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Archives of American Art
Robert K. Fowler papers
Summary
- Collection ID:
- AAA.fowlrobe
- Creators:
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Fowler, Robert K., 1931-
- Dates:
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[ca. 1950-1982]
- Languages:
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English.
- Physical Description:
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0.3 Linear feetca. 2700 items (partially microfilmed on 6 reels)
- Repository:
Scope and Contents
Scope and Contents
Sketchbooks, photographs and slides, correspondence, writings, art works, monologue and financial material.
Scope and Contents
REELS 1995-1998: Biographical information; manuscripts and drafts for articles; contracts for sculpture commissions; clippings and catalogs; 12 sketchbooks; sketches and drawings; correspondence and clippings relating to the commissioned altar piece for St. Augustine's Catholic Church in Houston.
Scope and Contents
REEL 3126: Material relating to the commissioned sculpture for the entrance to the Houston zoo, including correspondence, clippings, financial records, sketches, photographs and a file on the Art in Public Places-Arts Council of Houston.
Scope and Contents
REEL 3752: Transcript of a monologue by Fowler regarding his sculpture now in Temple Emmanuel, and portions of a conversation between Bob West and Fowler. (Original tapes - 2 cassettes, are in the collection).
Scope and Contents
UNMICROFILMED: Thirty-nine slides of the Houston zoo sculpture, 10 etchings, a drawing, and a print.
Biographical / Historical
Biographical / Historical
Sculptor and etcher; Houston, Tex.
Administration
Existence and Location of Copies
35mm microfilm reels 1995-1998 and 3126 available for through interlibrary loan.
Existence and Location of Originals
Reels 1995-1998 & 3126; Originals returned to the lender, Robert K. Fowler, after microfilming.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Material on reels 1995-1998 and 3126 lent for microfilming, 1979-1984, by Fowler as part of the Archives of American Art's Texas project. Unmicrofilmed material donated by Fowler, 1984-1986.
Keywords
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Art commissions -- Texas | Function | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Public sculpture -- Texas -- Houston | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Drawings | Genre Form | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Sculptors -- Texas -- Houston | Occupation | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
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