Carl Zigrosser papers
name: label: Creator
content: Zigrosser, Carl, 1891-
label: Names
content: American Artists Group
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content: Armory Show (1913: New York, N.Y.)
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content: Art Institute of Chicago
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content: Art in America
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content: Independent Citizens Committee for the Arts, Sciences, and Professions
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content: John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
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content: Philadelphia Museum of Art
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content: Print Club (Philadelphia, Pa.)
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content: Print Council of America
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content: Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
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content: Tamarind Lithography Workshop
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content: Weyhe Gallery
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content: Whitney Museum of American Art
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content: Arms, John Taylor, 1887-1953
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content: Barr, Alfred H., Jr., 1902-1981
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content: Boyd, E. (Elizabeth), 1903-1974
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content: Burchfield, Charles Ephraim, 1893-1967
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content: Calder, Alexander, 1898-1976
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content: Carrington, Fitz Roy, 1869-1954
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content: Castellón, Federico, 1914-1971
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content: Colker, Ed, 1927-
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content: Cook, Howard Norton, 1901-1980
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content: Dehn, Adolf, 1895-1968
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content: Durieux, Caroline, 1896-1989
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content: Dwight, Mabel, 1876-1955
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content: Flannagan, John Bernard, 1895?-1942
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content: Girard, André
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content: Hayter, Stanley William, 1901-1988
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content: Hopper, Edward, 1882-1967
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content: Huntley, Victoria Hutson, 1900-1971
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content: Ingersoll, R. Sturgis (Robert Sturgis), b. 1891
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content: Kent, Rockwell, 1882-1971
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content: Keppel, Frederick, 1845-1912
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content: Kimball, Fiske, 1888-1955
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content: Kohn, Misch, 1916-
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content: Kuniyoshi, Yasuo, 1889-1953
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content: Lankes, Julius J., 1884-1960
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content: Lasansky, Mauricio, 1914-
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content: Mauzey, Merritt, 1898-
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content: McNulty, Kneeland
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content: Michener, James A. (James Albert), 1907-
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content: Mitchell, Marian
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content: Nalbandian, Karnig
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content: Norman, Dorothy, 1905-1997
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content: O'Keeffe, Georgia, 1887-1986
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content: Pach, Walter, 1883-1958
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content: Rivera, Diego, 1886-1957
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content: Ronnebeck, Arnold, 1885-1947
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content: Rose, Ruth Starr, 1887-1965
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content: Rosenwald, Lessing J. (Lessing Julius), 1891-1979
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content: Ruellan, Andrée, 1905-2006
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content: Schniewind, Carl Oscar, 1900-1957
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content: Seidenberg, Roderick, 1889-1973
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content: Spratling, William, 1900-1967
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content: Spruance, Benton, 1904-1967
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content: Sternberg, Harry, 1904-2001
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content: Stieglitz, Alfred, 1864-1946
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content: Teng, Kuei
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content: Valentin, Curt, 1902-1954
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content: Warneke, Heinz (Heinrich), 1895-1983
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content: Weston, Edward, 1886-1958
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content: Wickey, Harry
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content: Wright, Frank Lloyd, 1867-1959
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content: Yunkers, Adja, 1900-1983
title: label: Topic
content: Modern school magazine
topic: label: Occupation
content: Artists -- United States
label: Occupation
content: Printmakers -- United States
label: Occupation
content: Museum curators -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia
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content: Art, American
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content: Prints -- societies, etc
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content: Prints -- Collectors and collecting
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content: Prints, American
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content: Prints, European
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Lent for microfilming, 1991, by the University of Pennsylvania Special Collections Department, Van Pelt Library. Zigrosser donated the papers to the University in 1972. Portions of the papers not microfilmed include research files, manuscript materials for published work, family records, and journals.
creator: label: Creator
content: Zigrosser, Carl, 1891-
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Print curator; Philadelphia, Pa.; d. 1975. Graduated Columbia University in literature. Worked with prints in New York City at Keppel and Co. and Weyhe Gallery; print curator at Philadelphia Museum of Art 1940-1963; author of books on prints and art works.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 30 Linear feet ((on 63 microfilm reels))
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1891-1971
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.zigrcarl
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: 35mm microfilm reels 4612-4674 available for use at Archives of American Art offices, University of Pennsylvania Special Collections and through AAA's interlibrary loan.
originalsloc: label: Existence and Location of Originals
content: Originals in: University of Pennsylvania, Special Collections, Van Pelt Library.
otherfindaid: label: Other Finding Aids
content: Finding aid prepared by the University of Pennsylvania, Special Collections Dept, available at Archives of American Art offices.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Personal and professional records including correspondence, writings, notes, printed material, subject files, photograph album, and diaries relating to Zigrosser's work as an authority on prints and printmaking and his personal relationships with artists.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Included are: correspondence with family and with over 900 printmakers, painters, sculptors, acquaintances, friends, associates, organizations, museums, publishers, and magazines; general correspondence, notes, clippings, and manuscripts pertaining to The Modern School Magazine; files of correspondence from Zigrosser's work at: the Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1932-1971; John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation; Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation and Museum, 1946-1971, including correspondence with Frank Lloyd Wright concerning the Guggenheim Memorial Museum; Print Council of America, 1954-1971, regarding exhibitions, council meetings and other matters; and the Tamarind Workshop, 1960-1971.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Of particular interest is material relating to the 1913 Armory Show, including Zigrosser's annotated catalog, notes and sketches. Also included are speeches and notes, 1930-1968; manuscripts for lectures and unpublished materials; memorabilia; a photo album of sculpture by John B. Flannagan; art work, including prints and drawings by Karig Nalbandian, prints by Rockwell Kent, and oversized works of art on paper by Mabel Dwight, Wanda Gag and Kent; family photograph album; journals and pamphlets (covers only); and diaries, 1916-1971, discussing personal and professional events such as art openings, conversations and activities with Rockwell Kent, Alfred Stieglitz, and Georgia O'Keeffe, among others.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Among the correspondents are: the American Artists Group, John Taylor Arms, Art in America magazine, Art Institute of Chicago, Alfred Barr, E. Boyd, Charles Burchfield, Alexander Calder, Fitz Roy Carrington, Federico Castellon, Ed Colker, Howard N. Cook, Crown Publishers, Adolf Dehn, Caroline Durieux, John Bernard Flannagan, Andre Girard, Stanley William Hayter, Edward Hopper, Victoria Hutson Huntley, Independent Citizens Committee for the Arts, Sciences and Professions, R. Sturgis Ingersoll, Frederick Keppel, Rockwell Kent, Fiske Kimball, Misch Kohn, Yasuo Kuniyoshi, Julius Lankes, Mauricico Lasansky, Merritt Mauzey, Kneeland McNulty, James A. Michener, Marian Mitchell,
label: Scope and Contents
content: Museum of Non-Objective Painting (Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum), Karnig Nalbandian, Dorothy Norman, Georgia O'Keeffe, Walter Pach, Harold Paris, Print Club (Philadelphia), Diego Rivera, Ruth Starr Rose, Arnold Ronnebeck, Lessing J. Rosenwald, Andre Ruellan, Carl Oscar Schniewind, Roderick Seidenberg, William Spratling, Benton Spruance, Alfred Stieglitz, Harry Sternberg, Tamarind Lithography Workshop, Kuei Teng, U.S. Office of War Information, Curt Valentin, Heinz Warneke, Edward Weston, Weyhe Gallery, Whitney Museum of American Art, Harry Wickey, and Adja Yunkers.