Archives of American Art

Sidney Gross papers

Summary

Collection ID:
AAA.grossidp
Creators:
Gross, Sidney, 1921-1969
Dates:
1939-1969
Languages:
English
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Physical Description:
2 Reels
ca. 400 items (on 2 partial microfilm reels)
Repository:

Scope and Contents

Scope and Contents
The papers of Sidney Gross include scrapbooks, art works, writings, exhibition catalogs, and a biographical outline.
Scope and Contents
Reel N70-56: Writings, on the philosophical and psychological implications of art and aesthetics, color theories, artistic techniques, and, generally, the history of art; drawings; exhibition catalogs; clippings; and a few miscellaneous items.
Scope and Contents
Reel N70-61: A biographical outline; lecture notes kept by one of his students; scrapbooks containing clippings and notices of Gross's shows; and ten letters to Francis Taylor, Gross's former high school art teacher, 1939-1950.

Biographical / Historical

Biographical / Historical
Painter, writer; New York, N.Y. Produced primarily abstract paintings.

Administration

Existence and Location of Copies
35mm microfilm reels N70-56 and N70-61 available at Archives of American Art and through interlibrary loan.
Existence and Location of Originals
Originals returned to the lender, Mrs. Sidney Gross, after microfilming.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
The lender is the widow of Sidney Gross.

Keywords

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Art teachers -- New York (State) -- New York Occupation Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Painters -- New York (State) -- New York Occupation Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid

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