Archives of American Art

Josephine and Salvatore Del Deo collection relating to Provincetown artists

Summary

Collection ID:
AAA.deldeo
Creators:
Del Deo, Josephine Couch
Del Deo, Salvatore, 1928-
Dates:
[ca. 1929-1970]
Languages:
Undetermined
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Physical Description:
1 Linear foot
Repository:

Scope and Contents

Scope and Contents
Material collected or kept by the Del Deo's relating to Provincetown art and artists, including Ross Moffet, Karl Knaths, James Wingate Parr, J. Madaline Winslow, Front Street Gallery, and the Provincetown Fine Arts Center (FAWC).
Scope and Contents
Material pertaining to painter Ross Moffett includes photographs of his family and its farm in Iowa; photographs of Moffett's paintings and drawings; photographs of Moffett's work taken by George Yater; material pertaining to Moffett's lecture "Three Dimensional Organization in Painting"; translations from a publication by Gino Severini; and drawings of Moffett by Shelby Shackelford.
Scope and Contents
Knaths material consists of two sketchbooks, one with occassional notes (1929) and one, ca. 1952; the sketches are figure and landscape compositions in Knath's characteristic cubist style. Parr material consists of a small album containing clippings, photographs of work, telegrams, and letters (undated and 1946); Winslow material is a letter to Caroline H. Geiger (1938).
Scope and Contents
Also found are records of the cooperative Front Street Gallery, in which Sal Del Deo was a member for its one-season existence, including information on the "Freedom Riders Exhibition" to benefit the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE); 7 reel-to-reel tape recordings made by Del Deo at the first three sessions of the Provincetown Fine Arts Work Center (FAWC), 1968-1970, including lectures or seminars by Jack Tworkov, Henry Hensche, Karl Knaths, Philip Malicoat, Boris Margo, and Ross Moffett.

Biographical / Historical

Biographical / Historical
Collectors; Provincetown, Mass. Josephine is the author of Figures in a Landscape : the Life and Times of the American Painter, RossMoffett, 1888-1971. Sal (b. 1928) is a painter and former vice-president of the Fine Arts Work Center.

Administration

Immediate Source of Acquisition
Donated 1996, 1998 and 2000 by Jo & Sal Del Deo. They received the Moffett material Moffett's widow and used by Del Deo in preparation for her biography on Moffett. The Parr album was received from Robert Cummings, an old friend of Parr's, who had received it from Parr's parents. The Knaths sketchbooks were given by his widow, Helen, to the Del Deos. The Winslow letter was given to Josephine Del Deo by Janice Crouch who had a connection with Geiger or her family, either as a relation or a friend.

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.
Conditions Governing Use
Reel-to-reel recordings of FAWC lectures and discussions: Authorization to publish, quote or reproduce requires written permission from Salvatore Del Deo. Contact Reference Services for more information.
Terms of 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.

Keywords

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Keyword Terms Keyword Types
Artist colonies -- Massachusetts Function Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Provincetown (Mass.) Geographic Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Sound recordings Genre Form Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Sketchbooks Genre Form Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Artists -- Massachusetts -- Provincetown Occupation Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Knaths, Karl, 1891-1971 Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Moffett, Ross Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Parr, James Wingate, 1923-1969 Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Geiger, Caroline Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Hensche, Henry, 1901- Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Malicoat, Philip, 1908-1981 Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Margo, Boris, 1902-1995 Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Severini, Gino, 1883-1966 Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Shackelford, Shelby Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Tworkov, Jack Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Winslow, J. Madaline Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Yater, George, 1910-1993 Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Front Street Gallery (Provincetown, Mass.) Corporate Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Provincetown Fine Arts Work Center Corporate Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid

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