Alexander Calder letters and photographs
name: label: Creator
content: Calder, Alexander, 1898-1976
label: Names
content: Thomson, George Derwent
topic: label: Occupation
content: Sculptors -- Connecticut -- Roxbury
label: Topic
content: Sculpture, American
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Donated 1986 by Dr. and Mrs. Arthur Kahn, presumably collectors.
creator: label: Creator
content: Calder, Alexander, 1898-1976
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Sculptor; Roxbury, Ct. Thompson was a banker, London, England, and a friend of Calder and family.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 2 Volumes ((55 items on partial microfilm reel))
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1927-1960
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.caldallp
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Volumes
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: 35mm microfilm reel 4781 available at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Two albums labeled "Letters" and "Calder," containing 31 letters and 15 postcards from Calder, 1927-1960, to George Thomson, 4 empty envelopes, 2 photographs of the Calder family, a Christmas card with a photograph of the Calder family, and an exhibition announcement for the Pierre Matisse Gallery. Calder, writing to Thomson in London from various locations, discusses his travel plans, work, and his hopes of seeing Thomson. A few of the letters are illustrated.