Dora
topic: label: Occupation
content: Art critics -- Florida -- Miami
label: Topic
content: Artists -- Haiti
label: Topic
content: Latino and Latin American artists
label: Topic
content: Women art critics
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content: Cuban American artists
label: Topic
content: Artists -- Florida -- Miami -- Interviews
label: Topic
content: Artists -- Florida -- Miami
label: Topic
content: Art -- Florida -- Miami
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Helen L. Kohen donated her papers to the Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution in 1997.
creator: label: Creator
content: Kohen, Helen L.
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content: Helen L. Kohen papers
abstract: label: Summary
content: The papers of Miami art critic Helen Kohen date from 1978 through 1996 and contain letters, postcards, exhibition announcements and invitations, seventy-six untranscribed interviews of artists, dealers, and collectors in the Miami area, and two event recordings.
accruals: label: Accruals
content: Helen L. Kohen intends to deposit additional letters from artists in the future.
bioghist: label: Biographical Note
content: Art historian and critic Helen L. Kohen has authored numerous articles on contemporary art focusing on the formation of the art culture in Miami since the early 1980s. Helen L. Kohen is art critic emeritus for the The Miami Herald newspaper in Miami, Florida.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Linear Feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1978-1996
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.kohehele
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Sound recordings
label: Type
content: Interviews
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: The collection is arranged into five series:

Series 1: Correspondence, 1954, 1984-1993, undated (Box 1, 10 folders)

Series 2: Printed Material, 1979-1996, undated (Box 1, 3 folders)

Series 3: Photographs, 1969, 1974, 1980-1994 (Box 1, 1 folder)

Series 4: Miscellany, 1983-1992, undated (Box 1 , 1 folder)

Series 5: Taped Interviews, 1986-1996, undated (Box 1, 1 folder and 82 micro-cassettes)
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: Processing of the collection was completed by Rosa M. Fernández in 1997. The finding aid was written in 2001. This collection, along with numerous other Latino collections, was acquired through the Archives of American Art's 1996 "Latino Art Documentation Project" in South Florida with funding from the Smithsonian Institution's Center for Latino Initiatives. Additional finding aid description of the sound recordings was completed by Kirsi Ritosalmi-Kisner in 2023.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Sound recordings
label: Genre/Form
content: Interviews
scopecontent: label: Scope and Content Note
content: The papers of art historian and critic Helen L. Kohen measure one linear foot and date from 1976 through 1996. They consist primarily of letters, postcards, exhibition announcements and invitations from artists in the Miami area. Also found are eighty-two mini cassette tapes of seventy-six interviews Kohen conducted with art dealers, collectors, contemporary artists, and others in the Miami area as research and background for her newspaper column and other articles. Also included are two event recordings.