Archives of American Art

Robert Laurent home movies [motion picture]

Summary

Collection ID:
AAA.laurrobv
Creators:
Laurent, Robert, 1890-1970
Dates:
1933-1938
Languages:
English
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Physical Description:
1 Item
film reel (36 min.)
si., b&w
16 mm.
Repository:

Scope and Contents

Scope and Contents
Footage of Laurent at work in his Brooklyn studio, of Fairmont Park, Pennsylvania, of family members in Brittany, of Gaspe, of Woodstock, New York including Arnold Blanche, Carl Walters, Emil Ganso, Ernest Fiene, Stefan Hirsch, Rudy Dirks, and others. Also contains Charlie Chaplin and Felix the Cat excerpts and scenes from a cocktail party in Ogunquit, Maine (given by Ker Fravaal) with Ogunquit artists and cartoonists.

Biographical / Historical

Biographical / Historical
Sculptor and teacher; Brooklyn, N.Y. and Ogunquit, Me.

Administration

Existence and Location of Copies
Also available as digital video file
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Donated 1983 by Mary Leigh-Smart.

Keywords

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Blanch, Arnold, 1896-1968 Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Dirks, Rudolph Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Fiene, Ernest, 1894- Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Ganso, Emil, 1895-1941 Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Hirsch, Stefan, 1899-1964 Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Walters, Carl, 1883-1955 Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
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