1949–1991

Solo Exhibitions

Solo and Group Exhibition subseries comprise the bulk of the series and includes correspondence, writings, catalogues, brochures, publicity, condition reports, shipment forms, work lists, and notes. This subseries reveals Anni Albers’s career exhibiting her weavings, prints and jewelry. Of note among the exhibition files are materials relating to a major solo exhibition, “Anni Albers: Textiles,” at the Museum of Modern Art in New York in 1949, the first solo textile show at the Museum of Modern Art, and the traveling exhibition “Pictorial Weavings” in 1959–1960. Comprising the bulk of the subseries is material documenting the solo exhibition, “The Woven and Graphic Art of Anni Albers,” at the Renwick Gallery of the National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C. in 1985–1986; and the subsequent traveling exhibition and publication, The Woven and Graphic Art of Anni Albers for which several individuals contributed essays. Among the group exhibition files, highlights include materials pertaining to the exhibitions “Anni Albers and Alex Reed: Exhibition of Necklaces,” Willard Gallery in New York in 1941; “Josef and Anni Albers: Paintings, Tapestries and Woven Textiles,” at the Wadsworth Atheneum in Hartford, CT in 1953 and “Gunta Stölzl and Anni Albers,” at the Museum of Modern Art in New York in 1990.

Description

Folder

- September 14–October 30 1949 “Anni Albers: Textiles,” Museum of
  Modern Art, New York (traveling exhibition). Press release
  Dates
  1949
  Box
  17
  Folder
  1
- 1959–1960 “Pictorial weavings,” traveling exhibition Yale University
  Art Gallery and MIT’s The New Gallery. Catalogues, invitation,
  exhibition list, press release and photographs
  [see Box 12 Folder 16]
  Dates
  1959–1960
  Box
  17
  Folder
  2
- October 24–November 15 1969 “Anni Albers: Lithographs and
  Screenprints 1963–1969,” Retina Gallery, Cambridge, MA.
  Brochure
  Dates
  1969
  Box
  17
  Folder
  3
- July 1970 New acquisitions, Art Institute of Chicago. Receipt
  and publicity
  Dates
  1970
  Box
  17
  Folder
  4
- November 4–24 1970 “Anni Albers,” Earl Hall Gallery, Southern
  Connecticut State College, New Haven, CT. Invitation
  Dates
  1970
  Box
  17
  Folder
  5
- January 20–February 28 1971 “Anni Albers: Lithographs and
  Screenprints,” Carlson Library, University of Bridgeport,
  Bridgeport, CT. Brochure, list and publicity
  Dates
  1971
  Box
  17
  Folder
  6
- September 30–October 27 1973 “Anni Albers: Drawings,
  Prints, Pictorial Weavings,” Pollock Gallery, Toronto.
  Invitations and brochures.
  Dates
  1973
  Box
  17
  Folder
  7
- July–August 1975 “Anni Albers: Bildweberei-Zeichnung-Druckgrafik,”
  Kunstmuseum, Düsseldorf. Publicity and invitation
  Dates
  1975
  Box
  17
  Folder
  8
- September 5–November 23 1975 “Anni Albers:
  Bildweberei-Zeichnung-Druckgrafik, “ Bauhaus-Archiv, Berlin.
  Publicity and invitation
  Dates
  1977
  Box
  17
  Folder
  9
- January 12–30 1977 “Anni Albers,” Lantern Gallery, Ann Arbor, MI.
  Invitations
  Dates
  1977
  Box
  17
  Folder
  10
- October 1 1977–November 11 1977 “Anni Albers: Drawings and
  Prints,” Brooklyn Museum. Catalogue drafts, publicity,
  photographs and slides
  Dates
  1977
  Box
  17
  Folder
  11
- October 14–November 12 1977 “Anni Albers: Prints,” Zabriskie
  Gallery, New York. Invitation and publicity, concurrent with
  Brooklyn Museum exhibition
  Dates
  1977
  Box
  17
  Folder
  12
- October 1–October 26 1978 “Anni Albers: Drawings and Graphics,"
  Pollock Gallery, Toronto. Invitation and publicity
  Dates
  1978
  Box
  17
  Folder
  13
- December 10 1978–January 14 1979 "Anni Albers, Graphics,"
  Katonah Gallery, Katonah, NY. Brochure, publicity
  Dates
  1979
  Box
  17
  Folder
  14
- October 21–November 3 1978 “Anni Albers: Recent, Work,”
  Pollock Gallery, Toronto. Invitations
  Dates
  1978
  Box
  17
  Folder
  15
- March 5–30 1979 “Anni Albers: Graphics,” Paul Klapper Library,
  Queens College, Flushing, NY. Brochure
  Dates
  1979
  Box
  17
  Folder
  16
- April 1979 Monmouth Museum, Brookdale Community College,
  Lincroft, NJ. Publicity (includes letter from AA to New York Times)
  Dates
  1979
  Box
  17
  Folder
  17
- October 3–26 1979 “Graphic Work by Anni Albers,” Hartford Art
  School. Invitation and publicity
  Dates
  1979
  Box
  17
  Folder
  18
- January 3–13 1980 Mattatuck Museum, Waterbury, CT. Publicity
  Dates
  1980
  Box
  17
  Folder
  19
- February–March 1980 “Anni Albers: Prints and Drawings,”
  University Art Gallery, University of California at Riverside.
  List and publicity
  Dates
  1980
  Box
  17
  Folder
  20
- March 29–April 23 1980 “Anni Albers: Prints 1963–1979,” Alice
  Simsar Gallery, Ann Arbor (formerly Lantern Gallery).
  Invitations and publicity
  Dates
  1980
  Box
  17
  Folder
  21
- January 9–February 7 1982 “Anni Albers: Prints,” Silvermine
  Gallery, New Canaan, CT. Invitations and calendars, 1982
  Dates
  1982
  Box
  17
  Folder
  22
- November 20–December 18 1983 “Anni Albers: Printmaker,”
  Carlson Gallery, University of Bridgeport, Bridgeport, CT.
  Lists and invitation
  Dates
  1983
  Box
  17
  Folder
  23
- September 23–November 2 1984 “Anni Albers: Silkscreen
  Prints,” Artists Signature Gallery, New Haven. Brochures,
  invitations and publicity
  Dates
  1984
  Box
  17
  Folder
  24
- Publicity
  Dates
  1967, 1974
  Box
  17
  Folder
  25
- February 17–March 3 1980 “Anni Albers: Evolving Systems,”
  Morris Museum of Arts and Sciences, Convent, NJ. Catalogues,
  invitations and photographs
  Dates
  1980
  Box
  17
  Folder
  26
June 12 1985–January 6 1986 "The Woven and Graphic Art
of Anni Albers," Renwick Gallery of the National Museum
of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC
- Correspondence, project description and photocopies of AA's work
  Dates
  1981–1982
  Box
  22
  Folder
  1
- Correspondence, exhibition proposal and lists of work
  Dates
  1983
  Box
  22
  Folder
  2
- Correspondence
  Dates
  1984
  Box
  22
  Folder
  3
- Correspondence
  Dates
  1985
  Box
  22
  Folder
  4
- Correspondence
  Dates
  1986
  Box
  22
  Folder
  5
- Correspondence regarding publicity
  Dates
  1985
  Box
  22
  Folder
  6
- Crafts Magazine, “Thoroughly Modern Anni,” May/June 1985,
  tearsheets
  Dates
  1985
  Box
  22
  Folder
  7
- American Craft, June/July 1985
  Dates
  1985
  Box
  22
  Folder
  8
- House and Garden, “Weaving Wonders,” by Nicholas Fox Weber
  Dates
  1985
  Box
  22
  Folder
  9
- WETA broadcast review transcript (includes letter
  from Dorothy Yanik)
  Dates
  1986
  Box
  22
  Folder
  10
- Publicity clippings
  Dates
  1985–1986
  Box
  22
  Folder
  11
- Publicity photocopies
  Dates
  1985–1986
  Box
  22
  Folder
  12
- Certificate of insurance
  Dates
  1986
  Box
  23
  Folder
  1
- Loan agreements
  Dates
  1984–1985
  Box
  23
  Folder
  2
- Lists of works
  Dates
  1984–1985
  Box
  23
  Folder
  3
- Receipts for incoming objects and shipping documents
  Dates
  1984–1985
  Box
  23
  Folder
  4
- Correspondence, notes, receipts and confirmations
  at the Hay Adams Hotel
  Dates
  1985
  Box
  23
  Folder
  5
- Exhibition opening invitations, responses and
  miscellaneous materials
  Dates
  1985
  Box
  23
  Folder
  6
- Pamphlet catalogue of the exhibition
  Dates
  1985
  Box
  23
  Folder
  7
- Photocopies of weaving photographs
  Dates
  1985
  Box
  23
  Folder
  8
- Thank-You correspondence regarding exhibition
  Dates
  1985
  Box
  23
  Folder
  9
- AA design scarf for sale with exhibition,
  correspondence, catalogues, and fabric samples
  Dates
  1985–1986
  Box
  23
  Folder
  10
- Washington Fashion Group “Celebrating Anni Albers” fashion
  show, correspondence, AA statement, invitations, program
  and clipping (organized with G Street Fabrics)
  Dates
  1984
  Box
  23
  Folder
  11
- Correspondence and invitations regarding Mrs. Johnson Garrett
  luncheon and New York Stock Exchange Dinner
  Dates
  1985
  Box
  23
  Folder
  12
- Press releases
  Dates
  1985
  Box
  23
  Folder
  13
- Correspondence regarding response to exhibitions
  and AA’s birthday
  Dates
  1985
  Box
  23
  Folder
  14
Traveling exhibition “The Woven and Graphic Art
of Anni Albers”
- Traveling exhibition itinerary
  Dates
  1986
  Box
  24
  Folder
  1
- Yale University Art Gallery
  Yale University Art Gallery, correspondence and opening invitation list
  Dates
  1985–1986
  Box
  24
  Folder
  2
- Yale University Art Gallery
  Invitations, brochures and catalogue
  Dates
  1986
  Box
  24
  Folder
  3
- Yale University Art Gallery
  Correspondence regarding response to the the exhibition
  Dates
  1986
  Box
  24
  Folder
  4
- Yale University Art Gallery
  Notes from local school children
  Dates
  1986
  Box
  24
  Folder
  5
- Yale University Art Gallery
  Publicity
  Dates
  1986
  Box
  24
  Folder
  6
- Ackland Art Museum, Chapel Hill, NC, correspondence and publicity
  Dates
  1986
  Box
  24
  Folder
  7
- Portland Art Museum and Oregon School of Arts and Crafts,
  Portland, OR. Correspondence, publicity and invitations
  Dates
  1986
  Box
  24
  Folder
  8–9
- Frederick S. Wight Gallery, Los Angeles, correspondence
  Dates
  1986
  Box
  24
  Folder
  10
- Exhibition and UCLA Art Council symposium "Anni Albers:
  Printmaker and Weaver," publicity
  Dates
  1986
  Box
  24
  Folder
  11
The Woven and Graphic Art of Anni Albers. Essays by
Nicholas Fox Weber, Mary Jane Jacob and Richard S. Field.
Washington D.C. Smithsonian Institution Press, 1985
Smithsonian Institution Press | 1983–1985
- Introduction by Lloyd Herman, typescript photocopy
  Dates
  1983
  Box
  25
  Folder
  1
- Essay by Anni Albers, handwritten, typescript and photocopy
  drafts
  Dates
  1984
  Box
  25
  Folder
  2
- Essay by Nicholas Fox Weber, handwritten, typescript and typescript
  photocopy drafts (includes correspondence with Smithsonian
  Institution Press an contract)
  Dates
  1983
  Box
  25
  Folder
  3
- Typescript photocopy fragment with plate and figure descriptions
  and Nicholas Fox Weber essay gallery photocopy
  Dates
  1983–1984
  Box
  25
  Folder
  4
- Essay by Mary Jane Jacob, typescript photocopy drafts and
  correspondence
  Dates
  1983–1984
  Box
  25
  Folder
  5
- Essay by Richard Field, typescript and typescript photocopy
  drafts with handwritten corrections
  Dates
  1983
  Box
  25
  Folder
  6
- Typescript photocopy of dust jacket text and figure and plate
  descriptions
  Dates
  1985
  Box
  25
  Folder
  7
- Press correspondence with invoices
  Dates
  1985–1994
  Box
  25
  Folder
  8
- Permissions correspondence
  Dates
  1983–1985
  Box
  25
  Folder
  9
- Catalogues and ads
  Dates
  1985–1988
  Box
  25
  Folder
  10
- Reviews and ads
  Dates
  1985–1991
  Box
  25
  Folder
  11

Solo Exhibitions

June 12 1985–January 6 1986 "The Woven and Graphic Artof Anni Albers," Renwick Gallery of the National Museumof American Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC

Traveling exhibition “The Woven and Graphic Artof Anni Albers”

The Woven and Graphic Art of Anni Albers. Essays byNicholas Fox Weber, Mary Jane Jacob and Richard S. Field.Washington D.C. Smithsonian Institution Press, 1985Smithsonian Institution Press | 1983–1985

June 12 1985–January 6 1986 "The Woven and Graphic Art
of Anni Albers," Renwick Gallery of the National Museum
of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC

Traveling exhibition “The Woven and Graphic Art
of Anni Albers”

The Woven and Graphic Art of Anni Albers. Essays by
Nicholas Fox Weber, Mary Jane Jacob and Richard S. Field.
Washington D.C. Smithsonian Institution Press, 1985
Smithsonian Institution Press | 1983–1985