Creator:
Wight, Clifford.
Inclusive Dates:
1929- 1941
Abstract:
Papers of the Mexican muralist. An epigrapher and sculptor,
Wight acted as secretary, translator, and technical assistant to Diego Rivera during the latter's sojourn in the
United States. Collection includes a variety of materials relating to Rivera's mural work in Detroit, San Francisco,
and New York, including technical documents, correspondence, miscellaneous holograph and typescript manuscripts,
photographs, and printed material.
Type of Material:
Agendas (administrative records)
Announcements.
Articles.
Clippings (information artifacts)
Correspondence.
Drawings (visual works)
Ephemera.
Manuscripts for publication.
Pamphlets.
Photographs.
Programs (documents)
Specifications.
Subject:
Artists.
Painters.
Art -- Painters
Mexican American art.
Mural painting and decoration -- California.
Mural painting and decoration -- Michigan -- Detroit.
Mural painting and decoration --New York (State) -- New York.
Mural painting and decoration -- United States -- 20th century.
Painters, Mexico.
Public art.
Creator:
Reisman, Philip, 1904-1992.
Inclusive Dates:
1932- 1993
Abstract:
Papers of the American Jewish Social Realist painter, illustrator, and printmaker; born in Warsaw, Poland, died 1992. Correspondence (7 items), including an incoming letter from Diego Rivera; 103 pencil and/or pen-and-ink drawings; photographs of WPA Federal Art Project mural work for Bellevue Hospital; 179 annotated slides; printed reproductions of Reisman's work; articles and reviews (1932-1992); and exhibition announcements, invitations, and catalogs (1930s-1993).
Type of Material:
Articles.
Correspondence.
Drawings (visual works)
Exhibition catalogs.
Photographs.
Reviews (documents)
Slides (photographs)
Subject:
Artists.
Illustrators.
Painters.
Art -- Painters
Art, American -- 20th century.
Jewish artists -- United States.
Illustrators --United States.
Jews -- United States.
Mural painting and decoration -- United States -- 20th century.
Painters -- United States.
Painting, American -- 20th century.
Polish Americans.
Social realism -- United States.