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Archives of American Art
Lecture, "Artists and printmaking: the making of a print"
Summary
- Collection ID:
- AAA.alexbroo
- Creators:
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Alexander, Brooke
- Dates:
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1984 February 29 /
- Languages:
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English.
- Physical Description:
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1 Itemsound cassette + 8 slides
- Repository:
Scope and Contents
Scope and Contents
A lecture delivered by Edmund Brooke Alexander 1984 Feb. 29 at the Fogg Art Museum. Also includes eight accompanying color slides. Alexander speaks of prints he has published and distributed since 1968 by artists Alex Katz, Sam Francis, Sol Lewitt, Robert Motherwell and others; factors in judging prints, painters and sculptors working in printmaking; and his involvement with young painters, studying to become printmakers.
Biographical / Historical
Biographical / Historical
Edmund Brooke Alexander (1937-2022) was an art dealer and publisher based in Cambridge, Massachusets.
Administration
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Donated 1988 by E. Brooke Alexander. Harvard University granted the Archives of American Art permission to record the lecture.
Using the Collection
Conditions Governing Access
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More Information
General
General
This lecture is also recorded on 1 5" sound tape reel along with another lecture "The Dealer's Eye".
Keywords
| Keyword Terms | Keyword Types | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Prints -- 20th century -- United States | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Prints -- Technique | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Sound recordings | Genre Form | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Art dealers -- Massachusetts -- Cambridge | Occupation | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Lectures | Genre Form | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Printmakers | Occupation | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Francis, Sam, 1923-1994 | Personal Name | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Katz, Alex, 1927- | Personal Name | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| LeWitt, Sol, 1928-2007 | Personal Name | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Motherwell, Robert | Personal Name | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Fogg Art Museum | Corporate Name | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
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