Peter Fingesten papers
name: label: Creator
content: Fingesten, Peter
label: Creator
content: Pace University. Art Dept
label: Names
content: Ahsen, Akhter
label: Names
content: Fingesten, Michel, 1884-1943
label: Names
content: Reinhardt, Ad, 1913-1967
topic: label: Occupation
content: Sculptors -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Occupation
content: Educators -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Topic
content: Art -- Study and teaching -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Topic
content: Sculpture, Modern -- 20th century -- United States
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: A small amount of printed material and a postcard from Ad Reinhardt was donated by Peter Fingesten in 1971 and 1976. His widow, Carole C. Fingesten Forbes, donated the remainder in 1989-1995, 2014, 2017 and 2023.
creator: label: Creator
content: Fingesten, Peter
label: Creator
content: Pace University. Art Dept
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Peter Fingesten (1916-1987) was a sculptor, graphic artist, and educator in New York. Born Berlin, Germany, Fingesten emigrated to the United States in 1939. He founded the Pace University Art Department in 1950 and served as chairman until 1986.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 2.7 Linear feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1936-2022
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.fingpete
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: A small amount of the collection is available on 35mm microfilm reels 2804 (some printed materials) and 3482 (postcard from Ad Reinhardt). Microfilm is available at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan..
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The papers of sculptor, graphic artist and educator Peter Fingesten measure 2.7 linear feet and date from 1936-1988. Included are biographical material, correspondence, writings, teaching material, personal business records, photographs, works of art, printed material and a scrapbook.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Correspondence concerns Fingesten's association with Pace University and his writings and lectures. Among the correspondence is a postcard from Ad Reinhardt, circa 1962, commending Fingesten for his articles in the College Art Journal. Writings including diaries, essays, art and exhibition reviews, and manuscripts by Fingesten and others including is a draft of Fingesten's article, "Breast of the Madonna," and related research material. Also included is an illustrated journal written by Carole Forbes and illustrated by Shaunna Dancause, dedicated to Peter, 2019-2022. Teaching material consists of lecture notes and syllabi for courses taught at Pace University. Personal business records include lists of works of art with prices, appraisals, consignments and receipts. Photographs are of Fingesten, his family, friends, and works of art. Works of art consist of seven signed and numbered prints by Fingesten. Printed material includes articles by Fingesten, exhibition catalogs and announcements, clippings, reviews of Fingesten's writings and books about religion, death, and the ancient world and a folio of reproductions of nine drawings A scrapbook, 1936-1957, (disbound) also includes printed material.