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Archives of American Art
A Finding Aid to the Aimée Brown Price Research Material Regarding Carlos Almaraz, circa 1973-2021, in the Archives of American Art
Summary
- Collection ID:
- AAA.pricaime
- Creators:
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Price, Aimée Brown, 1939-
- Dates:
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1973-2021
- Languages:
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English.
- Physical Description:
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0.4 Linear feet
- Repository:
The Aimée Brown Price research material regarding Carlos Almaraz measures 0.4 linear feet and dates from 1973 to 2021, with the bulk dating from 1974 to 1992. The collection includes letters, print and digital photographs, and printed materials received by Price from Almaraz; Price's own notes and writings on Almaraz's work; and photographs and printed material relating to Almaraz collected by Price.
Scope and Contents
Scope and Contents
The Aimée Brown Price research material regarding Carlos Almaraz measures 0.4 linear feet and dates from 1973 to 2021, with the bulk from 1974 to 1992. The collection includes letters, print and digital photographs, and printed materials received by Price from Almaraz; Price's own notes and writings on Almaraz's work; and photographs and printed material relating to Almaraz collected by Price.
Arrangement
Arrangement
Due to the small size of this collection the papers are arranged as one series.
Biographical / Historical
Biographical / Historical
Aimée Brown Price (1939- ) is an American art historian based in New York City. Price met Almaraz while she was teaching at Otis Art Institute of Los Angeles County (now Otis College of Art and Design), where he was a student. She and her husband Monroe Price collected works by Almaraz, and Monroe provided pro bono legal representation to Almaraz and Los Four in their 1974 dispute with the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.
Carlos Almaraz (1941-1989) was a painter and muralist in Los Angeles, California. Almaraz was born in Mexico City, moved to Chicago in 1942, and settled in Los Angeles in 1949. He studied at California State College, the Otis Art Institute, and the University of California in Los Angeles. He moved to New York City in 1965, where he studied at the Art Students League and New School of Social Research. In 1970, Almaraz returned to Los Angeles. He became active with mural painting within the Mexican American community in Los Angeles. Along with Gilbert Lujan, Beto de la Rocha, and Frank Romero, Almaraz founded the artist collective Los Four. In the late 1980s, Almaraz was diagnosed with AIDS, and he died from complications of the disease in 1989.
Administration
Author
Whitney Sprinkle
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Donated in 2022 by Aimée Brown Price and Monroe Price.
Processing Information
The collection was processed and a finding aid prepared by Whitney Sprinkle in 2022.
Using the Collection
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open for research. Access to original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C. Research Center. Researchers interested in accessing born-digital records in this collection must use access copies. Contact References Services for more information.
Terms of Use
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Preferred Citation
Aimée Brown Price research materials regarding Carlos Almaraz, circa 1973-2021. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Related Materials
Related Materials
Also found in the Archives of American Art are the Carlos Almaraz and Elsa Flores papers. 1946-1996.
Keywords
| Keyword Terms | Keyword Types | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Art historians -- New York (State) -- New York | Occupation | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Muralists -- California -- Los Angeles | Occupation | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Painters -- California -- Los Angeles | Occupation | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Chicano art movement | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Chicano artists | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Latino and Latin American artists | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Drawings | Genre Form | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Almaraz, Carlos | Personal Name | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Los Four (Art group) | Corporate Name | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
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