Richard Marquis papers
name: label: Creator
content: Marquis, Richard, 1945-
label: Names
content: Nanette L. Laitman Documentation Project for Craft and Decorative Arts in America
label: Names
content: Frantz, Susanne K.
label: Names
content: Mann, Audrey
label: Names
content: Moore, Benjamin P.
label: Names
content: Venini Diaz de Santillana, Anna
topic: label: Occupation
content: Glass artists -- Washington (State)
label: Occupation
content: Educators -- California -- Los Angeles
label: Occupation
content: Glass artists -- California
label: Topic
content: American studio craft movement
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: The Richard Marquis papers were donated in 2004 by Richard Marquis as part of the Nanette L. Laitman Documentation Project for Craft and Decorative Arts in America.
creator: label: Creator
content: Marquis, Richard, 1945-
setName: label: See more items in
content: Richard Marquis papers
abstract: label: Summary
content: The papers of glass artist and educator Richard Marquis measure 0.8 linear feet and date from 1967 to 2004. The collection comprises biographical materials including resumes and photographs of Marquis in his studio; correspondence with Scott Benefield, Susanna K. Frantz, Audrey Mann, Benjamin Moore, Anna Venini, and others; professional files containing correspondence, price lists, consignment forms, invoices, appraisals, exhibition forms, goblet lists, and other material from Marquis's professional activities; and printed materials.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Richard Marquis (1945- ) is a glass artist and educator in Freeland, Washington. He is considered a pioneer of American glass art. 

Marquis was born in Bumble Bee, Arizona. He attended the University of California in Berkeley where he received both his bachelor's and master's degrees. In 1969, he traveled to Italy on a Fulbright-Hays fellowship to work as a guest designer at the Venini glass factory where he mastered Venetian glass techniques. Marquis is a collector of a wide variety of objects and often uses found objects in his work. He has taught at the University of California in Los Angeles, the Penland School of Crafts, Pilchuk Glass School, and Haystack Mountain School of Crafts.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.8 Linear Feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1967-2004
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.marqrich
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Drawings
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: The collection is arranged as four series.

Series 1: Biographical Materials, 1967-2004 (0.2 linear feet; Boxes 1)

Series 2: Correspondence, 1973-2004 (10 folders; Box 1)

Series 3: Professional Files, 1983-2004 (0.2 linear feet; Boxes 1-2)

Series 4: Printed Materials, 1970-2004 (0.3 linear feet; Box 2)
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: The collection was processed, and a finding aid prepared by Sarah Mundy in 2022.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Drawings
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The papers of glass artist and educator Richard Marquis measure 0.8 linear feet and date from 1967 to 2004. The collection comprises biographical materials including resumes and photographs of Marquis in his studio; correspondence with Scott Benefield, Susanna K. Frantz, Audrey Mann, Benjamin Moore, Anna Venini, and others; professional files containing correspondence, price lists, consignment forms, invoices, appraisals, exhibition forms, goblet lists, and other material from Marquis's professional activities; and printed materials.
relatedmaterial: label: Related Materials
content: Also in the Archives of American Art is an oral history interview with Richard Marquis conducted on September 16, 2006 by Mija Riedel for the Archives of American Art's Nanette L. Laitman Documentation Project for Craft and Decorative Arts in America at the artist's home and studio in Freeland, Washington.