The Winterthur Library

 The Joseph Downs Collection of Manuscripts and Printed Ephemera

Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum

5105 Kennett Pike, Winterthur, Delaware  19735

Telephone: 302-888-4600 or 800-448-3883

 

 

OVERVIEW OF THE COLLECTION

 

Creator:         Watherston, Margaret M.                                           

Title:               Margaret Watherston conservation papers

Dates:             circa 1965-circa 2005

Call No.:         Col. 935

Acc. No.:        13x3

Quantity:        67 boxes

Location:        13 I 3-6, J 1-6, K 2

 

 

 

BIOGRAPHICAL STATEMENT

 

Margaret M. Watherston was a paintings conservator, specializing in modern art, especially color field paintings, and murals.  Born in Canada, she worked in New York City.  She graduated from the Ontario College of Art, where she studied art and art history.  She also studied with the Art Students League in New York City and took classes at Columbia University. 

 

She apprenticed with Sheldon Keck at the Brooklyn Museum Conservation Laboratory.  When the Whitney Museum called Keck to recommend a conservator, he recommended Watherston, and thus she began work for that museum.  As she stated in one document, “[The Whitney] did not have funds or the space to establish a laboratory at the Museum so I set up my own and my career in conservation developed from this.”  At the Whitney, Watherston worked on contemporary art works and had to develop new conservation techniques for handling those pieces, especially the color field works.  Watherston also worked on murals.  Among her major clients were Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. (murals by N.C. Wyeth), the American Museum of Natural History, the United Illuminating Co., and the Williamsburg (N.Y.) Housing Authority. 

 

 

SCOPE AND CONTENT

 

Treatment reports, photographs, and other information about works of art on which Margaret Watherston performed conservation work.  Some photographs are filed with the treatment reports, but more were found separate from the reports and are filed separately.   Her treatment reports are sometimes lacking in detail.  Also includes information about the conservation of color-field paintings and other techniques she developed for conserving works of art.

           

 

ORGANIZATION

 

Series I: general files;

Series II: photographs and negatives;

Series III: treatment reports (some include photos), mostly filed by client name.

 

 

LANGUAGE OF MATERIALS

 

The materials are in English.

 

 

RESTRICTIONS ON ACCESS

 

Collection is open to the public.  Copyright restrictions may apply.

           

 

PROVENANCE

 

Gift of Patricia Houlihan, sister of Margaret Watherston.

           

 

ACCESS POINTS

 

Topics:

            Art – Conservation and restoration.

            Art restorers.

Color-field painting.  

Paintings – Conservation and restoration.

 

 

 


DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE COLLECTION

 

Location: 13 I 3-6, J 1-6, K 2

 

 

Series I: general files

 

Box 1:

 

Folder 1:          AIC

 

Folder 2:          Bachman, Konstanze

 

Folders 3-4:     Berger, Gustav A. (Berger Conservation Studio)

 

Folder 5:          Bibliographies

 

Folder 6:          Brommelle, Norman (I.I.C.)

 

Folder 7:          Brooklyn Museum: “Take Care” show, 1953-1954

(curated by Carolyn and Sheldon Keck)

 

Folder 8:          Color field paintings: paper by Watherston and threads for repairs

 

Folder 9:          Color field paintings: photographs and diagrams

 

 

Box 2:

 

Folder 1:          Conservation studio: photographs

 

Folder 2:          Conservation trainee agreement

 

Folders 3-4:     Correspondence (by date)

 

Folder 5:          Correspondence: New York City Art Commission

 

Folder 6:          Correspondence: nice letters

 

Folder 7:          Crack Treatment: Thin Paint Layer    

 

Folder 8:          Formulas, materials, ways of working

 

Folder 9:          Grant for conservation training

 

Folder 10:        Inherent vice: memo about

 

Folder 11:        Instruction sheets (for studio staff)

 

Folder 12:        Keck, Caroline

 

Folder 13:        Klucel: samples and experiments

 

Folder 14:        Lanier, Mary (includes information on Metropolitan Life murals)

 

 

Box 3:

 

Folder 1:          Laser Technologies, Inc.

 

Folder 2:          Lecture on murals conservation work

 

Folder 3:          McCrone Research Institute

 

Folder 4:          Murals: equipment

 

Folder 5:          Mural projects: summary of work

 

Folder 6:          Murals: sample reports, materials, work procedures

 

Folder 7:          New-York Historical Society: “The Art of the Conservator” exhibit

 

Folder 8:          parts of paintings (don’t know sources)

 

Folder 9:          Photographs sent to Dallas [list only, no photos]

 

Folder 10:        Portell, Jean

 

Folder 11:        Publicity

 

Folder 12:        Sale of artwork

 

Folder 13:        Sample treatments

 

Folder 14:        Scaffolding for work projects

 

Folder 15:        Scott, John

 

Folder 16:        Sketches: originals [by Watherston?]

 

Folder 17:        Sketches: prints [from originals by Watherston?]

 

Folder 17:        Stationery and forms

 

Folder 18:        Studio assistants and other staff

                        [note: this is unlikely to be a complete list of the people who worked for Watherston over the years; furthermore, not everyone represented in this folder may have actually worked for Watherston]

 

 

Box 4:

 

Folder 1:          Studio costs

 

Folder 2:          Studio information sheets

 

Folder 3:          Studio inventory

 

Folder 4:          treatments in special cases (includes notes on various artists)

 

Folder 5:          Vacuum Table: records of early studio use and paper on use of vacuum table

 

Folder 6:          Vacuum table varnish removal

 

Folder 7:          Water-Chemical Treatment

 

Folder 8:          Water-Chemical Treatment of facing materials

 

Folder 9:          Water and Organic Solvents: test materials

 

Folder 10:          Water/Organic Solvent Treatment: miscellaneous notes on paintings treated

 

Folder 11:        Watherston Associates, Inc.: incorporation documents

 

Folder 12:        Watherston, Margaret: curriculum vita

 

Folder 13:        Watherston, Margaret: interview with unknown person, 1997

 

 

Box 5:

 

Folder 1:          Watherston, Margaret: lectures

 

Folder 2:          Watherston, Margaret: new ideas for conservation

 

Folder 3:          Watherston, Margaret: papers

                        (includes “The Cleaning of Color Field Paintings”)

 

Folder 4:          Watherston, Margaret: publicity

 

Folder 5:          “Work on Mural Painting”

 

 

On shelf:

 

Folder of notes and sketches, not clear who created these;

Folder with two Japanese prints

 


Series II: Photographs and negatives

 

Note: additional photos found in treatment reports; 8x10 photos and 4x6 photos are housed in separate boxes; check both sizes for client names.

 

 

Box 1: photos: water/organic solvent treatment photos

 

Folder 1:          miscellaneous

 

Folder 2:          removal of Klucel facing and painting on roller

 

Folder 3:          Bacaflor: portrait

 

Folder 4:          Bellows: “Dempsey and Firpo” (Whitney Museum)

 

Folder 5:          Davis, Stuart: “House and Street” (Whitney Museum)

 

Folder 6:          French landscape, 18th century (owner: Welling)

 

Folder 7:          Hopper: “East River” (detail)

 

Folder 8:          Hopper: “Paris” (Whitney Museum)

 

Folder 9:          Italian flower study

 

Folder 10:        Phillips, Ammi: portrait

 

Folder 11:        “Pulling down Statue of George III” (New-York Historical Society)

 

Folder 12:        Sanders, Ludwig

 

Folder 13:        Union Carbide collection (Hudson River landscape)

 

Folder 14:        Weir: Indian scene

 

 

Box 2: photos: various treatment techniques

 

Folder 1:          Conservation work: cleaning; facing paintings; removal of old lining canvas; use of microscope, magnifier, and hypodermic needle; spraying varnish; lining on the hot table; filling with gesso; patching; Lebron stretcher; uses of Beva, wax paste, raking light

 

Folder 2:          fire-damaged paintings

 

Folder 3:          Held, Al (collection of Mr. and Mrs. Watson Blair)

 

Folder 4:          overpainting

 

Folder 5:          painting from studio of David Teniers the Younger

 

Folder 6:          Peto, John F.

 

Folder 7:          Signatures: genuine and false

 

Folder 8:          ultra violet

 

Folder 9:          examples of treatments by M. Watherston

 

Folders 10-11: various treated paintings (assorted subjects and time periods)

 

 

Box 3: photos and negatives

 

Folder 1:          various treated paintings: contemporary art

 

Folder 2:          various treated paintings: portraits

 

Folders 3-4:     Conservation Studio

 

Folder 5:          Studio visits

 

Folder 6:          miscellaneous negatives (mostly identified)

 

 

Boxes 4-6: negatives, by roll number

 

 

Box 7: photos: by name (mostly 8x10 photos; see below for 4x6 photos)

 

Folder 1:          Bellows;

                        Benton;

                        Biddle, Flora;

Book of the Month;

Brooklyn Museum

Folder 2:          Brocklehurst and Son

Folder 3:          Burden, Carter

Folder 4:          Chester, Mrs. Hawley

Folder 5:          E’s:      Eagan; Eaton; Edel; Edwards; Egan; Eisenberg; Eisenhart; Ekstron[?]; Ellis; Emaleh; Epstein; Ertegun, A.; Ertegun, N.; Ervin

Folder 6:          Emil, Allan D.

Folders 7-8:     Marlborough Gallery  

Folder 9:          McDowell, Mr. & Mrs. Fletcher

 

 

Box 8: photos: by name (mostly 8x10 photos; see below for 4x6 photos)

 

Folder 1:          miscellaneous: black and white

Folder 2:          miscellaneous: color

Folder 3:          N’s:     Nachtigall; Naitove; Namuth; Nankiwell; National College of Fine Arts; Alice Neal; New York Circulating Library; New York Cultural Center; New York Times; New York University Law School; Ney; Nicholson; Nickerson; Notre Dame; Novak; Nuessle

Folder 4:          New-York Historical Society

Folder 5:          New York University

Folder 6:          Norton Gallery

Folder 7:          Powers, John G.

 

 

Box 9: photos: by name (mostly 8x10 photos; see below for 4x6 photos)

 

Folder 1:               Pa-Philadelphia:          Pace Gallery; Paine of Thorndike, Doran, Paine & Lewis; Paine, Mrs. R.C.; Paine, S.; Palk or Paik; Parker; Parton; Patterson; Pedlar; Pell;  Perelman; Perkins; Peters; Philadelphia Civic Center

Folder 2:          Phillip Morris, Inc.

Folder 3:          Phillips – Pi:    Phillips; Pitcairn; Pizitz;

Folder 4:          Po-Pu: Podell; Polan; Pollack; Pollak; Porcella; Portland Art Museum; Portraits, Inc.; Poses; Post; Potamkin; Poussette-Dart; Power; Press Brenner Communications; Putnam

Folder 5:          St. John’s University

Folder 6:          St. Louis Museum

Folder 7:          Sarnason, January (Mrs.): art consultant to the trade

Folder 8:          Shamil

Folder 9:          Sothebys

Folder 10:        Stevens

Folder 11:        Trafford, John

Folder 12:        Union Theological Seminary [or General Theological Seminary]

Folder 13:        United Illuminating Co. (New Haven, Conn.): Photographs

 

 

Boxes of smaller photos:

Abrams, George;

Agnotti;

American Museum of Natural History;

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York (“Temple of Justice” building);

Brick Church;

Carlyle Hotel;

Christ United Methodist Church (Chapel Hill, N.C.);

Coffey;

Core States New Jersey National Bank;

DeLorenzo;

Harrison, Robert;

Katz, Alex;

Long Hill;

Marlborough Gallery (various paintings);

Metropolitan Life Insurance Co.;

Midtown Payson Galleries (various paintings);

Morris High School;

Museo del Barrio;

National Arts Club;

National Maritime Union;

New-York Historical Society;

Newhouse, Donald (Lanfield, Morris Louis and Welliver paintings);

Phillip Morris Inc.;

Prudential Life Insurance Company;

Republic National Bank (Louis painting and mural);

Resnick (Stella painting);

Richter, Horace and Anne;

Rubin, Ida;

Rubin (various paintings);

St. Luke’s Hospital (New York City);

Salomon Brothers;

Snug Harbor;

Sothebys (various paintings, including Morris Louis);

Speir (or Spier);

Squibb Building;

Stella;

Stevens;

Thomas, Gladys;

Thomas, Katrina;

United Illuminating Co.;

Vanderwoude Tananbaum;

Washington Irving High School;

Wasserman (Avery painting);

Waxman (Laning painting)

Weis, Albert (Soulages painting);

Weschler Associates, Inc.

Wilford;

Williamsburg Housing Authority;

Wilmington Savings Fund Society (WSFS);

Miscellaneous negatives

 

 

2 boxes of photos in order by negative roll number, with some unnumbered photos at the end (some of these are identified)

 

 

Boxes of slides:

 

Slide Box 1:

            Color field: Louis: “stripe”;

            Color field: Louis: “floral”;

            Color field: Frankenthaler;

            Color field: Olitski;

            Color field, etc.;         

            Methods;

            BEVA gesso;

            Klucel facing;

            Ultraviolet light;

            Dutch method

 

Slide Box 2:

            Lebron: folding stretcher;

            Watherston studio;

            By name: don’t know if artist or owner;

            By artist name, A-Cornelius

 

Slide Box 3:   

            By artist name, D-Louis

 

Slide Box 4:   

            By artist name, M-Pi

 

Slide Box 5:   

            By artist name, Po-W;

            By owner, A-Meadows Museum

 

Slide Box 6:   

            By owner, Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. (Met Life)

 

Slide Box 7:   

            By owner, Mo-Union

 

Slide Box 8:   

            By owner, University-Williamsburg

 

Slide Box 9:   

            By owner, Yale;

            Initial work at Fine Arts Dec.;

            Margaret Dean[?];

            Miscellaneous slides (some unlabeled);

            Also two rolls of film

 

 

On shelf:

            Photos: Gothic panels;

            Five x-rays


Series III: Treatment reports (client files)

 

Note: some files include photographs, while photos for other clients are found in Series II. 

 

 

Box 1: A’s –American Merchant

 

Folder 1:          A’s: Adjustco Inc.; Air India, Andre Emmerich Gallery; Anthoine; Ashman; A.T. & T.

Folder 2:          Abrams, George

Folder 3:          Abrams, George: Jackson Pollock “buried” painting: materials for lecture

 

Folder 4:          Agnotti, A. & D.: correspondence, invoices, conservation reports, 1998-2003

Folder 5:          Agnotti, A. & D.: pictures of process; negatives; envelopes for photographs (which have additional information written on them)

Folder 6:          Agnotti, A. & D.: tracing

 

Folder 7:          Allen, Phillip

Folder 8:          American Bureau of Shipping

Folder 9:          American Exploration Company (Houston);

                        American Merchant Marine Museum;

 

Box 2: American Museum of Natural History-Andersen

 

Folder 1:          American Museum of Natural History: Correspondence      

Folder 2:          American Museum of Natural History: Osborne Hall murals

Folder 3:          American Museum of Natural History: paint/plaster/scratch coat [sample]

Folder 4:          American Museum of Natural History: Planetarium murals

Folder 5:          American Museum of Natural History: Roosevelt Hall murals: estimates of costs; equipment, supplies

Folder 6:          American Museum of Natural History: Roosevelt Hall murals: initial report

Folder 7:          American Museum of Natural History: Roosevelt Hall murals: Book I: report on condition and suggested treatment

Folder 8:          American Museum of Natural History: Roosevelt Hall murals: Book II: condition photographs

Folder 9:          American Museum of Natural History: Roosevelt Hall murals: photos and slides

Folder 10:        American Museum of Natural History: Roosevelt Hall murals: work procedure – conservation

Folder 11:        American Museum of Natural History: Roosevelt Hall murals: work sheets

 

Folder 12:        Andersen, Elizabeth

 

 

Box 3: Appellate-Blair

 

Folder 1:          Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York (“Temple of Justice” building)

Folder 2:          Aronson, Mrs. Rhoda Alben

                        Art Consultants to the Trade (January Sarasohn);

A-Z Framing;

Folder 3:          Association of the Bar of the City of New York

Folder 4:          Astoria Library

                        Avila Fine Arts Ltd.

 

Folder 5:          Bank of New York buildings [see also Faith Exchange Foundation]

Folder 6:          Barnard College;

                        Bartholet, Elizabeth

Folder 7:          Bartlett, David ;

                        Baskerville & Watson

                        Becton Dickinson & Co.;

                        Beerman, Herbert

Folder 8:          Bekaert, Arsene;

Benedict, Coleman

Folder 9:          Benenson, Charles B.

Bernard, Herbert;

Berry-Hill Gallery;

Folder 10:        Biddle, James;

Bishop, Frances B.;

Blair, Watson;

 

 

Box 4: Borie-Bulova

 

Folder 1:          Borie, Peter

Folder 2:          Bragazzi, Olive;

Brandt, Alan and Priscilla;

Brennan, Ina;

Brennan, Leslie;

Brenner, Abner (Morris Louis estate)

Folder 3:          Brick Church (New York City) (photos filed separately)

Folder 4:          Brocklehurst and Son

Folder 5:          Brooke Alexander Gallery;

                        Brouillard, Mrs. Joseph

Folder 6:          Brovarone Dina;

                        Brown, Alan;

                        Brown, Harold W.;

                        Brown, Lynn;

                        Brown, S.G.

Folders 7-8:     Bulova Center (Blumenfeld Development Group)

 

 

Box 5: Bushnell-Carnegie

 

Folders 1-2:     Bushnell (Hartford, Conn.)

Folder 3:          C’s:      Callen; Celrick (of Benenson Capital Co.); Cornell University Medical College; Cravath, Swaine & Moore; Cuddihy

Folder 4:          Cantor, B. G.

 

Folder 5:          Carlyle Hotel (New York City): Bemelmans murals: various reports

Folder 6:          Carlyle Hotel (New York City): correspondence

Folder 7:          Carlyle Hotel (New York City): murals by W. Linzee Prescott: restoration proposal

Folder 8:          Carlyle Hotel (New York City): murals in Bemelmans Room: condition photographs

Folder 9:          Carlyle Hotel (New York City): murals in Bemelmans Room: conservation report

Folder 10:        Carlyle Hotel (New York City): murals: conservation estimate; and work sheets

 

Folder 11:        Carnegie Museum of Art

 

 

Box 6: Carvin- D’s

 

Folder 1:          Carvin Designs Inc.;

Folder 2:          Castano

Folder 3:          Castellon, Mrs. Federico;

                        Chase Manhattan

                        Cherry, Wendell;

Folder 4:          Children’s Village (Dobbs Ferry)

Folder 5:          Christ United Methodist Church (Chapel Hill, N.C.);

Folder 6:          Chrysler Building;

                        Chubb Insurance Group;

Clement, Doherty & Co.;

Coffey, Robert;

Comar, Jerome;

Folder 7:          Core States New Jersey National Bank;

Folder 8:          Cote Basque Restaurant

Folder 9:          Czukor, John;

Folder 10:        D’s:     David McKee Gallery; Diamond (Leger mural); Donhauser; Dryfoos

 

 

Box 7: Davlyn-Haring

 

Folder 1:          Davlyn Gallery;

                        de Carvalho, Mary Jane;

                                Delorenzo, Tony

Folder 2:          DeWitt Clinton High School (New York City): estimate only

Folder 3:          Dierickx. Mary (Architectural Preservation Consultants);

Dingfelder, Adolph

Folder 4:          Downtown Athletic Club

Folder 5:          Emil, Arthur

Evans, Eli

Folder 6:          Executive Towers Owners Corp. (Bronx, N.Y.): estimate only

Folder 7:          Faith Exchange Foundation [see also Bank of New York buildings];

                        Fischbach Gallery;

                        Fleet National Bank (Mrs. van Beuren);

Forum Gallery

Folder 8:          G’s:     G.A.B. Business Services, Inc.; Gage; Gelman, Estelle;Goodson & Todman Productions; Gordon-Smith, Inc.; Greene; Greenhaigh

Folder 9:          George Washington High School (New York City): estimate only

Folder 10:        Gouveneur Hospital (New York City): estimate only

Folder 11:        Grace Church (New York City): estimate only

Folder 12:        Greenberg, Stephen;

Guggenheim Museum

Folder 13:        Hadfield;

Hahn, Hannelore ;      

Halpert, Samuel;

Hanft, E.;

Hare, Stephen C.;

Haring, Keith [artist file, various clients];

 

 

Box 8: Harlem- Heck

 

Folder 1:          Harlem River Housing Project (New York City): estimate only

Folder 2:          Harmon, Carla;

                        Harper, M. E.

Folder 3:          Harrison, Robert

Folder 4:          Hartley, Marie;

                        Hartstein, Murray;

Folders 5-6:     Harvard Club of New York (includes photos)

Folders 7-8:     Harvey, Peter

Folder 9:          Headley, Julian;

                        Heckmann, Olitsky;

 

 

Box 9: Hect-Hynes

 

Folder 1:          Hector, Nancy and Louis

Folder 2:          Heller, Ben

Heritage Institute of Ellis Island;

Heydenryk, House of;

                        High Museum of Art;

                        Hirschl & Adler Galleries

Folders 3-4:     Hispanic Society of America

Folder 5:          Holtzman, Wise and Shepherd

Folder 6:          Honing, Rhoda

Folder 7:          Housatonic Museum;

Housetian, Edgar;

Houston Museum of Fine Arts: mostly photos

Folder 8:          Huntington, Caroline and Lawrence;

                        Hyk, Michele;

            Hynes, William

 

 

Box 10: IBM-Indiana

 

Folders 1-6:     IBM: art collection, New York

Folder 3:          Indiana, Robert;

                        Indiana State Museum

 

 

Box 11: Indianapolis- Judah

 

Folder 1:          Indianapolis Museum of Art;

Ingalls, Mrs. M.S.;

International Art Program (Washington)

Folder 2:          International Foundation for Art Research;

Irving, Michael;

Irwin, Mary;

Iselin, Lewis;

Isles, Philip;

Folder 3:          I’s: David Immerman; Art Association of Indianapolis; William Inge; Insurance Society of New York; Intermuseum Laboratory

Folders 4-6:     J’s:       Martha Jackson Gallery; E. Jacob; J.J. Jacob; Sophia Jacobs; Jamaica Arts Center; K.W. James; Sidney Janis Gallery; Jason Gallery; Karl Jean; Prescott Jennings, Jr.; Raymond Jesaitis; Mary Lee Johansen; John B. Stetson Co.; Jasper Johns; Johnson Museum of Art; Thomas P. Johnson; Thomas C. Jones; Wendell Jones; Joslyn Art Museum; John F. Joyce; Annely Juda; Judy Birke Art Consultants

Folder 7:          Jesaitis, Al

Folder 8:          Jones, Lindsey;

                        Judah, Mr. Robin

 

 

Box 12: Judson-King

 

Folder 1:          Judson Art Warehouse;

Jussel, Stephen J.

Folder 2:          Kafka Ernst and Barbara;

                        Kahn, Maxine

Folder 3:          Kaientai Inc.;

                        Kaiser, Kenneth;

Kaish, Morton;

Kalikow, Nathan;

Kalman, Andras

Folder 4:          Kamer, Henry A.;

Kane, R. Keith;

Kaplan, Jacob M.;

Kaplan, Lewis;

Kaplan, Richard S.;

Folder 5:          Karkhanis, D.;

                        Karnes, Marilyn;

                        Karpf, Barbara;

Kassar, Raymond;

Katz, Joseph;

Katz, Meg

Folder 6:          Katz, Robert and Lillian;

                        Katz, William;

Katzenbach, William;

Folder 7:          Kaufman, Bessie

Folder 8:          W.R. Keating & Co.;

                        Keighley, William;

Keller, William G.;

Kenney, John;

Kend, Elaine;

Kent, Edwin

Folder 9:          Kiam, Victor;

                        Kimbrough, Emily;

                        King, Muriel;

                        King, Robert

 

 

Box 13: Kingsley-Landau

 

Folder 1:          Kingsley, Emily;

Kinstler, E.R.;

Kirschner, Howard;

Kissner, F.H.;

Klein, Harris J

Folder 2:          Kline, Harold;

Kluger, David;

Koch, James H.;

Koger, Sandra

Folder 3:          Koplik, Perry H.;

Kouwenhoven, Jean A.S.;

Koten, Bernard L.;

Krarup, Hannes;

Kraushaar, Antoinette;

Folder 4:          Kreizel, William;

Krellbreg, Sam;

Kring, Walter D.;

Kunkel, Paul;

Kunsthalle (Mr. James W. Mellors, A.R. Lee & Co.);

Folders 5-6:     Kunstsammlung Nordhein Westfalen

Folder 7:          Kuntz, John;

Laferrara, Joelle;

                        Landau, Emily

 

 

Box 14: Landegger-Marlborough

 

Folder 1:             Landegger, C.;

LaPorte, Lowell;

Lautkin

Lavington, Camille;

Lehman College;

Lehrer McGovern Bovis Inc.

Folder 2:          Leighton, John J.;       

Leonard, Cliff;

Lerner, Zim;

Levin & Srinivasan, LLP: estimate only

Lobell, Carl;

Folder 3:          Long Hill

Folder 4:          Loss, Margaret

Louis, Morris: treatments of paintings by him, owned by various clients;

Love, Ruxton;

Luston, Guy

Folder 5:          Lyman, Elizabeth (formerly von Wentzel)

Folder 6:          Mantovie, Carolyn C.;

Markwood, Valerie;

Folder 7:          Marlborough Gallery: Hockney, David: painting

Folder 8:          Marlborough Gallery: Still, Clyfford: painting

Folder 9:          Marlborough Gallery: various artists: Agam, Ardon, Dorazio, Ernst, Gottlieb, Guston, Kadinsky, Nicholson, Reinhardt, Rivers, Rothko, Rubens

 

 

Box 15: Marotta-Metropolitan Life

 

Folder 1:          Marotta, Joan Miller;

                        Mary Lanier Inc.;

                        Matter. Meercedes;

                        Maxson Young Associates Inc.;

                        Mayor Gallery;

McCall, J. Benton, Jr.

Folder 2:          Mendes, Joshua;

Menil Collection

Metro Construction Services Inc.

Folder 3:          Metropolitan Hospital (New York City): estimate only

 

Folder 4:          Metropolitan Life Insurance Company: Contracts and related information

Folders 5-6:     Metropolitan Life Insurance Company: Correspondence

Folder 7:          Metropolitan Life Insurance Company: Correspondence: Brandywine River Museum

Folder 8:          Metropolitan Life Insurance Company: Invoices, with some memoranda and correspondence

Folder 9:          Metropolitan Life Insurance Company: Murals layout (blue line prints)

Folder 10:        Metropolitan Life Insurance Company: Notes about material used, certain work procedures, and future care of art works

Folder 11:        Metropolitan Life Insurance Company: Publicity (including film)

Folder 12:        Metropolitan Life Insurance Company: Publicity: cards and postcards

 

 

Box 16: Metropolitan Life Insurance Company (Met Life)

 

Folder 1:          Metropolitan Life Insurance Company: Publicity: other publications

Folder 2:          Metropolitan Life Insurance Company: Publicity: video tapes: “N.C. Wyeth: The Met Life Murals”

Folder 3:          Metropolitan Life Insurance Company: Reports

Folder 4:          Metropolitan Life Insurance Company: Work sheets:  Phase I: Stairwell murals

Folder 5:          Metropolitan Life Insurance Company: Work sheets:  Phase II: Pilgrims lounge murals

Folder 6:          Metropolitan Life Insurance Company: Work sheets:  final Wyeth murals

Folder 7:          Metropolitan Life Insurance Company: Work sheets: other paintings

 

 

Box 17: Metropolitan Life Insurance Company (Met Life)

 

Folder 1:          Metropolitan Life Insurance Company: Photos: Andrew Wyeth mural: Fishermen

Folder 2:          Metropolitan Life Insurance Company: Photos: Audubon mural

Folder 3:          Metropolitan Life Insurance Company: Photos: captions

Folder 4:          Metropolitan Life Insurance Company: Photos: color transparencies

Folder 5:          Metropolitan Life Insurance Company: Photos: contact sheets and negatives

Folder 6:          Metropolitan Life Insurance Company: photos: Moby Dick murals

Folder 7:          Metropolitan Life Insurance Company: Photos: portraits

Folder 8:          Metropolitan Life Insurance Company: Photos: Wyeth murals: completed: color photos

Folders 9-10:   Metropolitan Life Insurance Company: Photos: Wyeth murals: removal

                        [note: photos were not received in order, and the proper sequence is not known]

 

Folder 11:        Metropolitan Life Insurance Company: Photos: Wyeth murals: work in progress (laser prints)

Folder 12:        Metropolitan Life Insurance Company: Photos: Wyeth murals: “Canada Geese”

Folder 13:        Metropolitan Life Insurance Company: Photos: Wyeth murals: “Coming of the Mayflower”

Folder 14:        Metropolitan Life Insurance Company: Photos: Wyeth murals: “Corn Fields”

 

 

Box 18: Metropolitan Life Insurance Company (Met Life)- Midtown

 

Folder 1:          Metropolitan Life Insurance Company: Photos: Wyeth murals: “Crows in Winter”

Folder 2:          Metropolitan Life Insurance Company: Photos: Wyeth murals: damages (examples)

Folder 3:          Metropolitan Life Insurance Company: Photos: Wyeth murals: “Deer and Stream”

 

Folder 4:          Metropolitan Life Insurance Company: Photos: Wyeth murals: “Departure of the Mayflower”

Folder 5:          Metropolitan Life Insurance Company: Photos: Wyeth murals: “Egrets in Summer”

Folder 6:          Metropolitan Life Insurance Company: Photos: Wyeth murals: “Going to Church in Winter”

Folder 7:          Metropolitan Life Insurance Company: Photos: Wyeth murals: “Hunting Wild Turkey”

Folder 8:          Metropolitan Life Insurance Company: Photos: Wyeth murals: “Indian in Canoe”

Folder 9:          Metropolitan Life Insurance Company: Photos: Wyeth murals: “Mallards in Autumn”

Folder 10:        Metropolitan Life Insurance Company: Photos: Wyeth murals: “Priscilla and John”

Folder 11:        Metropolitan Life Insurance Company: Photos: Wyeth murals: “Thanksgiving with Indians”

Folder 12:        Metropolitan Life Insurance Company: Photos: Wyeth murals:  various

Folder 13:        Metropolitan Life Insurance Company: Photos: Wyeth murals: “Wedding Procession”

Folder 14:        Metropolitan Life Insurance Company: slides

 

Folder 15:        Meyer, Alvin and Catalina

                        Meyer, Louis

Folder 16:        Meyerhoff, Robert and Jane

Folders 17-18: Midtown Payson Galleries: treatment reports, estimates, correspondence, worksheets

 

 

Box 19: Miller –Morris (which continues in next box)

 

Folder 1:          Miller, G.M.

Miller, Mrs. R.C.;

Miller, Thomas

Milner, John;

J.H. Minet Co. Ltd;

M.I.T. Visual Arts Center;

Mirvish, David;

Morehouse, Ward;

Morgan Guaranty Trust Company

 

Folder 2:          Morris High School: Conservation estimate  

Folder 3:          Morris High School: Contracts

Folders 4-5:     Morris High School: Correspondence

Folder 6:          Morris High School: Deming paintings

Folder 7:          Morris High School: Deming paintings: proposal

Folder 8:          Morris High School: equipment, supplies, work procedures

Folder 9:          Morris High School: Gorguet mural: photo record of conservation treatment

 

 

Box 20: Morris High School (continued from previous box) -Murrin

 

Folder 1:          Morris High School: Gorguet mural: photo report

Folder 2:          Morris High School: Gorguet mural: proposal

Folder 3:          Morris High School: Gorguet mural: report of facings, cleaning, removal

Folder 4:          Morris High School: Gorguet mural: treatment report           

Folders 5-6:     Morris High School: work sheets       

Folder 7:          Morris High School: Photos, slides, negatives

 

Folder 8:          Motherwell, Robert

Folder 9:          Municipal Art Society

Folder 10:        Murrin, Jack

 

 

Box 21: Museo-Neborak

 

Folder 1:          Museo Del Barrio (New York City)

Folder 2:             Museum of Contemporary Art [Los Angeles];

Myers, Connie;           

Nash, Jack

Folder 3:          National Arts Club

Folder 4:          National Gallery of Art [Washington];

 

Folder 5:          National Maritime Union: Contract

Folder 6:          National Maritime Union: Correspondence,

Folder 7:          National Maritime Union: Fitzgerald, Edmond: correspondence, article

Folder 8:          National Maritime Union: mural by Edmond Fitzgerald: condition report [prior to treatment]

Folder 9:          National Maritime Union: mural by Edmond Fitzgerald: proposed treatment

Folder 10:        National Maritime Union: mural by Edmond Fitzgerald: treatment report

Folder 11:        National Maritime Union: mural by Edmond Fitzgerald: installation in Easton, Maryland

Folder 12:        National Maritime Union: work sheets

Folder 13:        National Maritime Union: Photographs

 

Folder 14:        Neborak, Robert and Therese;

 

 

Box 22: Newark-New York Life

 

Folders 1-2:     Newark Beth Israel Hospital

Folder 3:          Newhouse, Clyde Jr.

Folder 4:          Newhouse, Mrs. Donald  [see also photos in Series II]

Folder 5:          Newhouse, S. I.

Folder 6:          Newman, Barnett

Folder 7:          New York Academy of Medicine

Folder 8:          New-York Historical Society [see also separate folder of photos]

Folder 9:          New York Hospital

Folder 10:        New York Life Insurance Co. (includes photos)

 

 

Box 23: New York University-Otteson

 

Folder 1:          New York University

Folders 2-4:     New York Zoological Society (includes photos)

Folder 5:          Nolan, Anthony;

Noland, Cornelia;

Noland, Kenneth

Folder 6:          North Carolina Museum of Art;

North East Document Conservation Center;

Folders 7-9:     Norton Gallery and School of Art

Folder 10:        Novotel Hotel

Folder 11:        Olbrisch, Anja, and Mr. T. Baldenius;

Onnasch, Reinhardt: photos;

Orlikov, Yuri

Folder 12:        Ossorio, A.: estate

Folder 13:        Otteson, Nanette

 

 

Box 24: Oul- Pennoyer

 

Folder 1:          Oulmann, Phyllis

Folder 2:          Pall, William (William Pall Gallery);

Folder 3:          Park International Inc.’

Parks, Gordon

Folder 4:          Parrish Museum

Folder 5:          Peck, David W.;

Peck, Norman;

                        Pellizzi, Francis

Folder 6:          Penniman, L. Merrill;

Pennoyer, Russell P.

 

 

Box 25: Pennsylvania-Powers

 

Folder 1:          Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts;

                        Perlbinder, Mark and Steve;

                        Perlis, Don;

                        Peskin, Robert;

                        Petschek, Thomas H.

Folder 2:          Phelps, Eleanor

Folders 3-5:     Philip Morris, Inc.: Haas murals and other paintings [see also separately filed photos]

Folder 6:          Pigott, J.S.G.;

                        Platt, Stuart D.

Folder 7:          Plymouth Church of the Pilgrims (Brooklyn)

Folder 8:          Podell, D.

                        Podolsky, Diane

Folder 9:          Poindexter, E. G. (Poindexter Gallery);

                        Polan, Susan E.;

                        Pollack, Thomas C.;

                        Pollock, Louise;

                        Poppenhausen Institute;

                        Post, William G.;

                        Potamkin, Meyer;

                        Pousette-Dart, Richard and Evelyn

                        Power, Mrs. T., Jr.

Folder 10:        Powers, John [see also separately filed photos]

 

 

Box 26: Predovich-Reis

 

Folder 1:          Predovich, Milan E.;

                        Preminger, Otto;

                        Press Brenner Communications;

                        Press, Leonard L.;

Folder 2:          Princeton Club of New York

Folders 3-4:     Prospect Park Zoo

Folder 5:          Protech, Max Gallery;

                        Prown, Jules David

Folder 6:          Prudential Insurance Company

Folder 7:          Public School 72 (Bronx, N.Y.): estimate only

Folder 8:          Putnam, Mrs. James;

                        Putnam, W.A.

Folder 9:          Queens Hospital: estimate only

Folder 10:        Queens Museum

Folder 11:        Queensbridge Housing Project (Queens, N.Y.): estimate only

Folder 12:        Racionzer, Joseph L.;

                        Rauschenberg, Robert;

                        Reeves, Joan;

                        Reisman, Harvey

 

 

Box 27: Republic-Richter

 

Folders 1-2:     Republic National Bank of New York

Folders 3-4:     Resnick and Sons, Inc.

Folder 4:          Richard Feigen Gallery

Folders 6-7:     Richter, Horace

 

 

Box 28: Ritter-Saint B

 

Folder 1:          Ritter, John B.;

                        Robert Miller Gallery;

                        Roby, Joseph;

Roffman, Sidney;

Rogers, Jay;

Rogers, Paul

Folder 2:          Rosen Perry Preston Inc.

Folders 3-4:     Roth Painting Co.: project: New Amsterdam Theater

Folder 5:          Rubin, Ida

Folder 6:          Rust, Barry;

                        Rutland Gallery (London; for Kenneth Noladn, Morris Louis, et al.)

                        Saeki, Hiroko (Hiroko Saeki Inc.);

                        Safir, Alan;

                        Saglio, David

Folder 7:          St Bartholomew’s Church (New York City): estimate only

 

 

Box 29: Saint J-Seagram

 

Folder 1:          St. John’s University

Folder 2:          Saint Louis Art Museum/Southwest Museum

                        [note: folder was labeled Southwest Museum, but correspondence was with Saint Louis Art Museum]

Folder 3:          St. Luke’s Hospital (New York City)

Folder 4:          St. Paul the Apostle Church (New York City): estimate only

Folder 5:          Saint Peter and Saint Paul Church

Folder 6:          Saint Regis Hotel

Folder 7:          St. Thomas Episcopal Church (New York City)

Folder 8:          Salomon Brothers;

                        Sasson, Cesar;

                        Scalamandre, Inc.;

                        Scheuer, Jo;

                        Schneider, David

Folder 9:          Schoettle, Enid Curtis Bok (through Nanette Otteson)

Folder 10:        Schulhof, R. B.

Folder 11:        Schwartz, Estelle;

                        Schwartz, Eugene

Folder 12:        Seagram Collection

 

 

Box 30:  Segalla-Snug

 

Folder 1:             Segalla, Mark;

Selwyn Theater (with Jay Cardinal)

720 Fort Washington Avenue Building (New York City)

Folder 2:          Shalders, Alan;

Shearson Lehman Brothers;

Shell Oil Co.

Folder 3:          Sherman, David Lee;

                        Shickler, Aaron;

Simon, John;

Simpson, Sharon

Folder 4:          Sisler, William

Folder 4:          Skore, Philip;

Smith, Dana;

Smith, Todd;

Smith, William F.

Folder 6:          Smith International Adjustors Inc.

Folder 7:          Smithsonian Institute;

Smotrich, David

Folder 8:          Snug Harbor Cultural Center (Staten Island)

 

 

Box 31: Sonnabend-Squibb

 

Folder 1:          Sonnabend Gallery ;

Sotheby

Folder 2:          Soyer, Raphael;

Speir, Lydia;

Spiegel, Sam

 

Folder 3:          Squibb Building (745 Fifth Avenue): contract and information about building

Folder 4:          Squibb Building: Correspondence

Folder 5:          Squibb Building: diagrams of mural

Folder 6:          Squibb Building: Invoices

Folder 7:          Squibb Building: murals by Arthur Covey: conservation survey

Folder 9:          Squibb Building: murals by Arthur Covey: photos and diagram

Folder 10:        Squibb Building: painting instructions

Folder 11:        Squibb Building: work sheets

Folders 12-13: Squibb Building: Photographs and negatives

 

 

Box 32: Staten-United Illuminating

 

Folder 1:          Staten Island Museum;

Steinberg, Michael;

                        Stella, Frank;

                        Sterling, Bryan;

Stern, Daniel

Stevens, Whitney

Folder 2:          Stienberg, Steven;

Straus,  Flora Stieglitz;

Sullivan, Joan;

Swain, Robert;

Swope, James;

Sylvia Leonard Wolf, Inc.

Syz, Oric

Folder 3:          Tanning, Dorothea;

Tate Gallery

Tenney, Warren;

Folder 4:          Texaco (condition survey only)

Folder 5:          Thomas, Gladys;

Thomas, Katrina;

Thomas Segal Gallery

Folder 6:          Thompson, Robinson, Toraby Inc.;

                        Thomson, Virgil;

                        Tifft, Philip

Folder 7:          Times Square Church (Mark Hellinger Theater Building) (New York City): estimate only

Folder 8:          Torczyner, Harry;

Trafford, John;

Trask, Elsie

                        Trotzky, Lewis

           

Folder 9:          United Illuminating Co. (New Haven, Conn.): contract

                        [see also separate folder of photos in Series II]

Folders 10-11: United Illuminating Co. (New Haven, Conn.): Correspondence

Folder 12:        United Illuminating Co. (New Haven, Conn.): murals: conservation report and estimate

 

Box 33: United States-Weis, A.

 

Folders 1-2:     United States Department of Interior

Folder 3:          United States General Services Administration  (New York City): estimate only

Folder 4:          University Club (New York City);

                        University Gallery of Art (Columbus, Ohio)

Folder 5:          Van Deusen, Hobart

Folder 6:          Van Witt, Peggy;

                        Vanderwoude Tananbaum Gallery;

                        Vasarely Center;

                        von Ribbentrop, B.;

von Wentzel, Bogislav;

Waddington Galleries

Folder 7:          Walker Art Center (Minneapolis)

Folder 8:          Walwilhal Associates

Folder 9:          Washington Irving High School (New York City)

Folder 10:        Wasserman, Helene;

Waxman, Samuel;

Wechsler Ross and Partners Inc.

Folder 11:        Weis, Albert: Frankenthal painting

Folder 12:        Weis, Albert, and Sikorski: Soulages painting

 

 

Box 34: Weiss-Williamsburg Housing

 

Folder 1:          Weiss, Jay

Folder 2:          Whitney, David

Folder 3:          Whitney Museum of American Art;

Folder 4:          Wilford, Nancy;

Williams, Andy;

 

Folder 5:          Williamsburg Housing Authority (WHA): murals project

Folder 6:          WHA: Murals project: “A Legacy Regained” and symposium announcement

Folder 7:          WHA: script for video; texts of talks

Folder 8:          WHA: Contract

Folder 9:          WHA: invoices

Folder 10:        WHA: mural project time sheets

Folder 11:        WHA: work on murals; diagrams of layers

 

 

Box 35:  Williamsburg Housing Authority Project

 

Folder 1:          WHA: Mural by Ilya Bolotowsky

Folder 2:          WHA: Mural by Ilya Bolotowsky: photograph report

Folder 3:          WHA: Mural by Balcomb Greene: reports

Folder 4:          WHA: murals by Paul Kelpe: reports

Folder 5:          WHA: mural by Albert Swinden: diagram

 

 

Box 36:  Williamsburg Housing Authority Project

 

Folders 1-2:     WHA: mural by Albert Swinden: reports

 

Folders 3-4:     WHA: Correspondence, 1986-1990  

Folder 5:          WHA: paint samples

Folder 6:          WHA: color transparencies

Folder 7:          WHA: videotape: “The Lost Murals of Williamsburg”

 

 

Box 37: Wilmington-Yale 

 

Folder 1:          Wilmington Savings Fund Society (WSFS); 

Witty, Mrs.;

Folder 2:          Wood, Ermelinda

Folder 3:          Woolums, Sharon;

Workman, David;

                        Yacona, Joel

Folder 4:          Yale Club (New York City)