Lily Ente papers
name: label: Creator
content: Ente, Lily, 1905-
topic: label: Occupation
content: Printmakers -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Topic
content: Sculptors -- New York (State) -- New York -- Interviews
label: Topic
content: Women printmakers
label: Topic
content: Women artists
label: Topic
content: Women sculptors
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Lily Ente donated her papers to the Archives of American Art in 1978.
creator: label: Creator
content: Ente, Lily, 1905-
setName: label: See more items in
content: Lily Ente papers
abstract: label: Summary
content: The scattered papers of sculptor Lily Ente measure 0.2 linear feet and date from 1946 to 1975. The papers include correspondence, personal business records, three photographs, and printed material.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Lily Ente (1905-1984) was a sculptor known for her works in white Italian and black Belgian marble. 

Born Lena Deitchman in what is now Ukraine, she escaped the Russian Empire after World War I and lived in Paris and Cuba before joining her father in New York City in 1923. She married Lazar Ente who she met in Cuba, and the couple settled in the Bronx where they raised a family.

Ente's sister-in-law introduced her to sculpture and she first worked with clay before moving to marble. She exhibited her work around the world in the 1940s and 1950s and maintained a studio in Manhattan. Later in life, she and her husband moved to Woodstock, New York, where she continued to work and exhibit her sculptures. 

Lily Ente died in 1984 in New York City.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.2 Linear Feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1946-1975
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.entelily
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 2022 with support from the Smithsonian American Women's History Initiative.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The scattered papers of sculptor Lily Ente measure 0.2 linear feet and date from 1946 to 1975. The papers include correspondence, personal business records, three photographs, and printed material.