Georg John Lober papers
name: label: Creator
content: Lober, Georg John, 1892-1961
topic: label: Occupation
content: Educators
label: Occupation
content: Sculptors
label: Topic
content: Sculpture, Modern -- 20th century
label: Topic
content: Figure sculpture -- New York (State) -- New York
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: The donor, Eleanor E. Lober, is the widow of Georg John Lober.
creator: label: Creator
content: Lober, Georg John, 1892-1961
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Sculptor, New York, N.Y. Born in Chicago, attended the National Academy of Design, Columbia College; studied under Alexander Calder. Works include the George M. Cohan statue in Times Square and the Hans Christian Andersen statue in Central Park, in New York City, for which he won international acclaim.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 7.5 Linear Feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: [ca. 1915-1970]
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.lobegeor
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Scrapbooks
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Scrapbooks
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Papers primarily regarding commissions of Lober's statues of Theodore Roosevelt, Senator Wagner, Hans Christian Andersen in Central Park, Thomas Paine, the Governor's Room in New York City Hall, and other statues; a personal ledger; clippings; sketches; drawings; glass negatives; correspondence; slides; photographs; 4 expense books; 9 notebooks; and a scrapbook.
label: Scope and Contents
content: REEL 441 AND SCANNED Two photographs of Lober and other artists (1911), including: Rubinstine, Abe Rosenstine, Patronni, Salarno, Rannus, and Lipshits. These photos were microfilmed under Photos of Artists I and have subsequently been scanned and returned to the Lober papers.