Archives of American Art

Sacha Kolin photograph album and scrapbooks

Summary

Collection ID:
AAA.kolisacp
Creators:
Kolin, Sacha, 1911-1981
Dates:
1934-1966
Languages:
English
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Physical Description:
6 Volumes
(on 1 microfilm reel)
Repository:

Scope and Contents

Scope and Contents
An album containing photographs of an unidentified gallery opening; and 5 scrapbooks containing letters, clippings, exhibition announcements and catalogs, press releases, and photographs, 1934-1966.

Biographical / Historical

Biographical / Historical
Sacha Kolin (1911-1981) was a painter and sculptor from New York, N.Y. Kolin was born in Paris, France in 1911. She grew up in Vienna, Austria, attending the Wiener Kunstgewerbeschule (1930) and the Academy of Fine Arts (1931-32). In 1933 she moved to Paris, and studied with Naoum Aronson (himself a stone carver for Auguste Rodin). In 1935, she became the youngest full member of the Nationale Societe des Beaux Arts. In December 1936, she immigrated to New York and participated in many one-person and group exhibitions. She was the recipient in 1973 of a Mark Rothko Foundation grant award.

Administration

Existence and Location of Copies
35mm microfilm reel 4485 available for use at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
Existence and Location of Originals
Originals in the Chrysler Museum, Norfolk, Va.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Lent for microfilming by the Chrysler Museum, Norfolk, Virginia, 1990.

Using the Collection

Conditions Governing Access
The Archives of American art does not own the original papers. Use is limited to the microfilm copy.

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