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A Finding Aid to the Estelle Glaser De Escobar Papers, 1945-1969, in the Archives of American Art

Summary

Collection ID:
AAA.deeseste
Creators:
De Escobar, Estelle Glaser, 1908-
Dates:
1945-1969
Languages:
The material is in English and Spanish.
Physical Description:
0.01 Linear feet
Repository:
The papers of painter Estelle Glaser De Escobar date from 1945 to 1969 and measure 0.01 linear feet. The papers provide scattered documentation of De Escobar's career as a painter through a résumé, a list of her works, annotated exhibition catalogues, a 1951 photograph of Estelle with her mother and daughter, and miscellany.

Scope and Contents

Scope and Contents
The papers of painter Estelle Glaser De Escobar date from 1945 to 1969 and measure 0.01 linear feet. The papers provide scattered documentation of De Escobar's career as a painter through a résumé, a list of her works, annotated exhibition catalogues, a 1951 photograph of Estelle with her mother and daughter, and miscellany.

Arrangement

Arrangement
Due to the small size of the collection the papers are arranged as one series.

Biographical / Historical

Biographical / Historical
Estelle Glaser De Escobar (1908-unknown) was a painter who lived and worked in both Brooklyn, New York and Bogotá, Colombia. De Escobar was born in Brooklyn in 1908, and completed her studies at Cooper Union Women's Art School in 1930. She married Luis Javier Escobar Lopez in 1932 and moved to Bogotá, Colombia. During the 1950s De Escobar taught art at the University Javeriana Femenina in Bogotá before returning to the United States around 1960. Thereafter she taught at Erasmus Hall High School in Brooklyn and at Cooper Union Women's Art School. De Escobar exhibited her works primarily in Brooklyn, Bogotá, and Rome.

Administration

Author
Ricky Gomez
Existence and Location of Copies
The collection is available on 35mm microfilm reel 2803 at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan. Researchers should note that the arrangement of material described in the container inventory does not reflect the arrangement of the collection on microfilm.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Donated 1960 by Estelle Glaser De Escobar.
Processing Information
The papers were microfilmed on Reel 2803 after receipt. The collection was processed, and a finding aid prepared by Ricky Gomez in 2023.

Using the Collection

Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open for research. Access to original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C. Research Center.
Conditions Governing Use
The Archives of American Art makes its archival collections available for non-commercial, educational and personal use unless restricted by copyright and/or donor restrictions, including but not limited to access and publication restrictions. AAA makes no representations concerning such rights and restrictions and it is the user's responsibility to determine whether rights or restrictions exist and to obtain any necessary permission to access, use, reproduce and publish the collections. Please refer to the Smithsonian's Terms of Use for additional information.
Preferred Citation
Estelle Glaser De Escobar papers, 1945-1969. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

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