Literary manuscripts and notebooks 1925-1972
Literary Manuscripts and Notebooks, Kruse (A-East)
Kruse, Alexander Z. ABC of Pencil Drawing: manuscript mock-up, (3 items), 1956.
Kruse, Alexander Z. ABC's of Drawing: original drawings. (4 sketches pasted onto cardboard), 1956.
Kruse, Alexander Z. ABC's of Drawing: paper negatives and notes. (56 items), 1956.
Kruse, Alexander Z. ABC's of Pencil Drawing: manuscript mock-ups. (original drawings and notes; some photocopied drawings pasted into mock-ups: 4 items), ca.1956.
Kruse, Alexander Z. The American Eight: book proposal for Ford Foundation. (typewritten: 7 items), with handwritten corrections, ca. 1950?
Kruse, Alexander Z. "Art Adventure:" manuscript proposal. (typewritten draft and carbon copy on extremely brittle, flaking paper: 2 items), ca. 194[?]
Kruse, Alexander Z. "Art With a Small 'a'": original notes and articles from the column; prototype for How to Draw and Paint. (very fragile), ca.1950. (2 items).
Kruse, Alexander Z. "Art With a Small 'a'"—Manuscript. (1 item).
Kruse, Alexander Z. Articles (various). (2 items).
Kruse, Alexander Z. Bar Mitzvah Speech. (3 items, fragile), ca1900.
Kruse, Alexander Z. Biographical Information. (handwritten and typed documents by Kruse and others about Alexander Z. Kruse, 8 items).
Kruse, Alexander Z. "Breaking the Age Barrier:" manuscript. Proposed newspaper column for people 55 years old and over; by Alexander and Anna Kruse, (2 carbon copies of all 5 columns, 28 pages of handwritten notes for column, 17 letters from periodicals declining the proposed column.) 1958. (55 items).
Kruse, Alexander Z. East of Broadway—Chapter 1: carbon copy: 8 pages.
Kruse, Alexander Z. East of Broadway—Critique: Comments and suggestions by Millen Brand, (typewritten, 10 pages).
Kruse, Alexander Z. East of Broadway—Manuscript: Carbon Copy (1 of 2): typescript of pages 118-445 (Chapters 18-54) only.
Literary Manuscripts and Notebooks, Kruse (East cont.)
Kruse, Alexander Z. East of Broadway—Manuscript: Carbon Copy (2 of 2): typescript of pages 118-445 (Chapters 18-54) only.
Kruse, Alexander Z. East of Broadway—Manuscript: Original (1 of 2) typescript with corrections, title page and pages 1-259 (Chapters 1-34).
Kruse, Alexander Z. East of Broadway—Manuscript: Original (2 of 2) typescript with corrections, pages 260-445 (Chapters 35-54).
Kruse, Alexander Z. East of Broadway—Manuscript: Photocopy (1 of 2) 2 title pages and pages 1-259 (Chapters 1-34).
Literary Manuscripts and Notebooks, Kruse (East cont. - Etching)
Kruse, Alexander Z. East of Broadway—Manuscript: Photocopy (2 of 2) pages 260-445 (Chapters 35-54).
Kruse, Alexander Z. East of Broadway—Manuscript: 1991 Revision (1 of 2), revised by Benedict Kruse, 56 chapters instead of original 54 (Chapters 1-31).
Kruse, Alexander Z. East of Broadway—Manuscript: 1991 Revision (2 of 2) , revised by Benedict Kruse, 56 chapters instead of original 54 (Chapters 32-56).
Kruse, Alexander Z. East of Broadway—Book jacket. (1 item).
Kruse, Alexander Z. East of Broadway—Notes. (4 file cards with handwritten synopsis of novel). (3 items).
Kruse, Alexander Z. "Etching and Technical Reference:" notebook. Notes copied from several art books on etching including Albert Durer. (1 item).
Literary Manuscripts and Notebooks, Kruse (How-Notebook, 1967)
Kruse, Alexander Z. How to Draw and Paint—Advertisements, ca. 1954. (9 items). This item was moved to Oversize Box 29.
Kruse, Alexander Z. How to Draw and Paint—Advertisements: Paste-up sections for an advertising poster of How to Draw and Paint, (6 items), ca. 1954.
Kruse, Alexander Z. "Learn to Draw and Paint:" manuscript mock-up; text and layout typed and glued into notebook; prototype for How to Draw and Paint. (fragile), ca. 1950.
Kruse, Alexander Z. Lectures: (Original Notes: 12 items, fragile).
Kruse, Alexander Z. Lectures: (Photocopies: 8 items).
Kruse, Alexander Z. Notebook [1920-1930]: Kruse titled this notebook "Refreshing Knowledgeability" with the subtitle "Good Evening Reading;" comments and quotes by Luks and others, philosophical musings, notes on conversations with people such as George Medalie ("…he [Medalie] deliberately said I ought to learn more self-control! My answer was that if the uncontrollable desire to paint can be classed as a weakness then it is my purpose to become strong in that weakness…").
Kruse, Alexander Z. Notebook [1965]: notes regarding articles in the Christian Science Monitor and Science and Health with a Key to the Scriptures; many small clippings from the Monitor both loose and glued onto pages.
Kruse, Alexander Z. Notebook [1967, June-August]: diary kept in "memo" style notebook: activities with son Ben and his family, musings on past recollections ("…now there's one regret, why didn't I produce more? Why did I use paint remover on a good many just to save the piece of canvas?…").
Kruse, Alexander Z. Notebook [1967, Sept.-Dec.]: small "memo" style notebook recording daily activities of Kruse and wife Anna in California, Christian Science lectures, comments on his own art work—"…I worked very well today on 'The Butcher Shop,' revising forms and construction and color juxtaposition…As Opus No. 2, it's well on the way to becoming my masterpiece…"(9/14/1967).
Kruse, Alexander Z. Notebook [1967]: comments and musings on art and artists, i.e. "…the 'Ashcan School' is really an unfair label that an art news reporter pinned onto them [the American Eight]…" and "Eugene Speicher and Leon Kroll were far better trained painters than Bellows, but with matters of public relation he was a genius—even surpassed Dolly Sloan." (Mostly loose pages).
Literary Manuscripts and Notebooks, Kruse (Notebook, 1967-Two)
Kruse, Alexander Z. Notebook [1967-1972]: recollections, autobiographical comments, and notes for East of Broadway; about 20 pages of handwritten notes inserted between the pages of the notebook; ideas for new openings of East of Broadway, comments on the 1908 American Eight Exhibition.
Kruse, Alexander Z. Notebook [196[8]]: notes for a manuscript, reminiscences of childhood, (some notes were used on p.6 and 7 of Benedict Kruse's Taking Art to Heart).
Kruse, Alexander Z. Notebook [1968]: diary kept in small "memo" style notebook, labeled on front "Day Book Happenings:" visits with friends, Carter Gallery Show, grandson Steven's Bar Mitzvah.
Kruse, Alexander Z. Notebook [1969]: diary kept in small "memo" style notebook: musings on Ben's visit in New York, visits with the Brenners, activities on Fire Island, February-September.
Kruse, Alexander Z. Notebook [1970]: small diary style notebook; short reminders about activities on specific days, references to Mary Baker Eddy and the Christian Science Monitor; the first page says, "This side contains things which recently I decided might refresh my memory in case I happen to forget;" the second half of the notebook starts from the last page and upside down—"this side contains my own art commentary…"; (one of the comments in this second section was, "…Bellows became a swiftly brush-stroking, flashy, prize-winning, and prolific sketchy superficial painter…").
Kruse, Alexander Z. Notebook [1970-71]: loose pages of notes; autobiographical remembrances, notes on health problems and remedies.
Kruse, Alexander Z. Notebook [1971]: mostly autobiographical notes and remembrances of the past; about 25 loose pages of notes inserted, a few newspaper clippings from 1971 taped onto notebook pages (art-related).
Kruse, Alexander Z. Notebook—Address Book [n. d.].
Kruse, Alexander Z. Notebook—Owners of Kruse Art, (1928-1971).
Kruse, Alexander Z. Notebook—Owners of Kruse Art, (1964).
Literary Manuscripts and Notebooks, Kruse
Kruse, Alexander Z. Notebook—Owners of Kruse Art, 1971.
Kruse, Alexander Z. Notebooks—Address Books (6 items).
Kruse, Alexander Z. Notes [ca.1970]: loose slips of paper; mainly reminiscences and philosophical musings; (60 items).
Kruse, Alexander Z. Notes—Addresses: (~10 items).
Kruse, Alexander Z. "Teach Yourself How to Draw:" manuscript mock-up, with original drawings, typewritten text, handwritten notes, and clippings from column, "Art with a Small 'a'," ca.1950.
Kruse, Alexander Z. "Teach Yourself How to Draw:" manuscript mock-up—another version of the item listed above; handwritten and typed notes, taped-together pages, drawings, etc. Prototype for How to Draw and Paint. (very fragile), ca.1950.
Kruse, Alexander Z. Two New Yorkers: "homemade" book of text and pictures from Two New Yorkers pasted onto newspaper pages.
Kruse, Alexander Z. Two New Yorkers—Advertisement. (2 items).
Kruse, Alexander Z. Two New Yorkers—Copyright: certificate of copyright registration for the book from the Library of Congress, plus envelope, 1940. (2 items).
Correspondence 1917-1975
Correspondence, 1907—1951
1938. (11 letters)
1939. (22 letters)
1940. (20 letters)
1941. (17 letters)
1942. (12 letters)
1944. (15 letters)
1945. (29 letters)
1946. (26 letters)
1947. (8 letters—consisting of the original letter and a photocopy of the letter)
1948. (10 letters—consisting of the original letter and a photocopy of the letter)
1949. (6 letters—consisting of the original letter and a photocopy of the letter)
1950. (6 letters)
Correspondence, 1952—1967
1952. (12 letters)
1953. (19 letters and a contract)
1954. (12 letters)
1955. (13 letters)
1956-57. (7 letters)
1959-61. (6 letters)
1962. (8 letters)
1963. (9 letters)
1964. (19 letters)
1966. (23 letters)
Correspondence, 1968—1975
1968. (21 letters)
1972. (15 letters) [1 of 3]— All are letters to Anna Kruse concerning the passing of Alexander Z. Kruse.
1972. (18 letters) [2 of 3]—Most are letters to Anna Kruse concerning the passing of Alexander Z. Kruse.
1972. (16 letters) [3 of 3]—Most are letters to Anna Kruse concerning the passing of Alexander Z. Kruse.
1975. (14 letters)—Most are letters to Benedict and Bettijune Kruse concerning the passing of Anna Kruse.
No Date. (21 letters)
Photographic Materials 1870-1972
Photographic Materials: Movie Reels
Film canister labeled "AZK"
Film canister labeled "Violetta's Picture"
Burrell Gallery—Exhibit, 1966 (23 items).
Carter Gallery—Exhibit, 1968 (7 items).
Family & Misc. (4 items).
Paintings (1 of 6) (7 items).
Paintings (2 of 6) (7 items).
Paintings (3 of 6) (13 items).
Paintings (4 of 6) (20 items).
Paintings (5 of 6) (19 items).
Paintings (6 of 6) (20 items).
Paintings—"Liana" (7 items).
Paintings—Scrapbook—p.1 (11 items).
Paintings—Scrapbook—p.2 (7 items).
Paintings—Scrapbook—p.3 (23 items).
Paintings—Scrapbook—p.4 (13 items).
Paintings—Scrapbook—p.5 (13 items).
Paintings—Scrapbook—p.6 (11 items).
Paintings—Scrapbook—p.7 (12 items).
Paintings—Scrapbook—p.8 (7 items).
Paintings—Scrapbook—p.9 (4 items).
Paintings—Scrapbook—p.10 (8 items).
Paintings—Scrapbook—p.11 (5 items).
Paintings—Scrapbook—p.12 (2 items).
Paintings—Scrapbook—p.13 (7 items).
Paintings—Scrapbook—p.14 (4 items).
Paintings—Scrapbook—p.15 (2 items).
Transparencies—Oversize—Paintings (1 of 2) (3 items).
Transparencies—Oversize—Paintings (2 of 2) (4 items).
Boswell, Jr., Peyton. (1 item), 1939.
Brenner Exhibit—1964. (2 items), 1964.
Brooklyn Museum Art Class—Downtown Riverfront. (Close-up; 1 photograph), 1949.
Brooklyn Museum Art Class—Downtown Riverfront. (Close-up; 1 photograph), 1949.
Brooklyn Museum Art Class—Downtown Riverfront. (Distant; 1 photograph), 1949.
Drawings—"The Critic," (2 items), 1942.
Drawings—"Morning Prayer," (1 item), 1929.
Findlay Galleries—Exhibit, 1941, (1 item).
Hirschfeld, Albert—"Art Critics Circle," (1 item), 1941.
Komroff, Manuel—"The Birth of Abe Lincoln," (1 item).
Komroff, Manuel—"The Death of Walt Whitman," (1 item).
Kruse, Alexander Z. (fragile: 1 item), ca. 1890.
Kruse, Alexander Z. (1 item), ca. 1906.
Kruse, Alexander Z. (3 items), 1940.
Kruse, Alexander Z. (fragile: 1 item), ca. 1943.
Kruse, Alexander Z. (1 item), ca. 194[6].
Kruse, Alexander Z. (3 items), ca. 1957.
Kruse, Alexander Z. (photo by Liane Kruse Enkelis: 2 items), ca. 196[?].
Kruse, Alexander Z. (2 items), ca. 196[8].
Kruse, Alexander Z.—Abraham and Strauss Hobby Show (1 item), ca.1945.
Kruse, Alexander Z.—Art Contest (1 item), ca. 194[?].
Kruse, Alexander Z.—Figure Composition (1 item).
Kruse, Alexander Z.—Fire Island (1 item), 196[?].
Kruse, Alexander Z.—Fire Island (in cardboard frame with message written inside of frame by Eileen and [?] Megaw: 1 item), 196[?].
Kruse, Alexander Z.—Macy's Hobby Preview (2 items), 1964.
Kruse, Alexander Z.—"The Mayor Conducts" (2 items), 1931.
Kruse, Alexander Z.—"Mrs. E.M. Kandell" (1 item).
Kruse, Alexander Z.—"Mrs. E.M. Kandell and Daughter" (3 items).
Kruse, Alexander Z.—Nehru, Raj (portrait: 6 items).
Kruse, Alexander Z.—Nehru, S.S. (Shri Shridhar) (4 items).
Kruse, Alexander Z.—Newspaper Guild Luncheon (1 item), ca. 194[?]
Kruse, Alexander Z.—Starlight Theatre Art Study Group (1 of 3) (3 items), 1945.
Kruse, Alexander Z.—Starlight Theatre Art Study Group (2 of 3) (2 items), 1945.
Kruse, Alexander Z.—Starlight Theatre Art Study Group (3 of 3) (2 items), 1945.
Kruse, Alexander Z.—WMGM Radio Interview, Sam Taub, (4 items).
Kruse, Alexander Z.—WNBT Television (1 of 2) (4 items), 1953.
Kruse, Alexander Z.—WNBT Television (2 of 2) (4 items), 1953.
Kruse, Lena. (1 item), ca. 1870.
Kruse, Lena. (1 item), ca. 193[?].
Kruse, Lena. (1 item), ca. 1936.
Kruse, Liane (Enkelis)—Still Life (1 item), ca. 196[?].
Kruse, Liane (Enkelis)—Wedding (1 item), 1968.
Luks, George Benjamin—"The Boxing Match" (1 item).
Medalie, Hon. George (1 item).
Nehru, Raj, (1 item).
Paintings—"A Barrel of Fun."
Paintings—"A Boston Sunset."
Paintings—"Buy Cash Clo's?"
Paintings—"Einstein and the Comforter," (also known as "Einstein Consoled,") (2 items).
Paintings—"Fire Island Square #2."
Paintings—"George Luks at Work."
Paintings—"Grazing."
Paintings—"Here Comes the Bride" (2 items).
Paintings—"Horse Traders" (2 items).
Paintings—"John Sloan Art Class."
Paintings—"The Mayor Conducts."
Paintings—"Motordrome, Coney Island."
Paintings—"On the Wharf."
Paintings—"The Organ Grinder."
Paintings—"Park Bench—City Hall, New York."
Paintings—"Point and Counterpoint."
Paintings—"Portrait of a Doll."
Paintings—"Portrait of Mrs. Weisberg."
Paintings—"The Prince of Peace."
Paintings—"Rabbi Epstein" (2 items).
Paintings—"Rag Man."
Paintings—"2nd Avenue El."
Paintings—"The Stone Was Rolled Away."
Paintings—"Terrence McManus."
Paintings—"Treasure Hunt."
Paintings—"The Weighing Machine."
Paintings—"Window Cleaners."
Paintings—"Woodhaven, L.I."
Paintings—"Young Troubadour."
Paintings—Unidentified--#1.
Paintings—Unidentified--#2.
Paintings—Unidentified--#3.
Portraits—Unidentified--#1.
Portraits—Unidentified--#2.
Prints—"City Hall Park," (lithograph).
Prints—"A Distinguished Audience," (lithograph).
Prints—"Self-Portrait," (lithograph).
Prints—"Sputen Duyvil Creek," (lithograph).
Prints—"Woodman," (lithograph).
Prints—"Young Smoker," (lithograph).
Rosenbloom, Sidney—photo ca.1906; note by Bettijune Kruse included.
Salinger, Arlene (Katz)—2 photographs, note by Bettijune Kruse, note by Arlene Salinger.
Sculpture—"My Mother" (1 item), ca.1938.
Sloan, John—"McSorley's Cats" (1 item).
Paintings—Wiener Gallery—Exhibit (1 item) 1970.
Photographic Materials: Photographs
Brenner Exhibit (1 of 5) (9 items), 1964.
Brenner Exhibit (2 of 5) (3 items), 1964.
Brenner Exhibit (3 of 5) (3 items), 1964.
Brenner Exhibit (4 of 5) (10 items), 1964.
Brenner Exhibit (5 of 5) (3 items), 1964
Brenner Exhibit—Poster (3 items), 1964.
Burrell Gallery—Exhibit (3 items), 1966.
Carter Gallery—Exhibit (1 of 2) (9 items), 1965.
Carter Gallery—Exhibit (2 of 2) (10 items), 1965.
Carter Gallery—Exhibit (6 items), 1968.
Carter Gallery—Kruse, Alexander (3 items), 1965.
Carter Gallery—Paintings (8 items), 1968.
Drawings—"André Spire" (3 items).
Drawings—"Cropsey Bridge, Coney Island," (conte crayon: 1 item).
Drawings—"Friendly Neighbors." (also known as "Knitting Socks for Soldiers,") (pastels: 8 items).
Drawings—"Preparing the Sabbath" (photographed in reverse: 2 items).
Drawings—Rivera, Diego (1 item).
Drawings—"Rivera Speaks" (pastel: 9 items).
Kruse, Alexander Z. (2 items) 1906.
Kruse, Alexander Z. (2 wallet-size photos) ca. 1913.
Kruse, Alexander Z. (1 item) ca. 193[?].
Kruse, Alexander Z. (8 items) ca. 1940.
Kruse, Alexander Z. (8 items), ca 1950-1972.
Kruse, Alexander Z.—Brooklyn Eagle (1 item), ca.1940.
Kruse, Alexander Z.—Brooklyn Edison Banquet (1item), 1940.
Kruse, Alexander Z.—Brooklyn Museum Art Class, (5 items), ca. 1945.
Kruse, Alexander Z.—Family (8 items).
Kruse, Alexander Z.—Friends (3 items); ca. 1970.
Kruse, Alexander Z.—How to Draw and Paint (6 items).
Kruse, Alexander Z.—Silvermine Guild of Artists, Inc. (1 item).
Kruse, Alexander Z.—Snapshots—Various (6 items), ca. 1970.
Kruse, Alexander Z.; Kruse, Anna (2 items), 1923-1933.
Kruse, Alexander Z.; Kruse, Anna—Passover Seder (5 items), 1969.
Kruse, Alexander Z.; Kruse, Anna; Hohfeld, Violetta, (1 item), 193[?].
Kruse, Alexander Z.; Kruse, Benedict. (5 snapshots), ca. 1930-194[?].
Kruse, Alexander Z.; Kruse, Benedict—Burrell (2 items), 1966.
Kruse, Alexander Z.; Kruse, Lena (1 item), ca. 1920.
Kruse, Alexander Z.; Nehru, S.S. (Shri Shridhar) (1 item).
Kruse, Alexander Z.; Prince, Sadie Medalie (1 item), c1898.
Kruse, Anna (1 item), 193[?].
Kruse, Anna (1 item), 196[?].
Kruse, Lena (1 item), ca.1870.
Kruse, Lena (portraits: 7 items), ca.1920-193[?].
Kruse, Lena (snapshots: 5 items), ca.1920-193[?].
Kruse, Lena (1 item), ca.193[?]
Kruse, Lena (4 items), ca.1936.
Kruse, Lena—Tombstone (4 items), 1938.
Kruse, Sigmund (1 item), ca.1870
Kruse, Sigmund, (3 items), ca.1920-193[?]
Kruse, Sigmund, (5 items), ca.1930
Medalie, Rachel Zerdin, (3 items), c1918.
Paintings—"Beyond Luna Park," (5 items).
Paintings—"Butcher Shop," (7 items), different versions.
Paintings—"Ceramic Dialogue," (2 versions), (2 items).
Paintings—"Coney Island Bridge," (3 items).
Paintings—"Coney Island Creek," (4 items).
Paintings—"Conflict," (2 items).
Paintings—"Corporal Ben," (3 items).
Paintings—"Cottage Organist," (1 item).
Paintings—"Country Antiques," (also known as "Gypsy Jack's"), (4 items).
Paintings—"Country Home Corner," (2 items).
Paintings—"Country Wedding," (2 items).
Paintings—"Cowboy Ben," (1 item).
Paintings—"Deer Head in Tessie's Living Room," (1 item).
Paintings—"Dickie's Back Yard," (2 items).
Paintings—"Dr. Shri S. Nehru," (4 items).
Paintings—"Dress Parade," (1 item).
Paintings—Elshennis at Work—Portrait, (1 item).
Paintings—"Encounter;" "Horse and Snake," (9 items).
Paintings—"Fire Island Alley," (1 item).
Paintings—"Fire Island Fisherman," (1 item).
Paintings—"Fire Island Square," (1 item).
Paintings—"Floral Painting," (3 items).
Paintings—"Flowers," (1 item).
Paintings—"Flowers in Beer Stein," (1 item).
Paintings—"Gladiolas," (see also "Still Life"), (4 items).
Paintings—"Going for the Mail," (3 items).
Paintings—"Hollywood," (1 item).
Paintings—"Hollywood Terrace View," (3 items).
Paintings—"Homeward Bound," (3 items).
Paintings—"Homework," (1 item).
Paintings—"Horses," (2 items).
Paintings—"Husbandry," (1 item).
Paintings—"Ice Man," (1 item).
Paintings—"Jewish Wedding," (6 items).
Paintings—"Judge Lazarus," (2 items).
Paintings—"Laskey Players," (2 items).
Paintings—"Leavenworth's Boy," (1 item).
Paintings—"Lobster Bay," (5 items).
Paintings—"Long Island Peasant," (1 item).
Paintings—Luna Park Paintings, (3 items).
Paintings—"Madam Raj Nehru," (1 item).
Paintings—"Mailbox Quintet," (2 items).
Paintings—"Mailboxes," (also known as "California Road"), (1 item).
Paintings—"Maine Pond," (5 items).
Paintings—"Mary Dillon Bridge," (3 items).
Paintings—Medalie, Rachel, (1 item).
Paintings—"Middle Island, New York," (5 items).
Paintings—"Mother and Son," (2 items).
Paintings—"My Father," (1 item).
Paintings—"Necromancer," (3 items).
Paintings—"New Jersey Farm," (& crayon lithograph), (3 items).
Paintings—"Old Cropsey Ave. Bridge, Coney Island," (3 items).
Paintings—"On Furlough," (2 items).
Paintings—"On the Fire Escape," (1 item).
Paintings—"One-Man Farm," (1 item).
Paintings—"Outskirts of Coney Island," (5 items).
Paintings—"Pigeons," (also known as "Tujunga Rooftop"), (3 items).
Paintings—"Poet Meditates," (2 items).
Paintings—"Primitive Bookend," (3 items).
Paintings—"Reading," (4 items).
Paintings—"Roomscape," (2 items).
Paintings—"Seamstress," (2 items).
Paintings—"Self-Portrait," (1 item).
Paintings—"Snapdragon Symphony," (6 items).
Paintings—"Still Life," (see also "Gladiolas"), (1 item).
Paintings—Still Lifes, (9 items).
Paintings—"Tail Washer," (1 item).
Paintings—"Tandem, Long Island," (1 item).
Paintings—"Ted Lewis," (also known as "Vaudeville Act"), (4 items).
Paintings—"The Tree (Catskills)," (1 item).
Paintings—"Tujunga, California," (1 item).
Paintings—"Turkey Porch," (3 versions), (6 items).
Paintings—"Violetta," (1 item).
Paintings—"Waiting," (1 item).
Paintings—Water Scenes (Untitled), (5 items).
Paintings—"Whaley Lake, New York," (2 items).
Paintings—"Wingdale Stadium," (2 items).
Paintings—"Woodhaven, Long Island," (1 item).
Paintings—Unidentified #1, (1908 Watercolor), (2 items).
Paintings—Unidentified #2, (1 item).
Paintings—Unidentified #3, (1 item).
Paintings—Unidentified #4, (1 item).
Paintings—Unidentified #5, (1 item).
Paintings—Unidentified #6, (1 item).
Paintings—Unidentified #7, (2 items).
Paintings—Unidentified #8, (2 items).
Paintings—Unidentified #9, (3 items).
Paintings—Unidentified #10, (1 item).
Paintings—Unidentified #11, (3 items).
Prints—"The Ford's End," (Etching), (4 items).
Prints—"Industrial Pagodas," (Lithograph), (2 items).
Prints—"King Alphonse," (Lithograph), (4 items).
Prints—"Young Troubadour," (Lithograph), (1 item).
Prints—Lithographs #1, (5 items).
Prints—Lithographs #2, (5 items).
Prints—Lithographs #3, (5 items).
Prints—Lithographs #4, (5 items).
Prints—Lithographs #5, (5 items).
Prints—Lithographs #6, (4 items).
Prints—Lithographs #7, (4 items).
Sculpture—"My Mother," (Plaster relief), (1 item), 1938.
Stella, Joseph—Portrait of Alexander Z. Kruse, (2 items), 1941.
Photographic Materials: Slides
Art. 20 slides per folder. (37 folders)
Photographic Materials: Slides
Art, (6 large slides).
Art, (9 slides).
Art. 20 slides per folder. (30 folders)
Exhibits, (8 slides).
Brenner Exhibit—1964, (12 large slides), 1964.
Family, (1 of 2), (20 slides).
Family, (2 of 2), (17 slides).
"Taking Art to Heart," (22 slides).
Photographic Materials: Transparencies
"Abraham Walkovitz."
"Astoria."
"A Boston Sunset." (copy 1)
"A Boston Sunset." (copy 2)
"Chewing Gum Vendor."
"Coney Island Creek."
"Country Wedding."
"Cropsey Bridge, Long Island."
"Española-Phone."
"Farm Kitchen—Tessie."
"Fire Island Department Store." (copy 1)
"Fire Island Department Store." (copy 2)
"Fire Island Department Store." (copy 3)
"A Friendly Card Game."
"Hauser's Hotel, Fire Island." (copy 1)
"Hauser's Hotel, Fire Island." (copy 2)
"Horse Traders."
"Homeward Bound."
"Judge George Medalie."
Kruse, Alexander Z.
Kruse, Alexander Z.—Studio.
Kruse, Alexander Z., and Benedict Kruse.
"Laskey Players."
"Liane."
"Long Island Peasant."
"Luna Park Carousel."
"Music Hall."
"Musical Clown."
"Observing Puppy, Fire Island." (copy 1)
"Observing Puppy, Fire Island." (copy 2)
"On the Fire Escape."
"Outskirts of Coney Island."
"Park Bench, City Hall Park, New York. (copy 1)
"Park Bench, City Hall Park, New York. (copy 2)
"Park Bench, City Hall Park, New York. (copy 3)
"Poet Meditates." (copy 1)
"Poet Meditates." (copy 2)
"Point and Counterpoint."
"Portrait of Anna."
"Rag Man." (copy 1)
"Rag Man." (copy 2)
"Rivera Speaks."
"Roomscape."
"Studio Interior, Fire Island."
"Sunday Outing."
"Ted Lewis."
"Three on a Park Bench."
"Two Generations." (copy 1)
"Two Generations." (copy 2)
"Two Generations." (copy 3)
"Two Generations." (copy 4)
"Two Generations." (copy 5)
"Two Generations." (copy 6)
"The Woodchopper."
"Woodman."
Art—Unidentified #1
Art—Unidentified #2
Art—Unidentified #3
Art—Unidentified #4
Art—Unidentified #5
Photographs—Oversize [4 folders]
Boswell, Jr., Peyton, 1937. (1 item)
Kruse, Alexander Z., ca.1920. (1 item)
Kruse, Alexander Z.—Contact Sheets, ca. 196[?]. (3 items)
Kruse, Sigmund, n.d. (1 item)
Kruse, Alexander Z. How to Draw and Paint—Advertisements, ca. 1954. (9 items). Oversized item removed from Box 4.
Ephemera 1880-1972
Ephemera: Catalogs (1917-1957)
Ferrer Association: Exhibition of the Ferrer Art Class—Robert Henri and George Bellows, instructors; 7 of Kruse's works in catalog including "Self- Portrait" and "Anarchist." (3 items), 1917.
The Whitney Studio Club (1 item), 1926.
The Opportunity Gallery-Art Center (1 item), 1928.
American Print Makers (2 items), 1929; The Art Institute of Chicago (1 item), 1929.
The Weyhe Gallery (2 items), 1930; The Art Institute of Chicago (1 item), 1930; American Print Makers (2 items), 1930; The American Institute of Graphic Arts (3 items), 1930.
The Weyhe Gallery (1 item), 1931; Print Makers Society of California (1 item), 1931.
Roerich Museum (1 item), 1932; The Philadelphia Society of Etchers (1 item), 1932; New York School of Design (2 items), 1932; The Art Alliance (2 items), 1932.
The Art Alliance (1 item), 1933; Brooklyn Museum (1 item), 1933; Whitney Museum of American Art (1 item), 1933; The Weyhe Gallery (3 items), 1933.
The New Masses/Allied Arts Galleries—Catalog and fragile advertisement for art exhibition to benefit The New Masses/Allied Arts Galleries (2 items), 1933.
The Weyhe Gallery (2 items), 1934; The Society of American Etchers, Inc. (1 item), 1934; The Philadelphia Society of Etchers and Graphic Artists (1 item), 1934; The National Gallery of Canada (1 item), 1934; Brooklyn Museum (1 item), 1934.
The Art Institute of Chicago (1 item), 1935; The Philadelphia Society of Etchers and Graphic Artists (1 item), 1935.
The Society of American Etchers, Inc. (2 items), 1936; Wichita Art Museum (2 items), 1936; National Academy of Design, (1 item), 1936; Whitney Museum of American Art (2 items), 1936.
Riksförbundet för Bildande Konst- Swedish (1 item), 1937; The Philadelphia Society of Etchers and Graphic Artists, (1 item), 1937; Print Makers Society of California (1 item), 1937; American Fine Arts Society Galleries, (1 item), 1937; The Society of American Etchers, (1 item), 1937.
Wichita Art Museum (1 item), 1938. Victoria and Albert Museum (1 item), 1938.
New York World's Fair (1 item), 1940.
Whitney Museum of American Art (1 item), 1941; Findlay Galleries, Inc. (4 items), 1941.
Brooklyn Museum (1 item), 1944.
The Brooklyn Society of Artists (1 item), 1952; Musée des Beaux Arts, Lyon (1 item), 1952; Le Musee des Beaux-Arts, Rouen (1 item), 1952.
National Society of Painters in Casein (1 item), 1957.
Ephemera: Catalogs (1958-1994)
National Society of Painters in Casein (2 items), 1958.
Brenner exhibit (4 items), 1964.
The Carter Gallery (3 items), 1965.
Burrell Galleries, Inc. (14 items), 1966. ASat Shalom (2 items), 1966.
National Academy of Design (2 items), 1967.
The Carter Gallery (5 items), 1968.
Wiener Gallery (4 items), 1970.
Art and Design Shop (2 items), 1972.
Cornell Fine Arts Museum (3 items), 1988.
R.H. Love Galleries (2 items), 1994; New England Fine Arts Auction, Inc. (1 item), 1994.
National Academy of Design (1 item), undated Forest Hills Inn (1 item), undated; Harlow, Keppel & Co.—The Vanguard (2 items), undated Brooklyn Museum Lending Library (2 items), undated; The Weyhe Gallery (2 items), undated George Benet Gallery (2 items), undated; Grand Central Art Galleries (2 items), undated Society of American Etchers (1 item), undated
Exhibitions—List (1 item, 15 p.), 1917-1972.
Exhibitions—List (1 item), 1929-1930.
John Reed Club Exhibition (1 item), undated
Art Digest—Scrapbook of clippings and photocopies of clippings of Kruse's column "Art to Heart Talks" (29 items), 1934-1939.
"Art to Heart," The Brooklyn Eagle, (2 items), Oct. 23, 1960.
"Art with a Small 'a'." Photocopies of clippings (4 items), 1949.
Quotations—envelope filled with small scraps and clippings; separate envelope labeled "Good Quotations" (many taken from the Christian Science Monitor).
Clipping of the title of a Jewish newspaper The Day—written in Hebrew, 1925.
Article in Jewish Tribune by Ben Slater: "Alexander Kruse—An American- Made Artist," 1928.
New Masses (5 items), 1929.
Miscellaneous clippings, 1924-1930.
Miscellaneous clippings about Kruse and of artwork printed in a newspaper, 1930.
Clippings of article about exhibits at the Weyhe Gallery and the Grand Central Art Galleries; also an article by Carl Zigrosser: "Modern American Graphic Art," and the newsletter "Free Youth: Workers of the World Unite" with large picture inside of Kruse's "A Boston Sunset," 1931.
Miscellaneous clippings about lectures given by Kruse and exhibits of his work, 1932.
Inscribed poem by Stanley Burnshaw to Kruse from Modern Monthly; also miscellaneous clippings about Kruse, exhibits of his work, criticisms of his work, his banned artwork, and of artwork printed in a newspaper or magazine, 1933.
Clippings about Kruse and from a newspaper written in Hebrew, 1933.
Articles by Kruse on John Sloan and on George Luks in The Greenwich Villager; clippings about Kruse, exhibits of his work, and of artwork printed in a newspaper or magazine, 1934.
Clippings about Kruse and of artwork printed in a newspaper or magazine, 1935.
Clippings about Kruse and about his painting "Mayor LaGuardia," 1936.
Clippings about Kruse, exhibits of his work, and of an auction including his work, 1937.
Clippings about Two New Yorkers, 1938.
"The Book Collector's Packet" with a review of Two New Yorkers and a review of an art book containing a couple of Kruse's artwork, 1939.
Rough proof of an ad for Mussini paintbrushes endorsed by Kruse (also includes a fax copy of the ad from 1991), 1940.
Clippings about an exhibit of Kruse's work and about the Art Critics Circle, 1941.
Article by Kruse on Lew Lehr, Edmund Reek, National Academy Art Show, Rev. Sanford C. Hearn, Philip A. Benson, Harold M. Kennedy, Reginald E. Gillmor, Rear Admiral E.J. Marquart, James Grover McDonald, William Milligan Park, and Justice Edward Lazansky, 1942. (Newspapers very brittle.)
Ephemera: Clippings (1943-1998)
Clipping of Kruse's column "At the Art Galleries," 1943.
Brooklyn Eagle-Mexican Exhibition Edition with an article by Kruse, Kruse's column "At the Art Galleries," and Kruse's article on Laurence Roberts, 1944.
Clipping, 1945.
Article about exhibit in memory of Lena Kruse, Kruse teaching art class at the YMCA, and two articles by Kruse in the "Tribune of Art," 1946.
"Art News" by Kruse for the "Tribune of Art," 1947.
Article in "The A & S Spotlight" about opening night of art class and an article about Kruse's art class on Sundays in Prospect Park, 1948.
Article about Kruse in The New York Post: Home News Magazine and Comic Section and clippings about art classes being taught by Kruse, 1949.
Clippings about Kruse, exhibit of his work, and art classes being taught by him, 194[?].
Clippings about an exhibit of Kruse's work, reviews by Kruse on art books, review of Kruse's book How to Draw and Paint, and an article about Kruse written partially in Hebrew, 1950.
Clippings about Kruse's work being exhibited in Paris and about recipients of the A.Z. Kruse Scholarship, 1951.
Clippings about Kruse, exhibit of his work in Paris, and art classes being taught by him (one of the clippings is in Italian), 1952.
Clippings about Kruse and reviews about his book How to Draw and Paint, 1953.
Clippings about exhibits of Kruse's work, 1954.
"The Jewish Centergram," 1955.
Clippings about Kruse's lecture at the Women's Club, 1956.
Clipping of a poem by Stanley Burnshaw and clippings of Kruse artwork in the newspaper, 1958.
Clippings about Kruse, his book How to Draw and Paint, and teaching art classes, 195[?].
Clippings of "Art-to-Heart Review" by Kruse, 1960.
Clipping about the book How to Draw and Paint, 1962.
"Paperback Bookshelf," 1963.
Clippings about Kruse, his exhibit at The Tax Center, about Samuel Chotzinoff, 1964.
Article on Leon Kroll by John Gruen—New York Herald Tribune, 1965.
Clippings about Kruse, his exhibit at the Burrell Galleries entitled "Alexander Kruse: 50 Years in American Art," clippings from a Jewish newspaper written in Hebrew containing a photo of Kruse's "Jewish Wedding," and clippings from the Italian newspaper "Il Progresso," 1966.
Clippings including commentary by Kruse, 1967.
Clippings, 1968.
Clippings about Kruse from The Christian Science Monitor, 1969.
Clipping about Kruse, 196[?].
Clippings of artwork printed in the newspaper, 1970.
Obituaries of Alexander Z. Kruse, 1972.
Newsday—account of the General Slocum disaster (ship fire in 1904 that killed Kruse's friend, Jenny Epstein), 1998.
Clippings about Kruse and his work as well as various clippings which are either small one or two sentence quotes or philosophical statements, no date.
Ephemera: Clippings ("At the Art Galleries"--1939-1942)
Scrapbook: 1/29/1939—6/2/1940.
Scrapbook: 10/13/1940—12/6/1942.
Ephemera: Clippings ("At the Art Galleries"--1943-1946)
Scrapbook: 6/3/1943—6/24/1945.
Scrapbook: 9/16/1945—6/2/1946.
Ephemera: Clippings ("Art With a Small 'a'")
Scrapbook: 6/26/1949—11/27/1949.
Scrapbook: 7/1949—8/1949.
Scrapbook: 6/26/1949—11/27/1949.
Clippings—Oversize. "Art-to-Heart", 10/23/1960.
Clippings—Oversize (Mounted on cardboard), 1950-51.
Cardboard poster of Hirschfeld's "Art Critics Circle," 1941.
Ephemera: Family Documents
Biographical Information.
Birth Certificates: Alexander Z. Kruse, Anna Wecht Kruse (photocopies). (5 items)
Census Records of 1900: Burrough of Manhattan (2 laminated sheets). (2 items)
Certificate—Ministry of the Interior—Russia—Kruse, Lena, 1880. (1 item)
Certificates of teaching: Florida Southern College and Department of Education, New York City—Vacation Schools. (3 items)
Kruse, Alexander Z.—Memorial Arrangements: Funeral and burial arrangements papers, 1972. (8 items)
Medical Records: Blue Cross identification cards and hospital insurance record. (2 items)
Special Events: wedding announcements and invitations of Alexander and Anna Kruse, Bar Mitzvah invitations of Steven and Martin Kruse, wedding invitation of Liane Kruse, 10 items.
Documents in Hebrew; one document has a pencil notation of "Alex and Anna, 1923." (2 items—requires translation)
Ephemera: Memorabilia
Art Supplies. Brown paper wrapper with name of art supplies company on label. (1 item)
Artists, Other. Reproductions of photos of artworks by: Eugene Paynor, Marcel Duchamps, Peter Paul Rubens; and photos of French artists: Armand Guillaumin, Camille Pissarro, Alfred Sisley, Edouard Manet, Claude Monet, Edgar Degas, Eugène Boudin, and Auguste Renoir. (7 items)
Emmons, Ellis. 4 postcard advertisements for Ellis Emmons (a.k.a. Bill Reed) book Of All People (which includes Alexander Z. Kruse), 195[?]. (4 items)
Kruse's Novelty Shoe Shop. Large pink business cards with envelopes, 1909-1929. (4 items)
Lehr, Lew—"Target for Tonight." Sheet music autographed by Lehr, 1942. (1 item)
Postcard of White Mountains, New Hampshire, (unused), no date. (1 item)
Prayers and Meditations. Small book in English and Hebrew, [not before 1963]. (1 item)
Spire, André—"André Spire and His Poetry." Brochure, [not before 1932]. (1 item)
University of Judaism—Author-Artist Album. 1972 (copy 1)
University of Judaism—Author-Artist Album. 1972 (copy 2)
"American Union Against Militarism," 1917.
Connell, Francis J.—"Freedom of Worship," 1944.
De la Mare, Walter—"Rupert Brooke and the Intellectual Imagination," 1920.
Ferrer Association, ca.1917 (Flyer for costume ball to celebrate the Russian Revolution).
Goldman, Emma. "Marriage and Love," 1916.
Goldman, Emma. "Mother Earth," 3/1917.
Goldman, Emma. "Mother Earth," 4/1917.
Goldman, Emma. "Mother Earth," 5/1917.
Goldman, Emma. "Mother Earth," 8/1917.
Goldman, Emma. "Mother Earth Bulletin," 10/1917.
Goldman, Emma. "Philosophy of Atheism and the Failure of Christianity," 1916.
Goldman, Emma. "Preparedness, the Road to Universal Slaughter," n.d.
Goldman, Emma. "Syndicalism—The Modern Menace to Capitalism," 1913.
Ingersoll, Robert G. "Gods," n.d.
Kirkpatrick, George. "Mental Dynamite," 1906.
Lenin, Nikolai. "A Letter to American Workingmen," 1918.
Lenin, Nikolai. "The Soviets at Work," 1918.
Martin, Everett Dean. "Psychology and Its Use," 1928.
Marx, Karl. "Communist Manifesto," 1916.
Marx, Karl. "Value, Price, and Profit," n.d.
"The Philistine: A Periodical of Protest," 1903.
Silver, Adolph. "De Leonism versus Burlesque Communism," 1929.
Art Digest, 1938, Jan.
Art Digest, 1939, Jan.
Art Digest, 1941, Mar.
Art Trade Journal, 1934, Nov.-Dec.
Arts Magazine, 1976, Oct.
Brooklyn Museum Quarterly, 1939, Jan.
Credit and Financial Management, 1939, May.
Cue, 1941, Mar. 22.
Fine Prints, n.d.
Life at McBurney YMCA, 1946, Oct. 26.
Musical Courier, 1935, Dec.
Pictures on Exhibit, 1941, May.
Pictures on Exhibit, 1964, Feb.
Prints, 1932, May. (2 items)
Prints, 1935, Mar.
Prints, 1935, Dec.
Prints, 1936, Feb.
Studio News, 1930, Dec.
Studio News, 1933, Jan. (5 items)
Studio News, 1933, Feb.
Studio News, 1933, May. (2 items)
Studio News, 1933, Dec. (3 items)
Studio News, 1934, Feb.
Studio News, 1934, May.
Studio News, 1934, June-July. (5 items)
Visitors East, 1970, May. (copy 1)
Visitors East, 1970, May. (copy 2)
The Winged Foot, 1954, Jan.
Worcester Art Museum, 1945, Dec.
Young Judaean, 1929, Nov. (copy 1)
Young Judaean, 1929, Nov. (copy 2)
Ephemera: Projects
Color Charts. (1 of 2)—Strips of cardboard with samples of paint divided into "color families." (11 items)
Color Charts. (2 of 2)—Color strips, diagrams, and mixing charts. (11 items)
Education
Education. (12 items) [1 of 5]
Education. (17 items) [2 of 5]
Education. (15 items) [3 of 5]
Education. (15 items) [4 of 5]
Education. (15 items) [5 of 5]
Inventions—"Kruse Kolor Kit." Diagram of proposed invention and patents for similar inventions by other people, 1954. (11 items)
Inventions—Stapling Machine—Blueprints, 1929, Mar. 19. (15 items—many torn)
Inventions—Stapling Machine—Blueprints, 1929, Apr. 9. (1 item—badly disintegrated)
Inventions—Stapling Machine—Patent, 1929, Apr. 9.
Inventions—Stapling Machine—Patent Information. Letters, contracts, drawings, 1925-1934. (24 items)
Inventions—Stapling Machine—Patent Office—Gazette, 1929, Mar. 19. (Includes Kruse's stapling machine, version #1)
Inventions—Stapling Machine—Patent Office—Gazette, 1929, Apr. 9. (Includes Kruse's stapling machine, version #2)
Paintings—Lists. (9 items—fragile)
"TV Art Studio," 1955-1963. Suggestions for proposed television show also known as "Hopalong Hobby Artist;" includes: drawings, biographical information, and a letter to William Morris Agency.
"TV Art Studio"—Scrapbook, 1955-1963. Mock-up of proposed television show also known as "Hopalong Hobby Artist"—sample script, drawings.
Ephemera: Publicity Display Materials and Other Oversized Items
18 large poster-size items—photos, clippings and signs glued onto backgrounds advertising Kruse's various art classes (i.e. Starlight Theatre in Pawling, New York), exhibitions, and books (i.e. How to Draw and Paint)
Ephemera: Reproductions
Kruse, Alexander Z. 50 small reproductions including Christmas card designs by Kruse grouped in 5 envelopes of 10 items in each envelope.
Kruse, Alexander Z. 64 large reproductions (8x10 or larger); most are paper negatives.
Books
Books, authors Barr-Gassner
Barr, Alfred Hamilton, 1902-. Picasso: Forty Years of His Art. (New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 1939). (annotated)
Boswell, Helen. Hidden Splendor. (New York: Chief Letaiyo, The American Salon, 1938). (inscribed by Boswell; fragile)
Burnshaw, Stanley, 1906-. André Spire and His Poetry. (Philadelphia: The Centaur Press, 1933) (includes portrait of Spire by AZK and preface by Alfred Kreymborg)
Burnshaw, Stanley, 1906-. The Iron Land. (Philadelphia: Centaur Press, 1936). (copy 1).(inscribed to AZK by Burnshaw; pasted in copy of portrait of Burnshaw by Kruse. Clear plastic book jacket)
Burnshaw, Stanley, 1906-. The Iron Land. (Philadelphia: Centaur Press, 1936). (copy 2). (signed by Burnshaw; pasted in copy of portrait of Burnshaw by Kruse. Original paper book jacket—fragile)
Eliot, Charles William, 1834-1926. Education for Efficiency. (Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1909). (annotated)
Erasmus, Desiderius, d. 1536. The Praise of Folly. (New York: Walter J. Black, Inc., 1942). (inscribed by Holland House Corporation of the Netherlands; annotated)
Gassner, John, 1903-. "Forms of Modern Drama." (Pamphlet reprinted article from Comparative Literature, Vol. VII, No.2, Spring 1955; inscribed on cover by Gassner).
Gassner, John, 1903-. "Broadway in Review: Other Broadways." (Inserted in the pamphlet "Form of Modern Drama"; inscribed by Gassner; annotated)
Gassner, John, 1903- and Sidney Thomas, 1915- eds. The Nature of Art. (New York: Crown Publishers, 1964). (cards with annotations inserted into book; AZK stamp)
Books, authors Gilot-Kruse
Gilot, Françoise, 1921- and Carlton Lake. Life Wit h Picasso. (New York: McGraw Hill, 1964). (annotated)
Janis, Sidney, 1896-1989. They Taught Themselves. (New York: The Dial Press, 1942). (annotated)
Knoedler Galleries. Whistler. (New York: Knoedler Galleries, 1960). (annotated and inscribed by Jane Sabersky of Knoedler's)
Kruse, Alexander Z., 1888-1972. ABC of Pencil Drawing. (New York: Bartholomew House, Inc., 1956). (3 copies)
Kruse, Alexander Z., 1888-1972. How to Draw and Paint. (New York: Barnes & Noble, 1953).
Kruse, Alexander Z., 1888-1972. How to Draw and Paint. (New York: Barnes & Noble, 1953). (reprinted 1955)
Kruse, Alexander Z., 1888-1972. How to Draw and Paint. (New York: Barnes & Noble, 1953). (reprinted 1960) (inscribed by AZK)
Kruse, Alexander Z., 1888-1972. How to Draw and Paint. (New York: Barnes & Noble, 1953). (reprinted 1971)
Kruse, Alexander Z., 1888-1972. How to Draw and Paint. (New York: Barnes & Noble, 1953). (reprinted 1980)
Kruse, Alexander Z., 1888-1972, and Alfred Kreymborg, 1883-1966. Two New Yorkers. (New York: Bruce Humphries, Inc., 1938). (2 copies—both with fragile book jackets)
Kruse, Alexander Z., 1888-1972, and Anna W. Kruse. East of Broadway. (Salt Lake City: Northwest Publishing, Inc., 1994). (Edited and expanded by Benedict and Bettijune Kruse)
Books, authors Levy-Reed
Levy, Mervyn, ed. Paintings of D.H. Lawrence. (New York: The Viking Press, 1964). (inscribed by Berel & Esther; AZK stamp)
Life in America: A Special Loan Exhibition of Paintings Held During the Period of the New York World's Fair April 24 to October 29. (New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1939). (annotated)
McCurdy, Edward, b. 1871. Leonardo da Vinci's Note-Books. (New York: Empire State Book Company, 1923). (annotated)
Menninger, Karl A. (Karl Augustus), 1893-. Man Against Himself. (New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1938). (annotated)
Noyes, Eliot F. Organic Design in Home Furnishings. (New York: The Museum of Art, 1941). (annotated)
Pearson, Ralph M., 1883-. How to See Modern Pictures. (New York: The Dial Press, 1930). (annotated)
Reed, Ellis Emmons. Of All People. (Philadelphia: Dorrance & Company, 1960). (inscribed by Reed; mention of AZK on p.172)
Books, authors Richmond-Van Gelder
Richmond, John Milton, 1903- and Abril Lamarque. Brooklyn, U.S.A. (New York: Creative Age Press, 1946). (inscribed by Jo Ranson) (book jacket fragile)
Sloan, John, 1871-1951. Gist of Art. (New York: American Artists Group, Inc., 1939). (annotated)
Smith, Bernard, 1906-. Moses Soyer. (New York: A.C.A. Gallery, 1944). (inscribed by Soyer)
Sweeney, James Johnson, 1900-. Alexander Calder. (New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 1943). (annotated) (book jacket fragile)
University of Arizona Collection of American Art. (Tucson: University of Arizona, 1947). (includes painting by AZK)
Van Gelder, Robert, 1904-1952. Writers on Writing. (New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1946). (annotated)
Books (Oversize)
Craven, Thomas, b. 1889. Thomas Hart Benton. (New York: Associated American Artists, 1939). (annotated)
Kurth, Willy, 1881-, ed. Albrecht Dürer: Complete Woodcuts. (Privately printed). (inscribed by Carl Zigrosser, 1936).
Schapiro, Meyer, 1904-. Vincent Van Gogh. (New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1950). (annotated)
Wechsler, Herman Joel, 1904-. Great Prints and Printmakers. (New York: Harry N. Abrams, 196[7?]).