Sketchbooks and Artwork
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Abbot, Agnes Anne, 1897-1992
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content: Agnes Anne Abbot papers
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.3 Linear Feet (Box 1-2)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1921-1965
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.abboagne, Series 7
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Found are loose sketches and 10 sketch books by Agnes Abbot.  Also found are scattered unsigned sketches. Sketchbooks date from 1921-1965, and illustrate Abbot's travels in the United States and abroad.  They contain drawings of street scenes, city and landscapes, sculptural and architectural details, people, and animals.  7 of the 10 sketchbooks are of Italy. Also included are sketches of Germany (including one entitled "Nazis collecting" that depicts Nazi soldiers with donation buckets on a street with pedestrians), Spain, Africa, and within the U.S. rural scenes of Colorado and Iowa.