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Archives of American Art
Gerhard Marcks letters from Frans Wildenhain
Summary
- Collection ID:
- AAA.marcgerh
- Creators:
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Marcks, Gerhard
- Dates:
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1950-1979
- Languages:
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English.
- Physical Description:
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87 Items(on 1 microfilm reel)
- Repository:
Scope and Contents
Scope and Contents
87 letters to Marcks from Frans Wildenhain.
Biographical / Historical
Biographical / Historical
Sculptor, monumental stone sculptor, bronze, and woodcuts. Born in Berlin, East Germany in 1889. Taught at School of Applied Art, Bauhaus, Halle and Hamburg. Last of Germany's three "Expressionist" sculptors.
Administration
Existence and Location of Copies
35mm microfilm reel 2435 available at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
Existence and Location of Originals
Originals in Germanisches National Museum, Nurnberg, West Germany.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Microfilm donated by Ludwig Veit of the Germanisches National Museum, West Germany
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 | ||
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Sculptors -- Germany (East) | Occupation | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Wildenhain, Frans, 1905-1980 | Personal Name | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
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