Archives of American Art

Gerhard Marcks letters from Frans Wildenhain

Summary

Collection ID:
AAA.marcgerh
Creators:
Marcks, Gerhard
Dates:
1950-1979
Languages:
English
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Physical Description:
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

Keywords table of terms and types.
Keyword Terms Keyword Types
Sculptors -- Germany (East) Occupation Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Wildenhain, Frans, 1905-1980 Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid

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