Archives of American Art
Charles Biederman papers
Biederman, Charles Joseph, 1906-2004
AAA.biedchar
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23 Microfilm reels
1930-1977
English
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Conditions Governing Access
The Archives of American art does not own the original papers. Use is limited to the microfilm copy.
Scope and Contents
The microfilmed Charles Biederman papers contain correspondence, journals, writings, printed material, and published materials. Microfilmed on Reels 1446-1450 are personal and business correspondence regarding Biederman's art and books Art as Evolution of Visual Knowledge and The New Cézanne. Among the correspondents are John and Joan Barnes, David Barr, David Bohm, Ian Finley, Peggy Guggenheim, S.I. Hayakawa, Marjorie Mercer Kendig, Ron Kostyniuk, and Eugene Pauls. Also included are two copybooks with letters from Biederman to John and Eugenie Anderson. Microfilmed on Reels 1662-1679 are correspondence with Alfred H. Barr, Jr., Eric Bell, Naum Gabo, Kathleen Lonsdale, Dorothy Miller, Victor Pasmore, and poet Jonathan Williams and others; notes and typed manuscripts of Biederman's articles and books about art; an audio script of a film; exhibition catalogs and announcements; clippings; and a biographical sketch.
Existence and Location of Copies
35mm microfilm reels 1446-1450 and 1662-1679 available for use at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
Existence and Location of Originals
Originals returned to lender, Charles Biederman, after microfilming. Biederman subsequently donated his papers to the Frederick R. Weisman Art Museum, University of Minnesota.
Related Materials
The Archives of American Art also holds the Neil Juhl Larsen research material on Charles Biederman, circa 1927-2011 and the microfilmed David Barr papers relating to Charles Biederman, 1963-1976.
Biographical / Historical
Charles Biederman (1906-2004) was a painter and sculptor from Red Wing, Minnesota. Biederman was born in Cleveland, Ohio and studied art at the Cleveland Art Institute, and later at the School of the Art Institute in Chicago. He worked and lived in Chicago, New York, and Paris before settling in Red Wing, Minnesota in 1942. Biederman was the author of numerous books on art theory, and best known for his three-dimensional painted aluminum constructions, created from the early 1950s to the late 1990s.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Lent for microfilming 1978-1979 by Charles Biederman.
Art criticism -- United States
Sculpture, Modern -- 20th century -- United States
Art -- Study and teaching -- United States
Sculptors -- Minnesota
Authors -- Minnesota -- Red Wing
Charles Biederman papers
Series 1
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1930-1977
Alphabetical Index File, 1946-1959 (A-P)
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1446
1-1702
Alphabetical Index File, 1946-1959 (P-Z)
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1447
1-487
Alphabetical Index File, 1946-1952 (A-Z)
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1447
488-1623
Alphabetical Index File, 1952-1964 (A-N)
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1447
1624-1715
Alphabetical Index File, 1952-1964 (N-Z)
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1448
1-156
Alphabetical Index File, 1964-1973 (A-M)
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1448
157-1648
Alphabetical Index File, 1964-1973 (M-Z)
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1449
1-1109
Alphabetical Index File, 1965-1977 (A-M)
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1449
1110-1706
Alphabetical Index File, 1965-1977 (M-Z)
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1450
1-327
Copybooks of Correspondence (Notebook 1 and 2)
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1450
328-743
Biographical Material
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1662
4-28
Correspondence, 1935-1977, undated
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1662
29-1356
Correspondence, 1935-1977, undated
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1663
4-1333
Correspondence, 1935-1977, undated
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1664
4-1393
Correspondence, 1935-1977, undated
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1665
4-1397
Correspondence, 1935-1977, undated
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1666
4-1360
Correspondence, 1935-1977, undated
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1667
4-1344
Correspondence, 1935-1977, undated
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1668
4-1263
Correspondence, 1935-1977, undated
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1669
4-1147
Correspondence, 1935-1977, undated
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1670
4-1322
Correspondence, 1935-1977, undated
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1671
4-1310
Correspondence, 1935-1977, undated
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1672
4-1355
Correspondence, 1935-1977, undated
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1673
4-1302
Correspondence, 1935-1977, undated
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1674
4-475
Journals, 1930-1977
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1674
476-1297
Journals, 1930-1977
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1675
5-1324
Journals, 1930-1977
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1676
7-1475
Journals, 1930-1977
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1677
4-1424
Journals, 1930-1977
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1678
4-1439
Journals, 1930-1977
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1679
4-380
Audio Script of Film on Biederman
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1679
381-414
Exhibition Catalogs, Announcements Invitations, 1936-1973, undated
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1679
415-460
Magazine Articles, 1936-1973, undated
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1679
461-518
Book Review, 1949-1958, undated
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1679
519-577
Clippings, 1936-1973, undated
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1679
578-740