David Kasmire papers
name: label: Creator
content: Kasmire, David
label: Names
content: Berenson, Bernard, 1865-1959
label: Names
content: Bolles, John S.
label: Names
content: Cherry, Herman
label: Names
content: Crehan, Hubert
label: Names
content: Gechtoff, Ethel
label: Names
content: Gechtoff, Sonia, 1926-2018
label: Names
content: McNeil, George, 1908-1995
label: Names
content: Nevelson, Louise (1899-1988)
label: Names
content: Spohn, Clay Edgar, 1898-1977
label: Names
content: Zogbaum, Wilfrid, 1915-1965
place: label: Place
content: San Francisco (Calif.) -- Buildings, structures, etc
label: Place
content: Montgomery Block (San Francisco, Calif.)
topic: label: Occupation
content: Painters -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Occupation
content: Painters -- California -- San Francisco
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Donated 1989 by David Kasmire.
creator: label: Creator
content: Kasmire, David
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Painter; San Francisco, Calif. Had a studio in Montgomery Block, also known as "Monkey Block" in San Francisco, built in 1853, and occupied by artists and writers from early 1900s until its demolition in 1959.
function: label: Function
content: Artists' studios -- California -- San Francisco
label: Function
content: Historic buildings -- California -- San Francisco
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.2 Linear Feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1949-1968
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.kasmdavi
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Letters to David Kasmire from Hubert Crehan, Sonia Gechtoff, George McNeil, Wilfred Zogbaum describing the art scenes and the people involved in New York City and San Francisco between 1949 and 1968, including John Bolles, Herman Cherry, Ethel Gechtoff (Etya), Louise Nevelson Clay Edgar Spohn and others; a letter from Bernard Berenson to "Preston," Mar. 23, 1949; 1 photograph of Hubert Crehan and a group photograph of Crehan with Sonia Gechtoff and others; a photo postcard of the "Monkey Block" in San Francisco where artists Crehan, Sonia Gechtoff, Elmer Bischoff, James Weeks and others had studios; and 3 clippings, including an announcement for Sonia Gechtoff and Crehan exhibitions, n.d. and a story on the razing of the historic "Monkey Block" (1958).