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titleJoseph Randall Shapiro and Jory Shapiro papers, 1943-1985.
repositoryArchives of American Art
descriptionLetters, scrapbooks, and printed material documenting the development of the Shapiro's art collection.

Correspondence, primarily from dealers, museums, art organizations and artists, includes letters from Enrico Baj, Aaron Bohrod (recommending Ben Shahn as a muralist), George Buehr, Jose Luis Cuevas, Leon Golub, Margo Hoff, Miyoko Ito, Sidney Janis, Ellen Lanyon, Pierre Matisse, Ida Meyer-Chagall (discussing her father's work), Abbott Pattison, Irving Petlin, Abraham Rattner, and Kay Sage Tanguy (discussing her husband's work). Printed material consists of 11 exhibition announcements and catalogs (1952-1984), and clippings (1965-1985).

Four scrapbooks (1943-1955) contain clippings, some dealing with the "Art to Live With" program, exhibition catalogs, a letter from Richard Daley (1958), a 3-page typescript "Surrealism Then and Now" by Doris Lane Butler (1958), press releases (1959), and a letter from R. J. Nedved of the Illinois Society of Architects (1967).
extent0.6 linear ft. (on 1 microfilm reel) reel 3759
formatsCorrespondence Catalogs Scrapbooks Ephemera
accessPatrons must use microfilm copy.
record linkhttp://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/joseph-randall-shapiro-and-jory-shapiro-papers-9547
record sourcehttp://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/joseph-randall-shapiro-and-jory-shapiro-papers-9547
acquisition informationMaterial on reel 3759 (fr. 1-320) donated 1986; and material on fr. 323-569 lent for microfilming 1986 all by Joseph R. Shapiro.
updated03/16/2023 10:29:53
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titleArtist file: Shapiro, Joseph Randall; miscellaneous uncataloged material.
repositoryThe Museum of Modern Art
descriptionPamphlet file
The folder may include announcements, clippings, press releases, brochures, reviews, invitations, small exhibition catalogs, and other ephemeral material.

Bio/History:
b. 1904, Russia; d. June 16, 1996, Oak Park, Ill.

Biographical/historical note
b. 1904, Russia; d. June 16, 1996, Oak Park, Ill.

Location
MoMA Queens Artist Files

Call Number
Shapiro, Joseph Randall
extent1 folder
formatsEphemera
accessContact repository for restrictions and policies.
record sourcehttps://library.nyarc.org/permalink/01NYA_INST/ai54l4/alma991010102349707141
updated11/29/2022 15:49:50
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