Sara R. Currie papers about Alfred Lenz
name: label: Creator
content: Currie, Sara R. (Sara Rockefeller)
label: Names
content: Panama-Pacific International Exposition (1915 : San Francisco, Calif.)
label: Names
content: Lenz, Alfred, 1872-1926
topic: label: Occupation
content: Assistants -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Occupation
content: Artists' models -- New York (State) -- New York
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: The collection was donated by Sara R. Currie in 1958.
creator: label: Creator
content: Currie, Sara R. (Sara Rockefeller)
setName: label: See more items in
content: Sara R. Currie papers about Alfred Lenz
abstract: label: Summary
content: The Sara R. Currie papers about sculptor Alfred Lenz measure 0.01 linear feet and date from circa 1899-circa 1926, circa 1950s. The papers include scattered documentation about Lenz including a biographical sketch by Currie, printed material, and photographs.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Sara R. Currie, a member of the Rockefeller family who settled in Jacksonville Florida, was a close friend and self-described assistant of Wisconsin-born New York sculptor Alfred Lenz. Currie remarked in her biographical notes on Lenz that she also modeled for his sculpture Senorita Hootch (1922). Lenz was born in Fon-du-Lac and moved to San Francisco at the age of 19 before settling in New York City where he spent a short period of time working for Gorham Silversmiths. Lenz became absorbed with sculpting and devoted the rest of his life to developing and perfecting a special lost wax technique of casting metals which was used by the ancient Chinese. He also designed a bas relief medallion for the Panama-Pacific International Exposition of 1915.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.01 Linear Feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: circa 1899-circa 1926
label: Date
content: circa 1950s
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.currsara
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: Due to the small size of this collection the papers are arranged as one series.
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: The collection was microfilmed on receipt on reel D24. The collection was processed and a finding aid prepared by Stephanie Ashley and digitized in 2023.
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: The collection was digitized in 2023 and is available on the Archives of American Art website.

Material lent for microfilming is available on 35mm microfilm reel D24 at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The Sara R. Currie papers about sculptor Alfred Lenz measure 0.01 linear feet and date from circa 1899-circa 1926, circa 1950s. The papers include a biographical sketch of Lenz written by Currie; three postcards of the Panama-Pacific International Exposition held in San Francisco, California in 1915, including an image of a medal designed by Lenz; a printed reproduction of a 1910 bas relief of an Aztec Indian, The Vow, by Lenz; and photographs of Lenz taken from circa 1899-1925.
separatedmaterial: label: Separated Materials
content: The Archives of American Art also holds microfilm of material lent for microfilming on Reel D24 including newspaper clippings, correspondence, and an exhibition catalog. Loaned materials were returned to the lender after microfilming and are not described in the collection container inventory.