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Archives of American Art
Andrew Bucci papers
Summary
- Collection ID:
- AAA.buccandr
- Creators:
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Bucci, Andrew A., 1922-2014
- Dates:
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1947-1985
- Languages:
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English.
- Physical Description:
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0.7 Linear feet
- Repository:
Scope and Contents
Scope and Contents
Letters to Bucci, works of art, a photograph, and printed material.
Scope and Contents
Letters, postcards, and handmade holiday cards to Bucci are from artists Anna Baker, Verda Berdich, Kathleen Blackshear, Marie Hull, Dan Flavin, Hosford Fontaine, Ethel Spears, and Paul Wieghardt. Also included is one letter from Jane Terrell, cousin of Blackshear, regarding the recent deaths of Blackshear and Spears and a photograph of them in Texas,1966.
Scope and Contents
Works of art are by Bucci, and include six figure drawings with fellow student H.C. Westermann modeling, from a life drawing class at the Art Institute of Chicago, 1947-48. Printed material relates to the artists and the Allison art colony in Way, Miss., and includes newspaper clippings, exhibition catalogs and announcements, brochures, programs and illustrated calendars.
Biographical / Historical
Biographical / Historical
Andrew Bucci (1922-2014) was a painter and watercolorist in Maryland.
Administration
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Donated 2007 and 2011 by Andrew Bucci.
Using the Collection
Conditions Governing Access
Use of original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C., Research Center. Contact Reference Services for more information.
Keywords
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| Artist colonies -- Mississippi | Function | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Drawings | Genre Form | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Art students | Occupation | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Baker, Anna | Personal Name | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Fontaine, Hosford | Personal Name | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Hull, Marie | Personal Name | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Flavin, Dan, 1933- | Personal Name | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Westermann, H. C. (Horace Clifford), 1922- | Personal Name | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Allison Art Colony | Corporate Name | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
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