Sylvia Carewe papers
name: label: Creator
content: Carewe, Sylvia, 1906-1981
label: Creator
content: American Society of Tapestry Designers
label: Names
content: Avery, Milton, 1885-1965
label: Names
content: Burliuk, David, 1882-1967
label: Names
content: Gross, Chaim, 1904-1991
label: Names
content: Newman, Arnold, 1918-2006
label: Names
content: Walkowitz, Abraham, 1880-1965
topic: label: Occupation
content: Painters -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Occupation
content: Textile designers -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Topic
content: Women artists
label: Topic
content: Women textile artists
label: Topic
content: Women designers
label: Topic
content: Art -- Collectors and collecting
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Donated 1971 and 1979 by Sylvia Carewe and in 1983 by John Small, Carewe's son.
creator: label: Creator
content: Carewe, Sylvia, 1906-1981
label: Creator
content: American Society of Tapestry Designers
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Sylvia Carewe (1906-1981) was a painter and tapissere in New York, N.Y.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 75 Items
unitdate: label: Date
content: ca. 1930-1972
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.caresylp
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Sketchbooks
altformavail: label: Reproduction Note
content: Poems and writings are photocopies.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Sketchbooks
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Correpsondence, writings, photographs, artwork and printed material relating to painter and tapissere Sylvia Carewe.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Correspondence includes an undated card from Milton and Sally Avery and a letter from Susan Page Tillett of the National Portrait Gallery, 1979. Writings include photocopies of poems and writings by Carewe, undated and 1943-1972 and 7 books with inscriptions by David Davidovich Burliuk, Chaim Gross, and Abraham Walkowitz. Two of the books contain a gouache and ink drawings by Burliuk and Gross with their inscriptions to Carewe. Photographs are of Carewe, her son, friends and her studio. Also included is a photograph of Carewe and husband, art collector Marvin Small, ca. 1955, signed by Arnold Newman.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Artwork includes 2 sketchbooks, ca. 1942, containing watercolor studies and sketches; a gouache, 1956, by Chaim Gross; a sketchbook of ink and pencil drawings; and a sketchbook containing the signatures of founding members of The American Society of Tapestry Designers, March 30, 1960. Printed material consists of an undated price list and description of tapestries in the exhibition CONTEMPORARY FRENCH TAPESTRIES, sponsored by Association Francaise D'Action Artistique, French & Company, New York City, and a news release about the exhibition; exhibition posters, ca. 1958-1971; 2 postcards of works by Carewe; magazine and newspaper clippings, 1960 and 1963; and other publications about Carewe's tapestries.