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Archives related to: Orswell, Lois, 1904-1998

titleLois Dailey Orswell letters from Curt Valentin and Richard Stankiewicz, 1945-1959.
repositoryArchives of American Art
description22 letters and postcards from Curt Valentin, written from Europe and New York City, regarding buying trips and suggesting purchases; and six letters from Richard Stankiewicz, regarding his sculpture, his studio, working on drawings, and planning a dinner with Orswell.
extent28 items (on partial microfilm reel). reel 3161
formatsCorrespondence
accessPatrons must use microfilm copy.
record linkn/a
record sourcehttps://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/lois-dailey-orswell-letters-curt-valentin-and-richard-stankiewicz-8531
acquisition informationThe donor, Wolfgang Freitag Bafflin of the Fine Arts Library of the Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, acted as liason between Orswell and the Archives of American Art.
updated06/08/2023 16:42:16
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titleDavid Smith Letters, 1957-1965 (inclusive).
repositoryHarvard Art Museum Archives
descriptionConsists of 66 letters from David Smith to Lois Orswell, articles on Smith and his work, photographs, and exhibition catalogues.

History notes:
Sculptor. Studied painting at the Art Students League in New York City between 1927 and 1932. Smith began working with sculpture around the time of leaving the League. In 1940 he moved to upstate New York where he remained until his death in 1965. Retrospective exhibitions of Smith’s work at the Museum of Modern Art in 1957, and at the Fogg Art Museum in 1966.
extent.50 linear ft |f (2 boxes).
formatsClippings Correspondence Exhibition Catalogs Photographs
accessContact repository for restrictions.
bibliographyCohn, Marjorie B. "Lois Orswell, David Smith, and modern art ." Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Art Museums; New Haven: Yale University Press, c2002.
record sourcehttp://hollis.harvard.edu/
acquisition informationGift of Lois Orswell, 1974.
updated11/12/2014 11:29:53
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