Salvatore Aucello papers
name: label: Creator
content: Aucello, Salvatore L., 1903-
label: Names
content: Chrysler Building (New York, N.Y.) -- Pictorial works
topic: label: Topic
content: Mural painting and decoration -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Topic
content: Artists' preparatory studies
label: Topic
content: Muralists
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Donated 1961 by Salvatore Aucello.
creator: label: Creator
content: Aucello, Salvatore L., 1903-
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Mural painter; New York State. Studied at the National Academy of Design. Project planner for the Public Works of Art Project. Also executed murals in ceramic tile and mosaic.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 36 Items ((on partial microfilm reel))
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1941-1959
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.aucesalv
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: 35mm microfilm reel 2786 available at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: 31 preliminary sketches for a mural in the Chrylser Building, New York City, mostly gesture drawings of laborers. Sketches are on 29 sheets (27.7 x 21.4 cm.) charcoal & pencil on paper; 16 are signed in ink: "SA." Also included are 17 photographs of Aucello, a resume, an exhibition catalog, 1941, a reproduction of a mural by Aucello in P.S. 150, Bronx, New York, and other printed material.