Through Shen-Kan is the account of a 1908-09 expedition to the Shensi and Kansu provinces of northern China. The expedition was funded by Robert Sterling Clark, one of the heirs to the Singer Sewing Machine fortune. Clark was joined by the...
Yellowstone National Park; Wyoming;Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone (Wyo.); Yellowstone River (Wyo.); Old Faithful Geyser (Wyo.); Landscape photography -- Wyoming; Geysers -- Yellowstone National Park; Waterfalls -- Yellowstone National Park;...
"25 Photogravure plates with 32 illustrations, by the Photo-Gravure Co., New York, from photographs of Yellowstone scenery by F. Jay Haynes, Fargo. These photogravures, from Haynes negatives, are much moodier and deeper in tone than the subsequent...
Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute Clark, Francine, d. 1960; Clark, Robert Sterling, 1877-1956; Hamilton, George Heard; Ray, Javotte Art museums; Art museums and community; Art museums -- Educational aspects; Art museums -- Employees; Art...
These photographic materials were separated from the paper files of various series from the office of the director.
American Red Cross; British Bloodstock Agency; Cooperstown Village Club & Library; Gardner, Mountain & Co.; M. Knoedler & Co.; Williams College; Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute Ali, Hazrat, d. 1909; Astor, John Jay; Baker, Auval; Baxter,...
This series contains both incoming and outgoing correspondence and represents a wide spectrum of RSC’s financial, personal, and social life, as well as his interests in collecting art, horse breeding, and politics.
Dan Flavin Art Institute; La Brea Pits (Calif.); Ray, Charles, 1953- ; Broad Contemporary Art Museum at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art; Los Angeles County Museum of Art; Piano, Renzo; Broad, Eli--Art collections; Baldessari, John, 1931-;...
Summary: Director of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), Michael Govan, in conversation with Clark director, Michael Conforti. Govan discusses his "two decades of work" and the artist-museum collaborations at Dia: Beacon, the Guggenheim,...
Painting--American--19th century; Painting--American--20th century; Nature in art; Tanizaki, Junʼichirō, 1886-1965. Inʼei raisan. English; Fenollosa, Ernest Francisco, 1853-1908; Okakura, Kakuzō, 1862-1913; Corn, Wanda M.; Gardner, Isabella...
Summary: David Park Curry, Senior Curator at the Baltimore Museum of Art, presents a lecture about the influence of Japanese arts and crafts on western art in the late 19th century in conjunction with the Clark's 2008 exhibition, "Like Breath on...
Summary: Writer Roland Kelts speaks at the Clark about his book, "Japanamerica: How Japanese Pop Culture has Invaded the U.S." He discusses influences on the development of art in Japan after World War II and how that art has entered the cultural...
Art and mythology; Remington, Frederic, 1861-1909 – Exhibitions;
Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute – Exhibitions;
Remington Looking West (Exhibition : 2008);
Curtis, Edward S., 1868-1952;
Tonto (Fictitious character) in art;
Tlingit...
Summary: Larry McNeil, contemporary photographer and professor of photography at Boise State University in Idaho, shares his response to Remington’s legacy and discusses how mythology and identity continue to shape his own work as a contemporary...
Art museums; Metropolitan Museum of Art; Art museum visitors; Aesthetics; Duccio, di Buoninsegna, d. 1319; Gautama Buddha -- Statues -- Afghanistan -- Bamiyan Region; Sculpture, Buddhist -- Afghanistan -- Bamiyan Region; Taliban; Master Engelram;...
Summary: The director of the Metropolitan Museum of Art speaks at the Clark. The title of his talk is, "Museums: Why Should We Care?"
Contents: Introduction by Michael Conforti (ca. 11 mins.) -- Philippe de Montebello presentation (ca. 49...
Caricatures and cartoons; Art--Political aspects; Political cartoons; Daumier, Honoré, 1808-1879; Leonardo, da Vinci, 1452-1519; Metsys, Quentin, 1465 or 6-1530; Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827; Tenniel, John, Sir, 1820-1914; Bernini, Gian Lorenzo,...
Summary: Michael Cassin, Director of the Center for Education in the Visual Arts at the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, presents a the third in a series of four talks on the connectoin between art and politics.
Fragonard, Jean-Honore, 1732-1806; Fables in art; La Fontaine, Jean de, 1621-1695. Contes et nouvelles en vers; La Fontaine, Jean de, 1621-1695. Fables; Greuze, Jean-Baptiste, 1725-1805; Ariosto, Lodovico, 1474-1533. Orlando furioso; Cervantes...
Summary: Mark Ledbury, Associate Director of Research and Academic Programs, speaks about John-Honore Fragonard and fables in art in conjunction with the Clark's exhibitions, "Consuming Passion: Fragonard's Allegories of Love" and "Printed Love,"...
Drawing--15th century; Drawing--16th century; Drawing--17th century; Drawing--18th century; Drawing, Italian; Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.). Dept. of Drawings and Prints; Michelangelo Buonarroti, 1475-1564; Tiepolo, Giovanni Battista,...
Summary: George Goldner, Chairman of the Department of Drawings and Prints at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, speaks at the Clark about Italian drawings acquired by the Metropolitan during his tenure there.
"The illustration and explanation of the use of a shading machine, the "Skiagraph," is most interesting. [Includes] examples of photo-engraving as well as equipment."--Hanson Collection catalog, p. 94
Victoria and Albert Museum; Decoration and ornament -- India; Architecture -- India; Architecture, Domestic -- India -- Ahmadabad;
Architecture, Domestic -- India -- Ajmere; Architecture -- India -- Delhi;
Architecture, Domestic -- India --...
Volume includes "25 heliotype illustrations from photographs of Indian doorways and houses, 2 views of copied grillwork screens, and 2 views of Mr. De Forest's rooms in New York."--Hanson Collection catalog, p. 77
Medicine, Military; Surgery, Military; Ileum -- Ulcers; Photography, Biological; Biological illustration; Photography -- Scientific applications; Medical illustration; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Medical care
"...4 Woodburytypes of tissue specimens, 7 heliotypes of tissue specimens, 4 steel engravings from photographs... The Woodburytypes are by the American Photo-Relief Printing Co., 1002 Arch Street, Phila. John Carbutt, supt.; James R. Osgood,...
Lapp Princess Press : A Small Press and Artist Books from the late 1970s (Exhibition : 2007)
The title of minimalist artist Mangold’s book accurately describes the contents. Inside are six line drawings of arcs that originate and terminate in various locations on the page as described on the front cover.
Shipping; Clark, Robert Sterling, 1877-1956 -- Correspondence -- Manuscripts; Sowerby, Arthur de Carle, 1885-1954 -- Correspondence -- Manuscripts;
Letter from Robert Sterling Clark in New York City to Arthur de Carle Sowerby in which Clark instructs Sowerby to have items such as wine, tents, and horse tackle shipped back to France and the United States. He also states that he's enclosing a...
Customs administration--China--History--20th century; China. Hai guan zong shui wu si shu; Shanghai (China); Hangzhou (China); Tai Lake (China); Exterritoriality; Scientific expeditions -- China; Agriculture--China; Missionaries--China; Clark,...
Letter from Arthur de Carle Sowerby in China to Robert Sterling Clark, which Sowerby begins writing December 30, 1928 while on a houseboat near Pinghu Xian south of Shanghai, and finishes at home in Shanghai on January 7, 1929. In this long letter,...
Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute Clippings (Information artifacts); Scrapbooks Williamstown (Mass.) Ingalls, Sherrill
The scrapbooks contain newspaper and journal clippings, postcards, brochures, announcements about the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute from 1951 through 1994.
