Archives of American Art

Louie H. Ewing papers

Summary
Collection ID:
AAA.ewinloui
Creators:
Ewing, Louie H., 1908-1983
Dates:
[ca. 1940]-1982
Languages:
English
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Physical Description:
1 Reel
ca. 800 items (on 1 microfilm reel)
Repository:
Scope and Contents
Scope and Contents
The papers chiefly concern the career of Louie H. Ewing, and are composed of biographical and professional material, with many examples of commissioned works of art. Also includes material relating to the Santa Fe artistic community.
Scope and Contents
Included are: biographical data; an eight page transcript of an interview conducted by Sylvia Loomis, January 7, 1964; letters received concerning Ewing's exhibitions and works; price lists; printed material, 1942-1982, including exhibition catalogs, and announcements, clippings, and reproductions appearing in books, and printed material; editions of the publication WORKS AND WORDS OF SANTA FE ARTISTS, 1959, 1965, and 1974; illustrations, and reproductions created for the Mutual Building and Loan Association, 1972-1973; an inventory, and Ewing's "Masterpiece" series, 1943-1947, commissioned by the Library of Anthropology, Santa Fe, New Mexico; eight sketches; twelve studies for color plates created for the Navajo Museum; a drawing for a poster of the 45th Annual Inter-Tribal Indian Ceremonial, Gallup, New Mexico; ca. 42 prints and five watercolors; and 54 photographs of Ewing, his artist friends, and Ewing's works of art.
Biographical / Historical
Biographical / Historical
Illustrator, painter, printmaker; Santa Fe, New Mexico.
Administration
Existence and Location of Copies
35mm microfilm reel 2998 available at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
Existence and Location of Originals
Originals returned to lender, Louie H. Ewing, after microfilming.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Lent for microfilming 1983 by Louie H. Ewing.
Using the Collection
Conditions Governing Access
The Archives of American art does not own the original papers. Use is limited to the microfilm copy.
Keywords
Keywords table of terms and types.
Keyword Terms Keyword Types
Navajo Indians -- New Mexico Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Indians of North America -- New Mexico -- Pictorial works Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Artists -- New Mexico -- Santa Fe Occupation Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Illustrators -- New Mexico Occupation Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Painters -- New Mexico Occupation Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Printmakers -- New Mexico Occupation Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Repository Contact
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