Federation of Modern Painters and Sculptors records
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Weston, Harold, 1894-1972
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content: Harold Weston papers
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content: Harold Weston papers / Series 4: Associations and Organizations
physdesc: label: Extent
content: (Box 4-5; 0.3 linear feet)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1940-1968
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.westharo, Subseries 4.3
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents note
content: Harold Weston served as president for the Federation of Modern Painters and Sculptors in the 1950s and remained a member into the 1960s. Filed here are audio recordings and other documentation of "An Evening with Louise Nevelson," February 28th, 1967; clippings and other printed materials; scattered correspondence; membership and meetings information; materials relating to the Museum Gift Plan; and documents relating to the history of the association. Also found are Weston's notes taken during a discussion on sculptors by sculptors in 1954. Sculptors present during the discussion include: Caparn, Harkavy, Kekakis, Model, Nevelson, Simkhovitch, Stillman, Vargis, Weschler, and Wingate.