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Archives of American Art
Frederic C. Knight papers
Summary
- Collection ID:
- AAA.knigfred
- Creators:
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Knight, Frederic C., 1898-1979
- Dates:
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1913-1975
- Languages:
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English.
- Physical Description:
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400 Items(on 2 microfilm reels)
- Repository:
Scope and Contents
Scope and Contents
Correspondence; biographical data; photographs; a scrapbook; writings; organizational records of An American Group and American Artists' Congress; and exhibition catalogs.
Scope and Contents
REEL 1123: Correspondence; biographical data; exhibition catalogs; and a scrapbook. Also included are correspondence and organizational records of An American Group, (New York) of which Knight was President, 1934-1939, essays by Knight about An American Group; organizational records of the American Artists' Congress; and printed bulletins and newsletters.
Scope and Contents
REEL 1147: Photographs, 1915-1973, including 3 personal photographs (one with Andrew Dasburg and others), 3 photographs of Frederic Knight with art classes at the Newcomb Art School, Tulane, ca. 1943-1946, 19 photographs of Knight's paintings and sketches, and 75 photographs of artworks by members of An American Group.
Biographical / Historical
Biographical / Historical
Painter; Canaan, New York.
Administration
Existence and Location of Copies
35mm microfilm reels 1123 & 1147 available for use at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
Existence and Location of Originals
Originals returned to Frederic C. Knight after microfilming.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Lent for microfilming 1976 by Frederic C. Knight.
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
| Keyword Terms | Keyword Types | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Painting, American | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Arts organizations -- New York (State) | Function | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Art schools -- Photographs | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Painters -- New York (State) -- Canaan | Occupation | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Dasburg, Andrew, 1887-1979 | Personal Name | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Newcomb Art School | Corporate Name | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| An American Group (Organization) | Corporate Name | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| American Artists' Congress | Corporate Name | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
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