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| Visual Art, 1917-2003 (continued) | |||||||||||||
| Art Collection Files, 1923-2003 | |||||||||||||
| This subseries consists of materials documenting George Gershwin’s personal art collection. Included is correspondence with cousin and noted painter Henry Botkin on acquiring pieces from Europe, as well as receipts for sale and shipping and handling of the acquired pieces, exhibit and loan information, insurance documents and appraisals. | |||||||||||||
| Arranged alphabetically by subject. | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 203/3 | African sculptures: Exhibits and loans, 1959, 1961 | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 203/4 | Appraisals of art owned by Ira and Leonore Gershwin, 1936, 1961, 1988, and undated | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 203/5 | Art Commission of the City of Los Angeles: Exhibition of the Collection of Ira and Leonore Gershwin, 1952 | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 203/6-7 | Art purchased by George Gershwin, 1929-1936 | ||||||||||||
| Inventories; receipts | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 203/8 | The Arts Club of Chicago: Exhibition of the George Gershwin Collection of Modern Paintings, 1933 | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 203/12 | Calhern, Louis: Ceramic table of Ira Gershwin's song titles and memorabilia, undated | ||||||||||||
| Correspondence | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 203/9-11 | Botkin, Harry, with George Gershwin, 1931-1933 | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 203/13 | Gershwin, George, with others, 1931-1936 and undated | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 203/14 | Gershwin, Ira and Leonore, 1956, 1964-1966, 1974 | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 203/15 | The Downtown Gallery, New York, 1932 | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 203/16 | Galerie Zborowski, 1931, 1956 | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 203/17 | The George Gershwin Collection: Illustrated Checklist, 2000-2003 and undated | ||||||||||||
| Inventories | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 203/18 | George Gershwin's paintings, 1932-1938, 1963, 1994, and undated | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 203/19 | Insurance: Nicholas Volk and Co., Inc., 1933-1936 | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 203/20 | Inventory: Property of Ira and Leonore Gershwin, 1974 March 8 | ||||||||||||
| Note: Prepared by Sotheby Parke-Bernet | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 203/21 | Loans of artwork, 1929-1939 | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 203/22 | Loans of artwork, 1953-1956, 1975, and undated | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 203/23 | Miscellaneous, 1933, 1951, 1962-1966, and undated | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 203/24 | Paul Kantor Gallery and Frank Perls Gallery, 1964 | ||||||||||||
| Note: Exhibition titled "50 Years of Beverly Hills" | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 203/25 | Les Peintres Français Nouveaux, no. 15: Andre Derain, 1923 | ||||||||||||
| BOX 71, 501, 583, 585-586, 599 MAPCASE FOLDER 1-9 | Posters and Promotional Material, 1937-2009 | ||||||||||||
| This series chiefly consists of posters for the numerous iterations and revivals of Gershwin stage and film productions, both foreign and domestic; less in number are concert and album advertisements. All materials listed are posters unless noted as flyers, lobby cards, or publicity booklets. | |||||||||||||
| Arranged alphabetically by title. | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 585/1 | APLA Tribute, 1993 | ||||||||||||
| MAPCASE FOLDER 8 | The Barkleys of Broadway, 1948 | ||||||||||||
| MAPCASE FOLDER 1 | Brooklyn Academy of Music: Of Thee I Sing; Let 'Em Eat Cake, 1987 | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 585/2 | Celebrating the Gershwins at Brooklyn College, 1982 | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 583/1 | A Celebration of Ira Gershwin: Who could ask for anything more?, 1996 November 24 | ||||||||||||
| MAPCASE FOLDER 8 | The Country Girl, 1954 | ||||||||||||
| MAPCASE FOLDER 1 | Cover Girl, 1944 | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 583/2-3, 585/3-4 | Crazy for You, 1992-1996 | ||||||||||||
| Note: Includes productions at Schubert Theatre, Prince Edward Theatre, and Theatre Royal Syndey | |||||||||||||
| MAPCASE FOLDER 7 | Crazy for You, 1993, 1996, 2001 and undated | ||||||||||||
| Note: Includes Japanese and Korean productions | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 583/4 | Crazy for You, 1997 | ||||||||||||
| Calendar | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 501/34 | A Damsel In Distress, 1937 | ||||||||||||
| Promotional booklet | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 583/5 | Dancin' with Gershwin, 2003 | ||||||||||||
| Note: Smuin Ballet | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 585/5 | Embraceable You, undated | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 585/6 | Encore: 50 Golden Years of Showstoppers, 1982 | ||||||||||||
| MAPCASE FOLDER 1 | Festival di Gershwin, undated | ||||||||||||
| BOX 599 | Funny Face film, 1957 | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 586/4 | George Gershwin Memorial Concert, 1937 September 8 | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 586/5 | George Gershwin 80th Anniversary Concert, 1978 October 12 | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 585/7 | The Gershwin Collection Library of Congress Exhibition, 1971 December 7 - 1972 April 30 | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 585/8 | Gershwin Concert Orchestra, 1954 | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 583/6 | Gershwin on Broadway, 1968 May 20 | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 586/6 | Gershwin Overtures EMI cover, 1987 | ||||||||||||
| Note: John McGlinn and the New Princess Theater Orchestra | |||||||||||||
| MAPCASE FOLDER 1 | The Gershwin Years, 1987 | ||||||||||||
| MAPCASE FOLDER 8 | Girl Crazy film, 1943 | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 586/7 | Girl Crazy recording, 1990 | ||||||||||||
| MAPCASE FOLDER 8 | Give a Girl a Break, 1953 | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 501/35 | The Goldwyn Follies, 1938 | ||||||||||||
| Flier | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 586/8 | Gunther Sprecher performance in Palestine, 1948 | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 585/9 | Hello Jerry, 1996 December 4 | ||||||||||||
| Note: Signed by cast | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 583/7 | His Lovely Wife, Ira: Ira Gershwin With and Without George, 2009 | ||||||||||||
| Note: Signed by Mark Nadler | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 586/9-10 | I Rassegna Nazionale di Musica Leggera, 1961 | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 586/11 | Ira and Leonore S. Gershwin Theater, undated | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 585/10 | Ira Gershwin at 100: A Celebration at Carnegie Hall, 1996 December 6 | ||||||||||||
| MAPCASE FOLDER 5 | Ira Gershwin at 100: A Celebration at Carnegie Hall, 1996 December 6 | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 585/11 | Kiri Te Kanawa Sings Gershwin, circa 1987 | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 583/8 | Kiri Sings Gershwin EMI Album Cover, 1987 | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 585/12 | Kiss Me, Stupid, 1964 | ||||||||||||
| MAPCASE FOLDER 8 | Kiss Me, Stupid, 1964 | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 585/13 | Lady, Be Good!, Goodspeed Opera House, 1987 | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 583/9, 586/12 | Lady, Be Good!, 1992 | ||||||||||||
| Note: Roxbury Recording | |||||||||||||
| MAPCASE FOLDER 2 | Lady, Be Good!, 1992 and undated | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 583/10 | Lady In the Dark, 2001 | ||||||||||||
| MAPCASE FOLDER 2 | Lady in the Dark, 1996-1997 | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 585/14 | Let's Call The Whole Thing Gershwin: A Musical Revue, undated | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 583/11 | Lyrics by Ira Gershwin, 1975 July 27 | ||||||||||||
| Note: Reiss-Davis Child Study Center Benefit | |||||||||||||
| MAPCASE FOLDER 2 | Manhattan, 1979 | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 585/15 | Manhattan Showboat, 1980 | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 585/16 | The Memory of All That: Gershwin On Ice, undated | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 585/17 | My One and Only, 1983 | ||||||||||||
| Note: Signed by Twiggy and Tommy Tune | |||||||||||||
| MAPCASE FOLDER 2 | My One and Only, 1983 | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 583/12-13 | My One and Only, 1994, 2002 | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 586/13 | New York MTA Poetry in Motion, 1997 | ||||||||||||
| BOX 599 | Nice Work If You Can Get It: George and Ira Gershwin, 1998 | ||||||||||||
| MAPCASE FOLDER 9 | Nice Work If You Can Get It: George and Ira Gershwin, 1998 | ||||||||||||
| MAPCASE FOLDER 8 | The North Star, 1943 | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 583/14 | Of Thee I Sing, 1972 | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 585/18 | Of Thee I Sing, 1998 | ||||||||||||
| Note: Signed by cast | |||||||||||||
| MAPCASE FOLDER 1 | Of Thee I Sing, 1998 | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 586/14-15 | Oh, Kay!, 1994 and undated | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 585/19 | Pardon My English, 2004 | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 583/16 | Pardon My English, 2006 | ||||||||||||
| MAPCASE FOLDER 2 | Pardon My English, undated | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 585/20 | Patriotic Song Contest of the Hearst Newspapers, 1919 March 2 | ||||||||||||
| Includes: O Land of Mine America | |||||||||||||
| BOX 599 | Porgy and Bess film, 1945 | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 71/6 | Porgy and Bess, 1950s | ||||||||||||
| Flyers | |||||||||||||
| MAPCASE FOLDER 3 | Porgy and Bess, 1952-1954 | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 583/19 | Porgy and Bess at Teatro alla Scala, 1955 February 22 | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 583/17 | Porgy and Bess, circa 1959 | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 585/21 | Porgy and Bess, 1983 | ||||||||||||
| MAPCASE FOLDER 4 | Porgy and Bess, 1989-1990 | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 586/15 | Porgy and Bess, 1994 | ||||||||||||
| MAPCASE FOLDER 5 | Porgy and Bess, 1995-1996 | ||||||||||||
| Note: One item signed; includes Japanese production | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 583/18 | Porgy and Bess, 1998 | ||||||||||||
| MAPCASE FOLDER 5 | Porgy and Bess, 2010 and undated | ||||||||||||
| Note: Includes German production | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 585/22 | Porgy and Bess, undated | ||||||||||||
| MAPCASE FOLDER 5 | Porgy and Bess, Teatro Nuovo Quattro Fontane, undated | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 583/20 | Porgy & Me, 2009 | ||||||||||||
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