Lists: To-dos, Illustrated Inventories, Collected Thoughts and Other Artist’s Enumerations from the Smithsonian’s Archives of American Art

Below are selected lists from the exhibit by prominent artists. See more here.

The D section from Alexander Calder’s address book. ca. 1926-38.

Eero Saarinen letter to Aline B. (Aline Bernstein) Saarinen, 1954.

Leo Van Witsen, Costume list with fabric swatches, Nov. 6, 1948.

Frederick Hammersley, Notes on “An Idea”

Gordon Newton asks Sam Wagstaff for $100 for rent, materials, food, and bad habits.