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Current finding aids for critics, galleries, and firsthand research paths already represented in AEU’s evidence graph.

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Audience: Advanced students, researchers, teachers, and readers verifying critical or gallery history.

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Harold and May Tabak Rosenberg papers, circa 1880–1985

Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution

Primary archival trail for critic Harold Rosenberg and the broader critical-discourse layer.

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Irving Sandler interviews and papers, 1944–2017

Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution

Primary archive for Sandler’s interviews, lectures, Club material, exhibition material, and teaching files.

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Clement Greenberg papers, 1937–1983

Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution

Primary archival trail for Greenberg’s correspondence and critical context.

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Betty Parsons Gallery records and personal papers, 1916–1991

Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution

Extensive digitized gallery records for exhibition, artist-file, correspondence, and market-history research.

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