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Center</h1> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="layout l-container"> <div class="l-region--main-content col col-md-9"> <div class="panel-pane pane-entity-field pane-node-field-image spacing-bottom" id="panel-pane-1168" class="panel-pane pane-entity-field pane-node-field-image spacing-bottom"> <div class="content field field--name-field-image field--type-image field--label-hidden"> <picture > <!--[if IE 9]><video style="display: none;"><![endif]--> <source srcset="https://www.si.edu/sites/default/files/styles/main_image/public/page_banner/saam-j0066480.jpg?itok=v7Lo8bnW&amp;timestamp=1644341651 1x" media="(min-width: 980px)" /> <source srcset="https://www.si.edu/sites/default/files/styles/main_tab/public/page_banner/saam-j0066480.jpg?itok=1ga8KyCL&amp;timestamp=1644341651 1x" media="(min-width: 620px)" /> <source srcset="https://www.si.edu/sites/default/files/styles/main_mobile/public/page_banner/saam-j0066480.jpg?itok=0lnYTQh7&amp;timestamp=1644341651 1x" media="(min-width: 0px)" /> <!--[if IE 9]></video><![endif]--> <img src="https://www.si.edu/sites/default/files/styles/main_image/public/page_banner/saam-j0066480.jpg?itok=v7Lo8bnW&amp;timestamp=1644341651" width="1280" height="566" alt="Helene Sardeau (Mrs. George Biddle) at work in her studio photograph" title="" /> </picture> </div> </div> <div class="panel-pane pane-entity-field pane-node-field-block-content" id="panel-pane-1171" class="panel-pane pane-entity-field pane-node-field-block-content"> <div id="paragraphs-item-449" class="ds-2col-stacked-fluid entity entity-paragraphs-item paragraphs-item-two-column-right view-mode-full layout nested clearfix"> <div class="content"> <div class="inner"> <div class="group-left col col-md-9 col col-sm-6"> <div class="entity entity-paragraphs-item paragraphs-item-text-block bg-none field-bg" id="paragraphs-item-448" class="entity entity-paragraphs-item paragraphs-item-text-block bg-none field-bg"> <div class="content cf"> <p>The Smithsonian American Art Museum鈥檚 specialized art research databases鈥攖he聽<a href="https://americanart.si.edu/research/inventories">Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture</a> and the聽<a href="https://americanart.si.edu/research/pre-1877">Pre-1877 Art Exhibition Catalogue Index</a>鈥攄escribe more than a half million art works in public and private collections worldwide. SAAM鈥檚聽<a href="https://americanart.si.edu/research/photograph-study-collection">Photograph Study Collection</a>聽contains more than a quarter million negatives and study prints documenting American art by leading fine arts photography firms.</p> <h2>Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture</h2> <p>The Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture were created by the Smithsonian American Art Museum to assist researchers in locating American paintings and sculptures for comparative study. Together, the Inventories reference over 400,000 art works in public and private collections worldwide and are complemented by a photographic study file of over 80,000 photographs, which are available for study in the museum鈥檚 Washington, DC office. Over 21,000 painters and nearly 15,000 sculptors are represented in the database.</p> <p>The Inventory of American Paintings began in the early 1970s, and has collected data on over 350,000 paintings created by American artists active by 1914. The Inventory of American Sculpture began collecting data in 1985, and includes information on over 90,000 works created by artists born or active in the United States from colonial to contemporary times. Search the <a href="https://siris-artinventories.si.edu/ipac20/ipac.jsp?profile=ariall">Art Inventories</a>.</p> <h2>Photograph Study Collection</h2> <p>The Photograph Study Collection contains nearly a quarter million negatives, photographs, and slides documenting American art works from the late 1800s to the mid-20th century. As a research and study collection, the images constitute a unique visual record of American art, sometimes providing the only visual documentation of a changed, damaged or lost original. Search the <a href="https://siris-juleyphoto.si.edu/ipac20/ipac.jsp?profile=julall">Photograph Study Collection</a>.聽 Highlights of the collection include:</p> <h2>Peter A. Juley &amp; Son Collection</h2> <p>The Peter A. Juley &amp; Son Collection contain nearly 127,000 negatives documenting art works by 11,000 American artists. Peter A. Juley (1862-1937) and his son Paul P. Juley (1890-1975) headed the largest and most respected fine arts photography firms in New York from 1896 to 1975. Their clients included artists, galleries, museums, schools, and private collectors. 聽The Juley Collection also contains 3,500 portraits of artists, including formal poses as well as candid shots that depict artists working in their studios, teaching classes, and serving as jurors for exhibitions.</p> <h2>American Sculpture Photograph Study Collection</h2> <p>The American Sculpture Photograph Study Collection contains 2,790 photographs of American sculpture, dating from the late 1890s to 1940. The collection was assembled by the Metropolitan Museum of Art for study purposes and includes photos from staff photographers, commercial photographers, publishers, and photographs "desirable in the study of art" assembled by the Carnegie Corporation of New York and presented to the Museum in 1930.</p> <h2>Walter Rosenblum Collection</h2> <p>The Walter Roseblum Collection contains 7,398 negatives covering American and European art. An accomplished photographer and teacher, Walter Rosenblum (1919-2006) supplemented his income by doing freelance work for major New York galleries, artists and collectors from 1945 to 1970. Among Rosenblum's clients were ACA Galleries, Graham Gallery, Matisse, New Gallery and The Contemporaries. The Rosenblum Collection reflects the art of his time and is particularly strong in American and European avant-garde, surreal and abstract works.</p> <h2>National Endowment for the Arts Visual Artists Fellowship Program Collection</h2> <p>The National Endowment for the Arts Artists Fellowship Program documents art works by approximately 4,600 artists who received awards from the National Endowment for the Arts national Visual Artists Fellowship Program and its companion regional programs from 1967 to 1995. When the program ended, approximately 54,000 and 400 video tapes came to the Smithsonian American Art Museum. Digital images for artists who have given their permission are searchable onsite in the Research and Scholars Center.</p> <h2>Library of Congress Copyright Deposit Collection</h2> <p>The Library of Congress Copyright Deposit Collection contains 2,461 photomechanical reproductions documenting art works by approximately 500 American artists from the 1890s to 1940s. 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