Scholars and students interested in the early development of American abstraction or the history of children’s literature will find a wealth of primary source material at the Foundation, including:
- promotional fliers created by Slobodkina for the American Abstract Artists group (AAA)
- personal writings about Slobodkina’s experience with the AAA
- AAA exhibition catalogs
- Slobodkina’s three-volume autobiography, Notes for a Biographer (self-published in 1976 and of limited availability)
- hundreds of original artworks dating from the 1920s to 2002
- preliminary sketches, original illustrations, and out-of-print editions of Slobodkina’s children’s books
- correspondence between notable figures in the art and literature world, including Margaret Wise Brown, William Scott, Ilya Bolotowsky, and Piet Mondrian.
- articles and a library of books related to Slobodkina, American Abstraction, and children’s literature
Please contact us to schedule a research appointment or to learn more about our holdings:
Ann Marie Mulhearn Sayer
annmarie@slobodkinafoundation.org