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Elisofon, Eliot print view role Collector dates 1911-1973 city New York City state NY sex M historical notes Photographer, artist, art collector and author. Before his death Elisofon donated pieces of his African and Pacific art collection to the Museum of African Art in Washington, D.C, the Museum of Primitive Art in New York, the Peabody Museum of Salem, Massachusetts, the Harvard Peabody Museum, the Metropolitan Museum, and other institutions. Besides collecting primitive art and sculpture, other interests Elisofon pursued were cooking and painting, and he was able to take advantage of his worldwide travel as a photographer to develop all of these simultaneously. His photographs, watercolor paintings, and objects from his personal collection of primitive art have been exhibited throughout the United States and other countries. decades of activity 1930-1940 1940-1950 1950-1960 1960-1970 updated 03/22/2024 12:09:30 bibliographic search Search Frick Art Reference Library Catalog Search Photoarchive Search Worldcat Search Library of Congress Name Authority File (LCNAF) Search Virtual International Authority File (VIAF) Search Wikidata Entry Archives/Repository Collection Title Collection Details University of Texas, Austin Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center Eliot Elisofon Papers, 1930-1988 (bulk, 1942-1973) see details... Archives of American Art Victor Building, Suite 2200 Chaim Gross papers, 1920-1983. see details... National Museum of African Art Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives Eliot Elisofon Field photographs, 1942-1972. see details... The Museum of Modern Art Library and Archives Artist file: Elisofon, Eliot; miscellaneous uncataloged material. see details... Emory University Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library Eliot Elisofon photograph collection. see details... University of Texas, Austin Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center Gloria Swanson Papers, 18??-1988. see details... The Museum of Modern Art Library and Archives Elisofon, Eliot : [photography bio file]. see details... «  back