Archives of American Art

Carlos and Rhoda LeBlanc Lopez papers

Summary

Collection ID:
AAA.lopecarp
Creators:
Lopez, Carlos, 1908-1953
Lopez, Rhoda LeBlanc, 1912-
Dates:
1932-1973
Languages:
English
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Physical Description:
392 Items
(on 1 microfilm reel)
Repository:

Scope and Contents

Scope and Contents
Correspondence; biographical data; journal; sketchbook and sketches; photographs; and printed material.
Scope and Contents
Carlos Lopez material includes: a biographical typescript; an illustrated journal recording Carlos Lopez's army experiences and travels along the Gold Coast of Africa in 1943; an undated sketchbook of drawings; 44 undated sketches, some done as studies for his ceramics; 94 photographs of Carlos Lopez, his family, his travels, and his works of art; exhibition catalogs; and printed material including articles, clippings, press releases, and miscellany.
Scope and Contents
Rhoda Lopez material includes: four letters; biographical data from the 1973 exhibition catalog "California in Clay"; 16 photographs of Rhoda Lopez, her ceramics, and her works of art, including an undated photograph by George Lyons of her sculpture, "Figure of Christ," done for the Clairmont Lutheran Church in San Diego, California; and printed matter including publications, articles, and clippings, a few discussing her work as a medical illustrator in 1955.

Biographical / Historical

Biographical / Historical
Ceramists, and Rhoda is also a sculptor; San Diego, Calif. and Michigan. Carlos was born in Havana, Cuba.

Administration

Existence and Location of Copies
35mm microfilm reel 2105 available for use at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
Existence and Location of Originals
Originals returned to Rhoda LeBlanc Lopez after microfilming.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Lent for microfilming 1979 by Rhoda Lopez.

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

Keywords table of terms and types.
Keyword Terms Keyword Types
Ceramics Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Sculpture, Modern -- 20th century -- California -- San Diego Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Sculpture, Modern -- 20th century -- Michigan Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Latino and Latin American artists Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Decorative arts Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Sketchbooks Genre Form Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Ceramicists -- California -- San Diego Occupation Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Sculptors -- California -- San Diego Occupation Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Ceramicists -- Michigan Occupation Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Sculptors -- Michigan Occupation Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid

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