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UNIQUE ID:
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SFC.S02.B076.F007
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Title:
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Weisman, Frederich & Marcia
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Creation Date:
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1965-1967
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Work Creator Name:
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Weisman, Frederick R.
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Work Creator Name:
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Weisman, Marcia Simon
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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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color film (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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312 Church Street, New Windsor, Maryland
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Creation Location:
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Los Angeles, California
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Creation Location:
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1445 Old Westminster Road, Warfieldsburg, Maryland
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Work Description:
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This file contains correspondence between Frederich and Marcia Weisman and Clyfford and Patricia Still. The file opens with a letter from Clyfford Still to the Weismans thanking them for their hospitality and apologizing for some of his remarks about the ambitions or vanity of other artists; Still also suggests that Mr. Tuchman borrows two red pictures for his show from the Weismans. The Weismans send Still a check for his flights to Los Angeles. Weisman and Still make plans to meet in New York or Los Angeles, but Fred Weisman has an ulcer that prevents travel and Still is too busy painting to consider traveling at the time. Still is also frustrated with Tuchman's catalog as he finds it misleading and offers falsehoods on his works. In October 1965, Weisman writes Still in appreciation of their meeting and discusses some business with Harry Abrams. Still tells Weisman that he does not trust Abrams or the Abrams Company as they are trying to publish a book of Still's paintings that would be an "economic disaster," Still further discusses the ways that Betty Freeman have been trying to exploit Still and his works in publication, but Still does say he trusts Katherine Kuh for her courage in publication and is intrigued by George Braziller and his interests in a book of Still's work, though Still has some distrust towards Braziller as he may not have the perspectives to achieve the publication of works necessary for Still's approval. Still notifies Weisman that the Albright-Knox Art Gallery has been creating a catalog of reproductions of his work, though it is marred with errors that need fixing before publication. In May 1966, Still is frustrated with museum directors, specifically Weisman's friend Neils Larson, for their ignorance, especially as Larson has advertised a forgery of Still. In the Summer of 1966, Fred Weisman was attacked and was in hospital, Still writes Weisman wishing a recovery and tells Weisman that Still regrets he was not there to shoot the men with his Colt .38. Still updates Weisman upon their move to New Windsor from Westminster and sends information on the Corcoran Gallery of Art with their exhibition of Yousuf Karsh. Much of the correspondence in late 1966-1967 is Still and Weisman trying to coordinate a meeting. Marcia Weisman forwards a letter form Neils Larson including a photograph of Larson in front of her Still and a slide of the painting. Summer of 1967 is mostly correspondence of plans for the Weisman's visit to New Windsor. Still and Fred Weisman discuss the purchase of a Still from Still's collection, and Still gives information on stretching and sending the painting (PH-628) and Still asks for $25,000 for the work. Still and Weisman letters continue on various musings about museum updates and coordinate meeting one another. In October 1967, the pastel Still gifted to Weisman (PP-60) is hanging in the Pasadena Art Museum, but has the wrong date on the wall text (states from 1966, but the work is from 1956). In October 1967, Weisman agrees to pay $25,000 for PH-628, he will send $5000 every year for the next 5 years. In November 1967, Still is frustrated with the Los Angeles art scene and requests Weisman returns PH-628; by December 1967, Still is frustrated with the Weismans and wishes that Fred was killed in his 1966 attack.
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Image Creator Name:
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Milo Carpenter
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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 osX
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Image Cataloger Name:
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Milo Carpenter
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Image Cataloger Role:
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Digital Archivist
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