Archives of American Art

Chuzo Tamotzu papers

Summary

Collection ID:
AAA.tamochuz
Creators:
Tamotsu, Chūzō, 1888-1975
Dates:
1920-1982
Languages:
English
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Physical Description:
12 Microfilm reels
Repository:

Scope and Contents

Scope and Contents
Correspondence; biographical data; list of works of art; photographs; sketchbook; annotated books; financial material; a diary; sketches; prints; and printed material.
Scope and Contents
REEL SW 6: Correspondence, including 2 letters from Philip Evergood; biographical data; photographs; list of paintings sold; sketches; prints; catalogs; and clippings.
Scope and Contents
REELS 3031-3041: Biographical information; a list of works of art; correspondence, 1930-1975; photographs of Tamotzu, his family, friends and works of art; a sketchbook, 1945-1946; annotated books; files on his trips to Japan and his work about Hiroshima, New Mexico and its artists' community, galleries, museums, art associations, collectors and artists Philip Evergood, Louis Ribak, Olive Rush, Eugenie Shonnard, John Sloan and others; financial material; exhibition announcements and catalogs; clippings; printed material; and a diary kept by Tamotzu's wife Louise Kates Tamotzu.

Biographical / Historical

Biographical / Historical
Chuzo Tamotzu (1888-1975) was a Japanese American painter based in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Tamotzu was born in Japan and came to the United States in 1920. He moved to Santa Fe in 1948.

Administration

Existence and Location of Copies
35mm microfilm reel SW 6 available for use at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
Existence and Location of Copies
35mm microfilm reels 3031-3041 available for use through interlibrary loan.
Existence and Location of Originals
Originals located at the University of New Mexico, Center for Southwest Research, Albuquerque, N.M.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Reels 3031-3041: Microfilmed as part of the Archives of American Art's Texas project.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Material on reel SW 6 lent for microfilming 1970 by Chuzo Tamotzu and material on reels 3031-3041 lent for microfilming 1983 by Louise Kates Tamotzu, widow of Tamotzu. All material subequently donated to the University of New Mexico, Center for Southwest research.

Using the Collection

Conditions Governing Access
The Archives of American art does not own the original papers. Use is limited to the microfilm copy.

More Information

Other Finding Aids

Other Finding Aids
Microfilm reels 3031-3041: Microfilm inventory available in Archives of American Art offices.


Keywords

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Asian American art Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
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Painters -- New Mexico -- Santa Fe Occupation Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Evergood, Philip, 1901-1973 Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Ribak, Louis, 1902-1979 Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Rush, Olive, 1873-1966 Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Shonnard, Eugenie Frederica, 1886-1978 Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Sloan, John, 1871-1951 Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Tamotzu, Louise Kates Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid

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