Archives of American Art

Records relating to art commissions

Summary

Collection ID:
AAA.firsnati
Creators:
First National Bank of Fort Worth (Fort Worth, Tex.)
Dates:
1954-1968
Languages:
English
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Physical Description:
128 Items
(on 1 microfilm reel)
Repository:

Scope and Contents

Scope and Contents
A file containing correspondence, photographs and publicity material relating to the Isamu Noguchi sculpture commissioned for the bank's plaza; a file of publicity material about the bank's commissioning Christmas paintings from Texas artists, including Kelly Fearing and Dickson Reeder; and a scrapbook of clippings on the Bror Utter paintings commissioned by First National Bank.

Administration

Existence and Location of Copies
35mm microfilm reel 1913 available through interlibrary loan.
Existence and Location of Originals
Originals returned to the lender, Gordon Crow, after microfilming.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Lent for microfilming, 1980, by the First National Bank of Fort Worth, via Gordon Crow, Vice President of the bank, as part of the Archives of American Art's Texas project.

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
Art commissions -- Texas Function Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Art patronage -- Texas -- Fort Worth Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Painting, Modern -- 20th century -- Texas -- Fort Worth Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Sculpture, Modern -- 20th century -- Texas -- Fort Worth Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Art patrons -- Texas -- Fort Worth Occupation Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Bankers -- Texas -- Fort Worth Occupation Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Fearing, Kelly Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Noguchi, Isamu, 1904-1988 Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Reeder, Dickson, 1912-1970 Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Utter, Bror, 1913-1993 Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
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