Creator:
Weschler, Anita.
Inclusive Dates:
1898- 1991
Abstract:
Papers of the American sculptor, painter, interior decorator, poet, author.
Collection includes correspondence, artwork (sketches, watercolors), exhibition catalogs, photographs, writings, and memorabilia, including financial material.
Type of Material:
Appointment books.
Articles.
Audiocassettes.
Sound recordings.
Awards.
Bank statements.
Bankbooks.
Calendars (documents)
Clippings (information artifacts)
Correspondence.
Diaries.
Exhibition catalogs.
Interviews.
Manuscripts for publication.
Notebooks.
Photographs.
Poems.
Receipts (financial records)
Sketches.
Slides (photographs)
Subject:
Artists.
Interior decorators.
Painters.
Poets.
Sculptors.
Art -- Sculptors
Art -- Painters
Art, American -- 20th century.
Interior decorators -- United States.
Jews, American.
Painters -- United States.
Painting, American -- 20th century.
Sculptors -- United States.
Sculpture, American.
Sculpture, Modern -- 20th century.
Women artists -- United States.
Women painters -- United States.
Women poets, American.
Women sculptors -- United States.
Creator:
Weston, Harold, 1894-1972.
Inclusive Dates:
1897- 1971
Abstract:
Papers of the American painter,
humanitarian. The collection includes artwork reproductions, correspondence subject
files, memorabilia and writings, much of which deal with Weston's work in various
organizations, including the Adirondack Trail Improvement Society, the American
Federation of Arts, the Federation of Modern Painters and Sculptors, Food for
Freedom, the International Association of the Plastic Arts of Plastic Arts, the
National Council on the Arts and Government and the United Nations. The collection
provides a detailed look at the lobbying efforts to create the National Endowment
for the Arts as well as development of post-World War Two international cooperation
in the arts.
Type of Material:
Clippings (information artifacts)
Manuscripts for publication.
Drafts (documents)
Black-and-white negatives.
Correspondence.
Exhibition catalogs.
Minutes (administrative records)
Photographs.
Reports.
Subject:
Artists.
Painters.
Art -- Painters
Painting,American -- 20th century.
Art and state.
Federal aid to the arts.
Humanitarianism.