Information for Researchers
Access Restrictions
The collection is open for research. The "Fragile restricted papers" may only be consulted with permission of the Archivist. Preservation photocopies for reference use have been substituted in the main files.
Use RestrictionsThe Arensberg Archives are the physical property of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, Archives. The Museum holds literary rights only for material created by Museum personnel or given to the Museum with such rights specifically assigned. For all other material, literary rights, including copyright, belong to the authors or their legal heirs and assigns. Researchers are responsible for obtaining permission from rights holders for publication and for other purposes where stated.
Preferred Citation[Item identification and date], [Series info.], Arensberg Archives, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Archives.
Alternative Format AvailableReference photocopies of some material related to the following people/subjects are available to researchers in the Department of Modern and Contemporary Art:
Arensberg Art Collection card catalog (Modern section only).
Archipenko, Alexander, 1887-1964
Archipenko, Gela
Brancusi, Constantin, 1876-1957
Brice, William
Brown, Bob, 1886-1959
Burliuk, David, 1882-1967
Burliuk, Marussia (Mrs David)
Calder, Alexander, 1898-1976
Cavanna, Elise
Chagall, Marc, 1887-
Cravan, Arthur, 1887-1920?
Corle, Helen Freeman (Mrs. Edwin)
de Zayas Gallery
Demuth, Charles, 1883-1935
Dreier, Katherine Sophie, 1877-1952
Duchamp, Marcel, 1887-1968
Eames, Charles
Ernst, Max, 1891-1976
Frey, Albert, 1903-
Gleizes, Albert, 1881-1953
Guggenheim, Peggy, 1898-
Homolka, Florence Meyer
Jawlensky, Alexey
Kerfoot, J. B. (John Barrett), 1865-1927
Kuniyoshi, Yasuo, 1889-1953
Laughlin, Clarence John
Lynes, George Platt, 1907-1955
Marx, Samuel A., 1885-1964
McBride, Henry, 1867-1962
Merida, Carlos, 1891-
Merrild, Knud, 1894-
Moholy-Nagy, Lazlo
Montenegro, Roberto, 1887-1968
Motherwell, Robert
O'Gorman, Helen
O'Gorman, Juan, 1905-
Okada, Kenzo, 1902-
Onslow-Ford, Gordon
Pach, Walter 1883-1958
Paul Drey Gallery
Picabia, Francis, 1879-1953
Ray, Man, 1890-1976
Reiner, Jan
Richter, Hans, 1888-1976
Rivera, Diego, 1886-1957
Roy, Pierre, 1880-1950
Saarinen, Eero, 1910-1961
Sage, Kay
Schell, Sherril
Sheeler, Charles, 1883-1965
Siskind, Aaron
Stein, Clarence S.
Steinitz, Kate Traumann, 1889-1975
Stieglitz, Alfred, 1864-1946
Still, Clyfford, 1904-
Tamayo, Rufino, 1899-
Tice, Clara, 1888-1973
Tzara, Tristan, 1896-1963
Wayne, June C.
Weston, Brett
Weston, Edward, 1886-1958
Wood, Beatrice
Related MaterialFrancis Bacon Foundation Records. Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery (San Marino, CA). Includes Arensberg family correspondence.
Walter and Louise Arensberg Book Collection. Philadelphia Museum of Art, Library.
John Raphael Covert Papers. Philadelphia Museum of Art, Archives.
Francis Bacon Foundation Records. Philadelphia Museum of Art, Archives.