Writings
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Celentano, Francis, 1928-2016
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content: Francis M. Celentano papers
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.7 Linear Feet (Box 1-2)
unitdate: label: Date
content: circa 1941-2016
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.celefran, Series 3
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The Writing series contains academic and professional writing projects by Celentano as well as extensive painting and sculpture notes, a diary, and some poetry. Academic writing includes undergraduate and graduate term papers as well as a copy of his master's thesis "The Origins and Development of Abstract Expressionism in the United States" (New York University, 1957) and supporting research notes. Professional writing projects include artist statements, descriptive lists of artworks, lecture notes, and painting and sculpture notes regarding both specific paintings and sculptures as well as broad techniques and components of his practice. His diary documents his time in Rome as a Fulbright scholar.