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Archives of American Art Annual Benefit

Save the Date: October 29, 2009
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Sam Maloof (1916-2009)

Furniture designer and woodworker Sam Maloof passed away May 21, 2009. Read a 2002 oral history interview with Sam Maloof

Archives of American Art Journal

The most recent issue of the Archives of American Art Journal explores the influence of war on art and artists

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Save the Date: Annual Benefit to be held in NYC October 29, 2009

Join us for a salute to Richard Artschwager, Douglas S. Cramer, Jack Lenor Larsen and Klaus Kertess.

Learn more: Archives of American Art Annual Benefit

Ninth Annual Raymond Lecture, April 2009

Rackstraw Downes painting of PRESIDIO HORSE RACING ASSOCIATION TRACK, 3, LOOKING SOUTH AND WEST: THE NORTH HORSE SHELTER WITH THE END OF THE TRACK, 2006, Oil on canvas, 15 x 100 inches
Presidio Horse Racing Association Track, 3 Looking South and West: the North Horse Shelter with the End of the Track, 2006, Oil on canvas, 15 x 100 inches

The Ninth Annual Raymond Lecture on April 30, 2009 featured distinguished artist and guest speaker Rackstraw Downes. A group of Archives supporters and friends gathered at the Cosmopolitan Club to hear Mr. Downes speak on "Thoughts of a Painter."

[Photograph of Rackstraw Downes and Ellen Phelan]
Speaker Rackstraw Downes and Ellen Phelan

[Photograph of Gilbert Kinney, Betty Cuningham, and Klaus Ottman]
Gilbert Kinney, Betty Cuningham, and Klaus Ottman

[Photograph of Rachel Chatalbash and Sarah Holian, students in the CUNY Graduate Center's PhD program]
Rachel Chatalbash and Sarah Holian, students in the CUNY Graduate Center's PhD program