Albin Polasek papers
name: label: Creator
content: Polasek, Albin, 1879-1965
label: Names
content: Brookgreen Gardens
topic: label: Occupation
content: Sculptors
label: Topic
content: Sculpture -- Italy
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: The donor, Regina Soria, was a collector for AAA and headed its office in Rome where she studied the work of American artists in Italy.
creator: label: Creator
content: Polasek, Albin, 1879-1965
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Sculptor and teacher; Chicago, Ill. and Winter Park, Fla. Born in Czechoslovakia and came to America in 1901. Studied at the Pennsylvania Academy and won scholarship to study at the American Academy in Rome. Was appointed the Curator of Sculpture at the Chicago Art Institute. Retired to Florida in 1949.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 10 Items ((on partial microfilm reel))
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1937-1964
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.polaalbi
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: 35mm microfilm reel 3470 available for use at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: A biographical sketch of Polasek by Regina Soria, 1964; 2 photographs of Polasek, 1963, one photograph of his work and one photograph of his home; a catalog of Polasek's work published by Brookgreen Gardens, South Carolina, 1937; a postcard reproduction; and 3 clippings.