Morris Kantor papers
name: label: Creator
content: Kantor, Morris, 1896-1974
label: Names
content: Andrews, Sperry, 1917-
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content: Benno, Benjamin, 1901-1980
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content: Brodsky, Edith
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content: Forman, Alice, 1931-
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content: Grosz, George, 1893-1959
label: Names
content: Hatofsky, Anita
label: Names
content: Hattorf, Alvin F., 1899-
label: Names
content: Hattorf, Helen King
label: Names
content: Hubbard, John E., 1931-
label: Names
content: Koepf, Werner, 1909-
label: Names
content: Kootz, Samuel Melvin, 1898-1982
label: Names
content: Lund, David, 1925-
label: Names
content: McCoy, Garnett
label: Names
content: Pach, Walter, 1883-1958
label: Names
content: Patterson, Charles Allen, 1922-
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content: Reif, Rubin, 1910-
label: Names
content: Ross, Alvin, 1920-1975
label: Names
content: Sekula, Sonja, 1918-1963
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content: Vytlacil, Vaclav, 1892-1984
label: Names
content: Watkins, Franklin Chenault, 1894-1972
topic: label: Occupation
content: Painters -- New York (State) -- New City
label: Topic
content: Painting, Modern -- 20th century -- New York (State) -- New York
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Materials on reels D114 and 969 donated 1963-1969 by Morris Kantor. Material on reels 3784-3785 donated 1976-1984 by Martha (Mrs. Morris) Kantor and Syracuse University, which had been given some of Kantor's papers. The addition was transferred from the National Museum of American Art, 1997, which had received it from Martha Kantor for use in researching the large number of Kantor's works in the museum's collection.
creator: label: Creator
content: Kantor, Morris, 1896-1974
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Painter; New City, N.Y.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 3.6 Linear Feet ((on 4 microfilm reels))
label: Extent
content: 0.7 Linear Feet (Addition)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1905-1977
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.kantmorr
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Scrapbooks
label: Type
content: Sketchbooks
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: 35mm microfilm reels D114, 969, and 3784-3785 available at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Scrapbooks
label: Genre/Form
content: Sketchbooks
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Correspondence, exhibition materials, writings, printed materials, photographs, sketchbooks, and scrapbooks.
label: Scope and Contents
content: REEL D114: Correspondence, including letters from students, friends, and institutions; sketchbooks; and scrapbooks. Correspondents include: Sperry Andrews, Benjamin G. Benno, Edith Brodsky, Alice Forman, George Grosz, Anita Hatofsky, Alvin and Helen King Hattorf, John E. Hubbard, Werner Koepf, Samuel M. Kootz, David Nathan Lund, Garnett McCoy, Walter Pach, Charles Allen Patterson, Rubin Reif, Alvin Ross, Sonia Sekula, Vaclav Vytlacil, and Franklin C. Watkins.
label: Scope and Contents
content: REEL 969: Correspondence, mostly concerning the exhibition and loan of paintings; exhibition catalogs and announcements; clippings; and photographs of his work with Kantor's notes analyzing them.
label: Scope and Contents
content: REEL 3784-3785 Biographical material; correspondence, including letters from Kantor's students, personal letters, letters of condolence to Kantor's widow after his death, and others; notes on painting and teaching, and drafts for lectures; business records, including statements from the Rehn Gallery, a record book of income and expenses, receipts and records relating to teaching and household expenses; art works, including working drawings, sketches and paintings on paper; exhibition catalogs and announcements; printed material; and photographs of Kantor and of his work.
label: Scope and Contents
content: REEL 439 AND SCANNED Photo of Kantor, taken by Kuniyoshi,and previously microfilmed under Photos of Artists I; it has now been scanned and returned to the Kantor papers.
label: Scope and Contents
content: ADDITION: A resume; a letter from Ala Story, 1972; ten notebooks and loose pages containing handwritten notes, essays, and other writings by Kantor; an account book, 1971-1973; photographs of the Kantor family, ca. 1905, photographs of Kantor, Kantor in his Welfleet, Mass. studio, his work, his New York studio at the time of his death taken by Lee Friedlander, and snapshots of the view of Union Square from his studio window; among the photographers are Peter A. Juley & Son, De Witt Ward, and Yasuo Kiniyoshi; exhibition catalogs and announcements, 1929-1971; reproductions of paintings by Kantor; and clippings, 1965-1974. Also included are letters from the Zabriskie Gallery to Mrs. Morris Kantor, 1976.