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UNIQUE ID:
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SFC.S02.B017.F030
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Title:
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Corbett, Ed
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Creation Date:
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1957-1980
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Work Creator Name:
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Corbett, Edward M.
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Work Creator Name:
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Still, Clyfford
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Work Creator Name:
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Still, Patricia Alice Garske
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Work Material Medium Name:
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ink
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Work Material Medium Name:
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black-and-white film
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Work Material Support Name:
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paper
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Current Work Location Name:
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Clyfford Still Museum
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Creation Location:
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Massachusetts
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Creation Location:
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128 W. 23rd St., New York, New York
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Creation Location:
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312 Church Street, New Windsor, Maryland
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Creation Location:
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Washington, District of Columbia
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Work Description:
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This file contains correspondence between Edward Corbett and Clyfford Still. It opens with a letter from Corbett offering Still a teaching position at Mount Holyoke in Western Massachusetts for $2500 a semester, in a latter letter Corbett says he is disappointed that Still turned down the job at Mount Holyoke, but understands his decision and appreciates Still's commitment to painting. Still and Corbett discuss meeting with Clay Spohn in New York. Then Corbett announces that he is showing in Provencetown Massachusetts and will be moving there for the Summer, Corbett also tells Still that P.B. McGuinnis of Boston wants to buy a Still. Still agrees to talk to Mrs. McGinnis, but doubts he will sell to her. Still also discusses his dislike for art institutions including schools, museums, and dealers and that it is vital that both Still and Corbett remember the importance of their work. Later, in 1963, Corbett looks forward to Still visiting him in Washington DC and sends instructions to his home. In 1965, Corbett complains about museums and galleries showing works against his own and agrees with Still's complaints on the galleries and museums. Corbett sends invitations to his gallery opening in DC. In 1966 Corbett writes to Still to see how he is doing and to complain about Harold Rosenberg's critique of Still and how it puts Corbett in a "temper." Still has learned to expect poor coverage from Rosenberg, but Corbett continues to complains about Rosenberg and Greenberg and their "hypocritical" coverage of their work. In 1967 Corbett writes in excitement the Still show in San Francisco, though he is unsure if San Francisco deserves a Still show. Still recommends Corbett seeks a teaching job at the Maryland Institute College of Art and says Corbett can use Still's name in his interest. Corbett lets Still know that he will be teaching in Santa Barbara. The Corbetts request seeing Clyfford Still as they call Still a "friend, guide, and inspiration" of which Still suggests they come to Maryland to visit after Christmas. Corbett has a show cancelled in San Francisco and discusses how "hacks" are trying to tear him down. Still agrees that there are people trying to tear down their art and specifically calls out Rothko, Newman, and Warhol. In response, Corbett calls Still principled and with intercity in the art world, but also calls him stern and uncompromising. Corbett tells Still about quitting smoking and putting on weight as a result. In 1969, Corbett writes in hopes of support as he is close to broke and discusses his frustration with the success of Warhol assuming it is at his and Still's expense. Still recommends that Corbett destroys the letter. In 1971 Corbett dies, an obituary is sent. The Stills send their sympathy. Corbett's wife, Rosamond, writes Still in 1979 and enclosed a photograph of Edward Corbett from the 1940s and writes about how important Still was to Corbett and the success of Still's Metropolitan Museum of Art show . Finally there is a catalog for Corbett's work form the University of Maryland Art Gallery, and a note on a retrospective of Corbett at the Provincetown Art Association and Museum.
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Image Creator Name:
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Hadley Kluber
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Image Type Format:
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PDF/A
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Image Holding Institution:
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Clyfford Still Museum
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Image Collection Name:
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Clyfford Still Archives - Subject Files
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Image Rights Statement:
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IN COPYRIGHT
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Image Capture Hardware:
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Epson Expression 10000 XL
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Image Capture Operating System:
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Mac OS X 10.10.5
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Image Cataloger Name:
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Hadley Kluber
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Image Cataloger Role:
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Contract Digitization Specialist
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