Summary
- Collection ID:
- AAA.katzvirg
- Creators:
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Katz, Virginia Cartwright
Wildenhain, Frans, 1905-1980
- Dates:
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1968-1979
- Languages:
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- Physical Description:
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19 Items
(on partial microfilm reel)
- Repository:
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Scope and Contents
Scope and Contents
Letters, 1968-69 and 1975-79, from Wildenhain to his former student Virginia Cartwright Katz. Wildenhain discusses his pottery, classes and personal matters.
Biographical / Historical
Biographical / Historical
Franz Wildenhain (1905-1980) was a sculptor, painter, ceramic craftsman, and teacher from Rochester, N.Y. Wildenhain was born in Leipzig, Germany and studied at the Bauhaus, with Walter Gropius, Paul Klee, Wassily Kandinsky, Laszlo Moholy-Nagy, Josef Albers and others.
Administration
Existence and Location of Copies
35mm microfilm roll 2103 available at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Katz was a former student of Wildenhain.
Other Title
Other Title
This collection is identified as the Frans Wildenhaim Papers on the microfilm.
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
Archives of American Art
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