Photographs
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Brook, Alexander, 1898-1980
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content: Alexander Brook papers
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.6 Linear Feet (Box 4)
unitdate: label: Date
content: circa 1900-1980
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.brooalex, Series 8
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: Items are arranged by subject and material type.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Photographs are of people, exhibition installations, and works of art.  These include childhood photos of Alexander Brook and Gina Knee Brook, photos of the Brooks together in Savannah, Georgia and Sag Harbor, Long Island, as well as photos of Alexander Brook with friends, an artist model, at home, and in various studios.  Within the photos of Alexander Brook are two series of the artist in his studio, one shot by Peter Stackpole in 1943, and one shot by Gabriel Benzur in 1946.  The photographs of Alexander Brook posing with an artist model were taken by Hans Namuth in 1980.

There are also photos of the Brook's extended family, his car, travel to the southwest, and the artists Peggy Bacon, Louis Bouché, Niles Spencer, and Jackson Pollock.    Exhibition installations include a show at the Carnegie Institution and unidentified one man shows.  There are additional oversize photos found in the untitled scrapbook in the Scrapbook series.