Archives of American Art

Giorgio Cavallon papers

Summary

Collection ID:
AAA.cavagior
Creators:
Cavallon, Giorgio, 1904-1989
Dates:
1910-1982
Languages:
English
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Physical Description:
1 Linear foot
(partially microfilmed on 3 reels)
Repository:

Scope and Contents

Scope and Contents
Biographical information; correspondence; photographs; exhibition catalogs and announcements; monograph; scrapbooks; sketchbook; clippings; three small palettes on linen.
Scope and Contents
REELS N68/60-N68/61: Biographical information; personal letters and postcards; business correspondence; a list of owners of Cavallon's paintings; exhibition catalogs and announcements; articles about Cavallon; several drawings with notes; a letter of explanation and drawing for an easel invented by Cavallon; photographs of his paintings and personal photos; and a scrapbook, containing mostly printed material. A portion of these papers were also filmed on Reel D359.
Scope and Contents
REEL D359: Postcards; a drawing of an easel that Cavallon invented with a letter of explanation; photographs of Cavallon including a tintype, 1920, and one taken by Evelyn Hofer, 1956, his family, and friends, including photographs of Ilya Bolotowsky, Carlo Holesch, Ibram Lassaw, Sylvia and Charles Pollock, and of Charles Hawthorne instructing an art class; magazine articles; and a scrapbook, containing clippings, photographs of art work, exhibition announcements and catalogs.
Scope and Contents
UNMICROFILMED: A sketchbook from Italy; letters and postcards received by Cavallon and his wife Linda Lindeberg; a notebook and notebooks; photographs of Cavallon and others; a photograph of Cavallon's work; exhibition catalogs and announcements; clippings; three scrapbooks; scattered writings; a drawing by Cavallon; and a small amount of Linda Lindeberg's (Cavallon's wife) papers and photographs.

Biographical / Historical

Biographical / Historical
Painter; New York, N.Y.; d. December 22, 1989.

Administration

Existence and Location of Copies
35mm microfilm reels N68-60 - N68-61 and D359 available at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Reels N68/60-N68/61 and D359 were lent in 1968 for microfilming; a portion on reel D359 was subsequently donated July 1969 by Giorgio Cavallon. Additional unmicrofilmed material was donated 1980-1982 by Cavallon.

Using the Collection

Conditions Governing Access
Use of original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C., Research Center. Microfilmed materials must be consulted on microfilm.

Keywords

Keywords table of terms and types.
Keyword Terms Keyword Types
Bolotowsky, Ilya, 1907-1981 Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Hawthorne, Charles Webster, 1872-1930 Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Holesch, Carlo Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Lassaw, Ibram, 1913-2003 Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Lindeberg, Linda, 1915-1973 Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Pollock, Charles C. Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Pollock, Sylvia Winter Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Hofer, Evelyn Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid

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