Beverly Pepper papers

Summary

Collection ID:: AAA.peppbeve
Creators:: Pepper, Beverly
Dates:: 1969-1981
Languages:: English
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Physical Description:: 0.2 Linear feet
Repository:: Archives of American Art

Scope and Contents

Twenty slides of Pepper's work; a biographical sketch and bibliography; exhibition catalogs; a manuscript of a speech by Pepper, "Public Sculpture and its Public"; and a photograph of Pepper explaining work to be done on one of her sculptures at the John Deere Foundry, East Moline, Ill.

Biographical / Historical

Sculptor, painter; Brooklyn, N.Y. and Torre Gentile di Todi, Italy. Birth date cited as both 1922 and 1924. Studied with Leger and L'Hote. Noted for her site sculpture.

Administration

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Donated by Beverly Pepper, 1979 and 1982.

Using the Collection

Conditions Governing Access

Use of original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C., Research Center. Contact Reference Services for more information.

Keywords

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Keyword Terms	Keyword Types
Public sculpture -- United States	Topic	Search Smithsonian Collections	Search ArchiveGrid
Sculpture, Modern -- 20th century -- United States	Topic	Search Smithsonian Collections	Search ArchiveGrid
Painting, Modern -- 20th century	Topic	Search Smithsonian Collections	Search ArchiveGrid
Women sculptors	Topic	Search Smithsonian Collections	Search ArchiveGrid
Painters	Occupation	Search Smithsonian Collections	Search ArchiveGrid
Sculptors	Occupation	Search Smithsonian Collections	Search ArchiveGrid

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