Merton Clivette papers
name: label: Creator
content: Clivette
label: Names
content: Nassauery, Gustave
topic: label: Occupation
content: Magicians -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Occupation
content: Painters -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Occupation
content: Authors -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Occupation
content: Sculptors -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Topic
content: Ashcan school of art
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: The provenance of the Merton Clivette papers is unknown.
creator: label: Creator
content: Clivette
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content: Merton Clivette papers
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Painter, sculptor, author, and magician Merton Clivette (1868-1931), spent his early life as a vaudevillian and entertainer before he settled in New York City to paint, and was a well-known figure in the Bohemian Greenwich Village scene of the 1920s. While Clivette's early artistic style was associated with the realism of the Ashcan school his work evolved through periods of expressionism and more figurative work, before ultimately becoming more abstract.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.01 Linear Feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: circa 1927-1932
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.clivmert
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: The collection was digitized in 2022 and is available on the Archives of American Art website.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The papers of Merton Clivette date from circa 1927-1932, measure 0.01 linear feet, and consist of a 1929 handwritten biographical sketch of Clivette written by Gustave Nassuery, news clippings and other printed material about Clivette including an autobiographical piece, reviews of Clivette's work and exhibitions, and a page from a catalog with a reproduction of Clivette's painting of Walt Whitman.