Nicolai Cikovsky papers
name: label: Creator
content: Cikovsky, Nicolai, 1894-
label: Names
content: Carnegie Institute
label: Names
content: Department of the Interior Building (Washington, D.C.)
label: Names
content: United States. Department of the Treasury. Section of Fine Arts
label: Names
content: United States. Department of the Treasury. Section of Fine Arts
label: Names
content: United States. Department of the Treasury. Section of Painting and Sculpture
label: Names
content: Duveneck, Frank, 1848-1919
topic: label: Occupation
content: Muralists -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Occupation
content: Painters -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Topic
content: Artists' studios -- Photographs
label: Topic
content: Mural painting and decoration, American
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Donated 1966 by Nicolai Cikovsky.
creator: label: Creator
content: Cikovsky, Nicolai, 1894-
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Painter, muralist; New York, N.Y.
function: label: Function
content: Post office buildings -- Maryland
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 80 Items ((on partial microfilm reel))
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1939-1964
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.cikonico
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Sketchbooks
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: 35mm microfilm reel D254 available at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Sketchbooks
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Correspondence, 1941-1960; exhibition catalogs; clippings; a sketchbook (20.2 x 12.5 cm., 21 pages drawn), pencil, ink & watercolor on paper, signed, 1943; and photographs.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Among the photographs are 2 of Cikovsky, 1 of him in his studio which was once occupied by Frank Duveneck, 6 of exhibits at the Carnegie Institute, 1944-1950, and 40 of his art work, including 4 of the Treasury Dept. Fine Arts Project-sponsored Dept. of Interior murals and 3 of cartoons for that mural, 1938; 3 of the Treasury Dept. Section of Painting & Sculpture-sponsored mural painting entitled, "The Old Tavern," in the Silver Spring, Maryland post office, shown with Cikovsky and postmaster, 1936, and 5 of cartoons for the Treasury Dept. Section of Fine Arts-sponsored murals for the post office in Towson, Maryland, 1939.