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Archives of American Art
Lawrence Kupferman papers
Summary
- Collection ID:
- AAA.kupflawr
- Creators:
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Kupferman, Lawrence Edward, 1909-1982
- Dates:
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1941-1971
- Languages:
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English.
- Physical Description:
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0.2 Linear feet(partially microfilmed on 7 reels)
- Repository:
Scope and Contents
Scope and Contents
Typescripts of 2 incomplete novels; exhibition material; photographs and slides; and a career outline.
Scope and Contents
REEL D320: Typescripts of two incomplete novels written ca. 1949. The first, BEGGAR'S BREAD, 449 pp., is set in Boston during the Depression, and concerns the efforts of the protangonist, an artist, to survive the period, in part through a connection with the Federal Art Project, which is described in detail. Living artists and situations represented in the novel are identified on frames 1 and 2 . These include Jack Levine and his studio, Hyman Bloom, Karl Knaths, and Joan Marshall. The second novel, FLIGHT, consists of three chapters only.
Scope and Contents
REELS 155-161: Exhibition material, 1941-1971, including 20 notebooks recording information on the prices, buyers, medium and subject matter of specific works, sketches, poetry and occasional correspondence; one notebook containing lists of Kupferman's exhibits, announcements and catalogs; one notebook listing sales of graphics; exhibition catalogs, announcements, photographs and clippings.
Scope and Contents
UNMICROFILMED: 40 photographs of Kupferman, his wife, friends and his paintings; 90 slides of his paintings; and a career outline.
Biographical / Historical
Biographical / Historical
Painter, etcher, writer; Newton Centre, Massachusetts. Died in 1982.
Administration
Existence and Location of Copies
35mm microfilm reels D320 & 155-161 available for use at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
Existence and Location of Originals
Reels D320 & 155-161: Originals returned to Lawrence Kupferman after microfilming.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Material on reels D320 & 155-161 lent for microfilming 1968-1971 by Lawrence Kupferman; he donated unmicrofilmed material June 1971.
Using the Collection
Conditions Governing Access
Use of original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C., Research Center. Microfilmed materials must be consulted on microfilm. Contact Reference Services for more information.
Related Materials
Related Materials
Lawrence Edward Kupferman papers also at Syracuse University.
Keywords
| Keyword Terms | Keyword Types | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Art, American | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Art, Modern -- 20th century -- United States | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Art and literature | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Etchers -- Massachusetts | Occupation | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Painters -- Massachusetts | Occupation | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Bloom, Hyman, 1913- | Personal Name | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Knaths, Karl, 1891-1971 | Personal Name | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Levine, Jack, 1915-2010 | Personal Name | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Marshall, Joan | Personal Name | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Federal Art Project | Corporate Name | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Archives of American Art
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