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Scope and Contents
The Stewart Klonis papers measure 3.1 linear feet and date from circa 1886-1983.
Biographical material includes Klonis' resume, various awards and certificates, and a file including materials on Bernard Klonis. Correspondence is with Romare Bearden, Martha Bloom, Peter Blume, Louis Bosa, Homer Boss, Frank Vincent DuMond, George Grosz, Joseph Hirsch, Reginald Marsh, Kenneth Hayes Miller, William Zorach and others, as well as regarding the 1960s proxy vote for the Art Students League. Writings consist of notes, drafts, and typescripts of articles and speeches by Klonis and others. Personal business records contain files on the Art Students League containing a history of the league, correspondence and printed material about the election of the Board of Control, the annual scholarship balls and the testimonial dinner for Klonis, minutes of the Board of Control meetings, reports, and financial data and building modernization plans. Also included are materials relating to multiple other art organizations, artwork appraisals, and exhibition files.
Printed material consists of exhibition announcements and catalogs for the Art Students League and other exhibitions, clippings, and a scrapbook of clippings, exhibition catalogs, and photographs. Photographic material includes photographs of Klonis, his friends and colleagues, and the Art Students League Costume balls. Artwork includes sketches and collages by Homer Boss, Jose de Creeft, Frank Vincent DuMond, Xavier Gonzales, William Zorach, Martha Bloom, Robert B. Hale, Beatrix Sherman, and others.
Language
English
Immediate Source of Acquisition
The Stewart Klonis papers were donated in 1983 by Stewart Klonis.
Related Materials
The Archives of American Art also holds two oral history interviews conducted 1970 February 3, by Paul Cummings and by Bruce Hooton in 1965.
Funding
Sponsor
The processing of this collection received Federal support from the Smithsonian Collections Care and Preservation Fund, administered by the National Collections Program and the Smithsonian Collections Advisory Committee.
Processing Information
This collection was processed, and a finding aid prepared, by Allessandra Liberati in 2023.