Cleo (Cleo Dorman) papers
name: label: Creator
content: Cleo, 1908-1990
topic: label: Occupation
content: Artists' models -- California -- Los Angeles
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Donated 1995 and 2020 by Jennifer Coile, trustee of Cleo's estate.
creator: label: Creator
content: Cleo, 1908-1990
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content: Cleo (Cleo Dorman) papers
abstract: label: Summary
content: The papers of artist's model Cleo Dorman measure 1.2 linear feet and date from 1924 to 1999. Found are biographical materials, correspondence, personal business records, photographs, printed material, a mixed-media scrapbook, and writings by Cleo and others.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Cleo (Cleo Dorman) (1908-1990) was an artist's model in Los Angeles, California. 

Born Essie Cleo Dorman, May 16, 1908, Cleo's first modeling job was at a Chicago art school. She subsequently modeled at the Cranbrook Academy, the Art Institute of Chicago, the Art Student's League in New York, the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art, the Otis Art Institue in Los Angeles and various other university art schools. 

Cleo moved permanently to Los Angeles in 1949. She worked and became friends with painters such as Hans Burkhardt, Raphael Soyer, Joe Magnani and Charles White.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1.2 Linear Feet (Boxes 1-3, OV 4)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1924-1999
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.cleo
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 processed, and a finding aid prepared by Jayna Josefson in 2023 with support from the Smithsonian American Women's History Initiative.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The papers of artist's model Cleo Dorman measure 1.2 linear feet and date from 1924 to 1999. Found are biographical materials, correspondence, personal business records, photographs, printed material, a mixed-media scrapbook, and writings by Cleo and others.