Max Arthur Cohn papers
name: label: Creator
content: Cohn, Max Arthur, 1903-
label: Names
content: Federal Art Project
label: Names
content: Barr, Norman, 1908-
label: Names
content: Gottlieb, Harry, 1895-
label: Names
content: McCausland, Elizabeth, 1899-1965
label: Names
content: O'Connor, Francis V.
topic: label: Occupation
content: Printmakers -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Occupation
content: Painters
label: Occupation
content: Serigraphers
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Donated 1976 and 1978 by Max Arthur Cohn.
creator: label: Creator
content: Cohn, Max Arthur, 1903-
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Painter, printmaker; New York, N.Y.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1,000 Items ((on 1 microfilm reel))
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1928-1978
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.cohnmax
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Scrapbooks
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: 35mm microfilm reel 3960 available at AAA offices and through interlibrary loan.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Scrapbooks
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The papers of Max Arthur Cohn document his career as a painter and printmaker; significantly, pertaining to the WPA Federal Art Project, as well as other art organizations and galleries. Includes:
label: Scope and Contents
content: biographical material, undated and 1956; correspondence, undated and 1933-1978, includes letters from Norman Barr, Elizabeth McCausland, Harry Gottlieb and Francis O'Connor; notes, undated and 1942-1977, includes lists of exhibitions and art works; an address by Cohn before the "Artist Coordinating Committee and Associated Organizations at the Art Students League", 1935; business records, undated and 1940-1970;
label: Scope and Contents
content: a scrapbook of printed material, undated and 1928-1947; exhibition announcements and catalogs; miscellaneous printed material relating to the National Serigraph Society and the WPA Federal Art Project; a book SILKSCREEN TECHNIQUES by Cohn and J. I. Biegeleisen; and photographs of Cohn, his family, and his works of art.