Papers relating to Carl Gutherz assembled by Joseph S. Czestochowski
name: label: Creator
content: Gutherz, Carl, 1844-1907
label: Names
content: McGill, A. R. (Andrew Ryan), 1840-1905
label: Names
content: Richardson, Daniel
topic: label: Occupation
content: Muralists -- Washington (D.C.)
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: The lender, Joseph Czestochowski, then curator of the Brooks Memorial Art Gallery, was evidently researching Gutherz [the Brooks Memorial Art Gallery has a considerable number of Gutherz' works in its collection] and lent the Archives photocopies of material he judged to be significant.
creator: label: Creator
content: Gutherz, Carl, 1844-1907
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Mural painter; Washington, D.C. Born in Schoeftland, Switzerland, and came to America in 1851. He is best known for his ceiling decoration in the Representatives Reading Room, Library of Congress.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 25 Items ((on partial microfilm reel))
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1895-1910
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.guthcarl
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: 35mm microfilm reel 1198 available at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
label: Reproduction Note
content: All photocopies.
originalsloc: label: Existence and Location of Originals
content: Letters to McGill: Originals in Minnesota Historical Society.
label: Existence and Location of Originals
content: Photocopies returned to lender, Joseph Czestochowski, after microfilming.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: 2 letters to Andrew Ryan McGill from Gutherz regarding in particular Gutherz' seven "Spectrum of Light" mural panels in the Library of Congress; a nineteen-page analysis, written by Daniel Richardson, of the seven panels; a 41-page typescript, "The Life of Carl Gutherz"; descriptions written by Gutherz of some of his art works, and accompanying sketches; clippings; a chronolgy; and miscellaneous writings.