Judith S. Brown papers, circa 1940-2002

Object Details

Place of publication, production, or execution: United States
Physical Description: 3.3 Linear feet
Arrangement: The collection is arranged as four series. Series 1: Personal and Professional Papers, circa 1940-1992 (Box 1; .2 linear feet) Series 2: Printed Material, 1950s-2002 (Box 1, 5, OV 6; .6 linear feet) Series 3: Photographs, 1950s-1992 (Box 1-3, 5; 1.5 linear feet) Series 4: Artwork, circa 1940-1992 (Box 3-5, 0V 7-9; 1 linear foot)
Access Note / Rights: This collection is open for research. Access to original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C. Research Center. Researchers interested in accessing audiovisual recordings in this collection must use access copies. Contact References Services for more information.
Summary: The papers of sculptor, painter, and dancer Judith Brown measure 3.3 linear feet and date from circa 1940 to 2002. The papers document Brown's career through personal and professional files, printed material, photographs, artwork, and one videocassette recording.
Citation: Judith S. Brown papers, circa 1940-2002. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Funding: 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.
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Biography Note: Judith Brown (1931-1992) was a sculptor, painter, and dancer in New York, New York, and Brownsville, Vermont. She attended Sarah Lawrence College and studied with Theodore Roszak, 1952-1954. Always fascinated with motion, Brown was noted for successfully capturing fleeting moments of a body's action through sculpture and paintings, with particular interest in how fabric draped and flowed along the body's contours during movement. Brown established herself by the late 1950s, and from then on had a long career of exhibiting and selling her work.
Language Note: English .
Provenance: The bulk of the collection was donated by Judith Brown in 1978. Additional materials were donated in 1995 and 2007 by Brown via Peter Stettenheim, Brown's brother and the executor of her will.
Location Note: Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, 750 9th St. NW, Washington, D.C. 20001

Data Source: Archives of American Art

Record number: (DSI-AAA_CollID)6846; (DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)208973; AAA_collcode_browjudi

Creator: Brown, Judith S., 1931-1992

Type: Sketchbooks; Video recordings; Drawings

Theme: Sketches & Sketchbooks; Women; Lives of artists

Topic: Women artists; Women sculptors
Theme: Sketches & Sketchbooks; Women; Lives of artists

Record ID: AAADCD_coll_208973

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