Carlos and Rhoda LeBlanc Lopez papers
name: label: Creator
content: Lopez, Carlos, 1908-1953
label: Creator
content: Lopez, Rhoda LeBlanc, 1912-
topic: label: Occupation
content: Ceramicists -- California -- San Diego
label: Occupation
content: Sculptors -- California -- San Diego
label: Occupation
content: Ceramicists -- Michigan
label: Occupation
content: Sculptors -- Michigan
label: Topic
content: Ceramics
label: Topic
content: Sculpture, Modern -- 20th century -- California -- San Diego
label: Topic
content: Sculpture, Modern -- 20th century -- Michigan
label: Topic
content: Latino and Latin American artists
label: Topic
content: Decorative arts
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Lent for microfilming 1979 by Rhoda Lopez.
creator: label: Creator
content: Lopez, Carlos, 1908-1953
label: Creator
content: Lopez, Rhoda LeBlanc, 1912-
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Ceramists, and Rhoda is also a sculptor; San Diego, Calif. and Michigan. Carlos was born in Havana, Cuba.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 392 Items ((on 1 microfilm reel))
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1932-1973
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.lopecarp
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Sketchbooks
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: 35mm microfilm reel 2105 available for use at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Sketchbooks
originalsloc: label: Existence and Location of Originals
content: Originals returned to Rhoda LeBlanc Lopez after microfilming.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Correspondence; biographical data; journal; sketchbook and sketches; photographs; and printed material.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Carlos Lopez material includes: a biographical typescript; an illustrated journal recording Carlos Lopez's army experiences and travels along the Gold Coast of Africa in 1943; an undated sketchbook of drawings; 44 undated sketches, some done as studies for his ceramics; 94 photographs of Carlos Lopez, his family, his travels, and his works of art; exhibition catalogs; and printed material including articles, clippings, press releases, and miscellany.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Rhoda Lopez material includes: four letters; biographical data from the 1973 exhibition catalog "California in Clay"; 16 photographs of Rhoda Lopez, her ceramics, and her works of art, including an undated photograph by George Lyons of her sculpture, "Figure of Christ," done for the Clairmont Lutheran Church in San Diego, California; and printed matter including publications, articles, and clippings, a few discussing her work as a medical illustrator in 1955.