Florence Knoll Bassett portfolio of photographs and articles, 1957-1997. Florence Knoll Bassett papers, Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution. Sketches of various color and furniture schemes for each CBS entrance, 1964. Florence Knoll Bassett papers, Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution. As designers, business women, gallery owners, curators, critics and writers, educators, and collectors, American women have made significant contributions to the evolution and public understanding of modernist art and design in our country. The Archives of American Art is fortunate to have the papers of many of these women among our holdings, some of which have been digitized in... Continue reading

Portrait of Edith Halpert, ca. 1930 / Man Ray, photographer. Downtown Gallery records, Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution. John Marin letter to Edith Gregor Halpert, between 1945 and 1969. Downtown Gallery records, Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution. Edith Halpert and Charles Sheeler, 1953 / Musya Sheeler, photographer. Downtown Gallery records, Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution. As gallery owners, curators, critics and writers, educators, and collectors, American women have made significant contributions to the evolution and public understanding of contemporary and modernist art in our country. Among the extensive holdings of the Archives of American Art are the... Continue reading