Adam A. Sanders papers
name: label: Creator
content: Sanders, Adam A., b. 1889
topic: label: Topic
content: Sculpture, Modern -- 20th century -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Topic
content: Sculptors -- New York (State) -- New York -- Interviews
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Donated 1971-1972 by Sanders.
creator: label: Creator
content: Sanders, Adam A., b. 1889
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Sculptor, writer; New York City. Sanders's theory of altoform explains the reason for elongation of the human figure in art, particularly American.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.4 Linear Feet ((partially microfilmed on 2 reels))
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1914-1961
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.sandadam
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: 35mm microfilm reels 98 and 284 available for use at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Writings, photographs, sketches, printed material, and letters.
label: Scope and Contents
content: REEL 98: Autobiographical sketch; exhibition catalogs; clippings about Sanders; pencil sketches, photographs of Sanders and his work; and three printed essays by Sanders, COSMOGONY, THE PRINCIPLE OF ALTOFORM, and THE THEORY OF ALTOFORM.
label: Scope and Contents
content: REEL 284: Letters from Fred Hovey Allen, art commissioner of the Hotel Majestic in New York City arranging for a hotel sculpture studio for Sanders; letters from an early art patron, Harriet Bishop Lanier; copies of THE THEORY OF ALTOFORM and THE PRINCIPLES OF ALTOFORM; sketches; photographs; and clippings.
label: Scope and Contents
content: UNMICROFILMED: Photographs of Sanders's works; sketches; pamphlets on the theory of altoform; clippings; and miscellaneous printed materials.