Mary Andersen Clark papers
name: label: Creator
content: Clark, Mary Andersen, 1910-1994
label: Names
content: Federal Art Project (Ill.)
topic: label: Occupation
content: Sculptors -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Occupation
content: Ceramicists -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Occupation
content: Educators -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Topic
content: Women artists
label: Topic
content: Women sculptors
label: Topic
content: Women ceramicists
label: Topic
content: Women educators
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Lent for microfilming 1988 by Mary A. Clark.
creator: label: Creator
content: Clark, Mary Andersen, 1910-1994
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Sculptor, instructor in sculpture and ceramics at Syracuse University, N.Y. Clark worked for the WPA-FAP in Illinois in the 1930s. Two heroic-size sculptures, "Peace" and "Harvest," commissioned by the FAP are currently located at the County Courthouse Plaza, Peoria, Illinois. They have been placed on the National Register of Historic Places. Clark studied at Carnegie Tech, the Art Institute of Chicago, and the British Academy, Rome, Italy. She also took a life class with her uncle, sculptor John Storrs.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Reel (ca. 250 items (on partial microfilm reel))
unitdate: label: Date
content: [ca.1933]-1988
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.clarmary
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Reels
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: 35mm microfilm reel 4130 available at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
originalsloc: label: Existence and Location of Originals
content: Originals in the possession of Mary Andersen Clark.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Papers chiefly relating to Clark's career during the 1930s. Biographical data, including a letter in which Clark describes her work for the Federal Art Project in Illinois; personal photographs; photographs of work, including "Peace" and "Harvest," with photographs of the dedication and rededication ceremonies of these two heroic-size sculptures; and clippings.