Elisofon, Eliot |
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role
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Collector |
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dates
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1911-1973 |
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city
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New York City |
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historical notes
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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.
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decades
of activity | 1930-1940
1940-1950
1950-1960
1960-1970
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Archives/Repository |
Collection Title |
Collection Details |
University of Texas, Austin
Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center |
Eliot Elisofon Papers, 1930-1988 (bulk, 1942-1973) |
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Archives of American Art
Victor Building, Suite 2200 |
Chaim Gross papers, 1920-2004 |
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National Museum of African Art
Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives |
Eliot Elisofon Field photographs, 1942-1972. |
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The Museum of Modern Art
Library and Archives |
Artist file: Elisofon, Eliot; miscellaneous uncataloged material. |
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Emory University
Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library
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Eliot Elisofon photograph collection. |
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University of Texas, Austin
Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center |
Gloria Swanson Papers, 18??-1988.
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The Museum of Modern Art
Library and Archives |
Elisofon, Eliot : [photography bio file]. |
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