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Archives of American Art
August Arp papers
Summary
- Collection ID:
- AAA.arpaugu
- Creators:
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Arp, August, 1894-1968
- Dates:
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1927-1981
- Languages:
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English.
- Physical Description:
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94 Items
- Repository:
Scope and Contents
Scope and Contents
Certificates of baptism and death; correspondence, 1927-1967, with friends, family, and other artists, and letters of condolence to his family on his death; several unpublished poems; art works, consisting of 12 pencil & charcoal sketches, including preliminary drawings for Christmas cards, 8 original silkcreened Christmas cards and designs, 3 hand-colored linecut Christmas cards, and 1 book jacket design in pastels and charcoal (24.6 x 22 cm. or smaller.); photographs of Arp and 21 slides of his paintings; a brief biographical sketch, 1981, by his widow, Raizel Wiesenberg Arp; and miscellany.
Biographical / Historical
Biographical / Historical
Painter; New York, N.Y.
Administration
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Donated 1982 by Raizel Wiesenberg Arp, August Arp's widow.
Using the Collection
Conditions Governing Access
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