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George Tooker papers, circa 1851-2010

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Series 1: Biographical Material , circa 1920-2005
0.7 Linear feet
Boxes 1, 5

Biographical material consists of membership and travel documents, writings on and by Tooker on his circle, an address book, resume, and papers regarding Tooker's education. Also included are biographical material related to Tooker's partner William Christopher who passed in 1973. A 1978 interview with Vermont Public radio on two sound reels is also featured.
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Baby Book, 1920
1
1
High School Diploma, Phillips Academy, 1938
1
2
Educational Documents, 1938, 1957
1
3
U.S. Marine Corps Service Documents, 1942
1
4
U.S. Passports, 1949-1997
1
5
VT Drivers License, 1984
1
6
Résumé, circa 1960
1
7
Membership Documents, 1932, 1968
1
8
Museum Memberships, circa 1970s-2005
1
9
Affidavit of George C. Tooker Jr. for sponsorship of Jose Perez visit to U.S., 1971
1
10
Land Survey for Brookhaven, Suffolk Co., NY, 1981
1
11
Essay on George Tooker by Robert Isaacson, circa 1950s-1970s
1
12
Biographical Sketch for George Tooker, circa 1980s
1
13
Poems dedicated to George Tooker, 1980, 2000
1
14
Lecture Typescript on George Tooker, circa 1990s
1
15
Tribute to Paul Cadmus by George Tooker, American Academy of Arts and Letters (Nov. 14, 2000), 2000
1
16
Statement on George Tooker by Paul Cadmus "The Proper Study of Mankind is Man", 1997
1
17
"On Being an Artist" by Gloria Brancaleoni, circa 1970s-1990s
1
18
Journal, Garden Notes, circa 1978-1982
1
19
Journal, Addresses, Recipes, circa 1980s
1
20
Address Book, undated
1
21
Holy Bible, circa 1981
1
22
Journal of William Christopher, Europe, circa 1946
1
23
Journal of William Christopher, circa 1971-1973
1
24
Journal of William Christopher, Artwork Inventory, Photography Log, circa 1970
1
25
William Christopher, U.S. Navy Certificate of Discharge, 1943
1
26
William Christopher Résumé, circa 1970
1
27
Interview of G. Tooker by Frank Anthony for Vermont Public Radio, Legendry Program, 1978
2 Sound tape reels
Includes 2 sound reels and one letter
1
28
Governor's Award for Excellence in the Arts, VT, 1983
1
29
National Medal of the Arts, Letter and Medal, 2007
1
30
National Medal of the Arts, Certificate, 2007
5
1
Notes, circa 1960s-1990s
5
31
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Series 2: Correspondence , circa 1932-2010
1.2 Linear feet
Boxes 1-2, Oversize 7

Correspondence is with friends, colleagues, and organizations. Correspondents include Isabel Bishop, Paul Cadmus, Walter Bachinski, William Christopher, Otto Dix, Jared and Margaret French, Ralph Ginzburg, Xavier Gonzalez, Robert Isaacson, Edward Laning, Lincoln Kirstein, Lee Nordness, Bernard Perlin, Joan Peterson, Theodore Stamos, Bridget Tichenor, and others. Also included are family correspondence and correspondence regarding the Estate of William Christopher.
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Addison Gallery of American Art, 1996
1
32
American Academy of Arts and Letters, circa 1994-2001
7
Paul Cadmus, circa 1948-1995
1
33
Estate of William Christopher, circa 1960-1982
1
34
Bridget Bate Tichenor, circa 1973-1988
1
35
To William Chistopher, 1971
1
36
From G. Tooker's Mother, circa 1949-1960
1
37
Correspondence, 1932-1949
1
38
Correspondence, 1950-1955
1
39
Correspondence, 1956-1958
1
40
Correspondence, 1959-1960
1
41
Correspondence, 1961-1962
1
42
Correspondence, 1963
1
43
Correspondence, 1964
1
44
Correspondence, 1965
1
45
Correspondence, 1966
1
46-47
Correspondence, 1967
2
1-3
Correspondence, 1968
2
4-6
Correspondence, 1969
2
7
Correspondence, 1970
2
8
Correspondence, 1971
2
9-10
Correspondence, 1972
2
11
Correspondence, 1973
2
12
Correspondence, 1974-1979
2
13
Correspondence, 1980-1985
2
14
Correspondence, 1986
2
15
Correspondence, 1987
2
16
Correspondence, 1988-1990
2
17
Correspondence, 1991-1993
2
18
Correspondence, 1994-1995
2
19
Correspondence, 1996-1998
2
20
Correspondence, 1999-2003
2
21
Correspondence, 2005-2010
2
22
Correspondence, undated
2
23-26
Unsent Correspondence, circa 1940s-2009
2
27
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Series 3: Project Files , circa 1935-1968
0.3 Linear feet
Boxes 2-3, 6

Project files document Tooker's commissions including the set and costume design for Gian-Carlo Menotti's opera The Saint of Bleecker Street and Tooker's participation in the selection of candidates for the Vestris Prize for Choreography. Files contain correspondence, business documents, printed ephemera, sketches, photographs, three volumes of vocal scores, and textile samples.
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Agreements, Art Students' League (New York, N.Y.), 1965-1967
2
28
Commission, NASA, 1968
2
29
Commission, The Saint of Bleecker Street, 1953-1955
(Includes photographs, sketches, and vocal scores)
2
30-35
Set Design Agreement, The Saint of Bleeker Street, Teatro alla Scala, Milan, 1955
3
1
Vocal Scores, The Saint of Bleecker Street, 1953-1955
6
Committee of Judges for the Vestris Prize, 1966-1968
3
2-3
Miscellaneous Projects, 1939-1967
3
4
Textile samples, undated
3
5
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Series 4: Gallery Records , circa 1960-2009
.3 Linear feet
Box 3

Gallery records include business correspondence and consignments with various key galleries in Tooker's career spanning the 1960s to the end of his career including D.C. Moore Gallery, Marisa Del Re Gallery, and Durlacher Bros..
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D.C. Moore Gallery, circa 1996-2009
3
6
Durlacher Bros., 1966-1969
3
7
Frank K.M. Rehn, Inc. American Paintings, 1968-1978
3
8
George Dix Paintings and Drawings, 1968-1970
3
9
Marisa Del Re Gallery, circa 1982-1998
3
10
Miscellaneous Business Documents, 1960-1973
3
11
Inventory with Provenance, circa 1970-1990
3
12
Peintures Ltd. (William Christopher), 1968
3
13
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Series 5: Exhibition Records , circa 1967-2009
.3 Linear feet
Box 3

Exhibition records include documents regarding the organization of several select exhibition in Tooker's career including an early retrospective at the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco (1974) and a later traveling retrospective from 2008-2009.
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Dartmouth College, Hopkins Center Art Galleries (Summer 1967), 1967
3
14
Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, Retrospective (1974), circa 1974
3
15
George Tooker: Paintings and Working Drawings, University of Richmond Marsh Gallery (Jul.-Sep. 1989), 1989
3
16
Cadmus, French, and Tooker: The Early Years, Whitney Museum of American Art at Philip Morris (Mar.-May 1990), circa 1990
3
17
Reality and Dream: The Art of George Tooker, The Ogunquit Museum of American Art (Aug.-Sep. 1996), 1996
3
18
Traveling Retrospective, National Academy of Art (Oct. 2008-Jan. 2009), 2007-2008
3
19
Traveling Retrospective, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (Jan.-Apr. 2009), 2006-2009
3
20
Traveling Retrospective, Guest Book, circa 2009
3
21
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Series 6: Printed Material , circa 1851-2010
0.5 Linear feet
Boxes 3, 5

Printed material consists of invitations, press releases, news clippings and exhibition catalogs documenting the careers of both George Tooker and William Christopher.
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Book, Conversations with Artists by Selden Rodman, 1957
3
22
Book, The Floral Wreath: An Offering of Friendship, 1851
3
23
Invitations and Announcements, circa 1942-1970
3
24
Magazines and Journals, 1954-1968
3
25
News Clippings, circa 1956-1990s
3
26-27
News Clippings, circa 1980s-1990s
5
2
Press Releases, 1946, 1966
3
28
Scrapbooks, 1945-1951
3
29
William Christopher Invitations and Announcements, circa 1952-1972
3
30
William Christopher Exhibition Catalogs, circa 1957-1969
3
31
William Christopher News Clippings, circa 1952-1967
3
32
William Christopher Miscellaneous Printed Material, circa 1977
3
33
Miscellaneous Printed Material, circa 1965-2010
3
34
Commercial Printing Featuring George Tooker Reproductions, 1987, 1989
5
3
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Series 7: Artwork and Sketchbook , circa 1932-2009
0.7 Linear feet
Boxes 3, 5, 8

Artwork includes numerous sketchbooks, loose drawings, and sketches from Tooker's studies at the Art Students' League in the mid 1940s, in addition to an early ex-libris print created by Tooker in his youth. Also included is a sketchbook by William Christopher. Also included is a study for the 1950 painting The Subway, in the collection of the Whitney Museum of American Art.
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Study for The Subway,(Watercolor and Pencil on Board), circa 1950
5
4
Painting, Oil on Board, circa 1930
8
1
Drawings and Sketches, Reginald Marsh's Class, Art Students' League, 1944-1945
3
35-41
Drawings and Sketches, Reginald Marsh's Class, Art Students' League (Pen and Watercolor on Paper), circa 1944
8
2-4
Drawings and Sketches, Reginald Marsh's Class, Art Students' League (Charcoal on Paper), circa 1944
8
5
Sketchbook, Reginald Marsh's Class, Art Students' League, circa 1943-1944
5
5
Sketchbooks, Reginald Marsh's Class, Art Students' League, circa 1943-1944
8
6-10
Sketchbooks, Student Work, circa 1941-1945
8
11
Sketchbooks, circa 1950
8
12
Ex Libris by George Tooker, 1932
3
42
William Christopher Sketchbook, circa 1960s
3
43
Copies of Paul Cadmus Study of Francisco, by Ernest M. and Philip, circa 2009
3
44
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Series 8: Photographs , circa 1900-2010
1.1 Linear feet
Boxes 4-5, 8

Photographic materials depict Tooker's family life as well as his early artistic collaborations depicted in a number of black and white photographs taken by George Platt Lynes and PaJaMa in the mid to late 1940s. A majority of the photographs depict artists and friends, among them: George Tooker and his companion William Christopher, Paul Cadmus, Jared and Margaret French, Lincoln and Fidelma Kirstein, Glenway Wescott, Monroe Wheeler, and Bridget Tichenor. Other photographs are of Tooker building his home, gardening, and working in his studio in Hartland, Vermont. Also included are installation views from the exhibition Painting in the United States (1949) at the Carnegie Institute in Pennsylvania. There are also a fair amount of photographs, transparencies, slides and negatives documenting artwork from both the studios of George Tooker and his late partner William Christopher.
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G. Tooker Childhood Photographs, circa 1920-1935
4
1
G. Tooker Childhood Photographs, circa 1921-1942
8
13
G. Tooker Family Photographs, Reprints, circa 1900-2005
4
2
Photographs of Friends and Family, circa 1945-2010
4
3
Photographs of George Tooker, Hartland, Vermont, circa 1957-1958
(Includes studio views)
4
4
Photograph of George Tooker, Hartland, Vermont, circa 1957
8
14
Studio and Home in Hartland, Vermont, circa 1958-1973
4
5-6
Photographs by PaJaMa, Nantucket, Massachusetts, 1946
4
7
Photographs by PaJaMa, Provincetown, Massachusetts, 1947
4
8
Photographs by PaJaMa, Rome and Venice, Italy, 1948
4
9
Photographs by PaJaMa, Various Locations, circa 1940s
8
15-18
Photographs of Artists by George Platt Lynes, circa 1940s
4
10-11
Photographs of Artists by George Platt Lynes, circa 1940s
4
12
Photographs of Artists by George Platt Lynes, circa 1940s
4
13-16
Photographs of Bureau by George Tooker, undated
4
17
Photographs of George Tooker and Others, circa 1930-1970
4
18-20
Photographs of George Tooker and Paul Cadmus, 1947-1948
4
21
Photographs of George Tooker and Installation View, undated
4
22
Photographs of George Tooker, circa 1950-2000
4
23
George Tooker and William Christopher with Dog, circa 1971
4
24
George Tooker Passport Photographs, circa 1970
4
25
William Christopher Passport Photographs, circa 1970
4
26
Photographs of William Christopher, circa 1949-1972
4
27
Phillips Academy Class of 1938 Reunion Photograph, circa 1990s
4
28
Group Portrait, Young George Tooker at Two Seasons Summer Camp, circa 1930
5
6
Installation Photographs, Painting in the United States (1949), Carnegie Institute, 1947-1949
(Includes installation views and related material)
4
29
Photographs of Artwork by G. Tooker, circa 1960s-1970s
4
30
Transparencies and Slides of Artwork by G. Tooker, circa 1960-2000
4
31
Contact Sheets and Negatives of Artwork by G. Tooker, W. Christopher, circa 1970
4
32
Photographs and Contact Sheets of William Christopher Artwork, circa 1960s-1970s
4
33
Slides of Artwork by William Christopher, circa 1960s-1972
4
34
Negatives and Transparencies of William Christopher Artwork, circa 1950-1970
4
35
Photographs of Furniture, Cabinets by William Christopher, circa 1950s
4
36
Photographs of Student Artwork, W. Christopher Student at Dartmouth College, circa 1968
4
37
Miscellaneous Photographs, circa 1959-1968
4
38
Miscellaneous Artwork Photographs, circa 1960s-2009
4
39

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