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event
AEU preserves a source conflict: the Philip Pavia archival finding aid dates the founding to 1948, while Leo Castelli later recalled the Club starting at the end of 1949. The event therefore uses a 1948–1949 evidence range rather than false precision.
Follow the linked record's evidence and uncertainty labels; path order is pedagogical, not causal or hierarchical.
Evidence trail · 2 direct sources
- The Club records kept by Philip Pavia, 1948-1965 · Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution · authority tier 1 · Open source ↗
- Oral history interview with Leo Castelli, 1969 May 14-1973 June 8 · Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution · authority tier 1 · Open source ↗
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exhibition
The 1951 artist-organized Ninth Street exhibition is stored as a documented social/exhibition-network node. AEU includes only the participation entries currently established by its cited archival source and does not claim a complete checklist.
Checklist coverage and uncertainty remain exactly as stored; inclusion here does not imply a complete historical checklist.
Evidence trail · 2 direct sources
- Abstract expressionist art movement in America video documentation project, 1991-1992 · Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution · authority tier 1 · Open source ↗
- Stable Gallery records: Historical Note · Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution · authority tier 1 · Open source ↗
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text or review
Rosenberg’s 1952 essay proposed Action Painting as a critical lens emphasizing the act/event of painting. AEU records it as one influential critical position and explicitly does not make it synonymous with all Abstract Expressionism.
AEU uses bibliographic metadata and original summaries; no long copyrighted criticism is reproduced here.
Evidence trail · 2 direct sources
- Harold and May Tabak Rosenberg papers: Biographical Note · Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution · authority tier 1 · Open source ↗
- The New American Painting, as shown in eight European countries, 1958-1959 · The Museum of Modern Art · authority tier 1 · Open source ↗
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text or review
Greenberg’s 1955 essay is stored as a major formalist critical text in the movement’s discourse network. Its argument remains Greenberg’s historical position rather than AEU’s definition of artistic quality or movement membership.
AEU uses bibliographic metadata and original summaries; no long copyrighted criticism is reproduced here.
Evidence trail · 1 direct source
- Jackson Pollock catalogue bibliography · The Museum of Modern Art · authority tier 1 · Open source ↗
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historical context
MoMA’s International Program circulated The New American Painting in eight European countries. AEU records this as documented institutional circulation, not proof that the tour caused, displaced, or unified European postwar abstraction.
Context remains context-only; this step does not convert proximity or chronology into causation.
Evidence trail · 2 direct sources
- The New American Painting as Shown in Eight European Countries 1958–1959 · The Museum of Modern Art · authority tier 1 · Open source ↗
- The New American Painting, as shown in eight European countries, 1958-1959 · The Museum of Modern Art · authority tier 1 · Open source ↗
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interactive experience
Traverse sourced and confidence-labeled relationships while preserving uncertainty and contested interpretations.
This is a bounded educational interface, not proof of an artist's historical procedure, intent, or value.
Evidence trail · 4 direct sources
- Norman Lewis · Smithsonian American Art Museum · authority tier 1 · Open source ↗
- Evening Rendezvous · Smithsonian American Art Museum · authority tier 1 · Open source ↗
- Norman Lewis · Museum of Modern Art · authority tier 1 · Open source ↗
- Oh Freedom! Norman Lewis · Smithsonian American Art Museum · authority tier 1 · Open source ↗
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Path boundaries
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Save/resume boundary
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Evidence boundary
Stages reuse existing AEU records and their source/uncertainty rules. Sequence is pedagogical, not a claim of causation, influence, priority, canon, or quality.
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