Stephen Stempler papers relating to Arshile Gorky murals
odd: label: Other Title
content: Arshile Gorky papers (microfilm title)
name: label: Creator
content: Stempler, Stephen
label: Names
content: Federal Art Project (N.J.)
label: Names
content: Gorky, Arshile, 1904-1948
place: label: Place
content: Newark Airport
topic: label: Occupation
content: Painters -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Topic
content: Painting, Modern -- 20th century -- New York (State) -- New York -- Photographs
label: Topic
content: Mural painting and decoration -- 20th century -- Conservation and restoration
label: Topic
content: Mural painting and decoration -- 20th century -- New Jersey -- Newark
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Donated by Stephen Stempler, 1977.
creator: label: Creator
content: Stempler, Stephen
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Stempler was an employee of the Port Authority of New York. He had known of the existence of the murals from Saul Wenegrat of the Port Authority's Architectural Services, and discovered them while surveying the art deco architectural details of the building.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 5 Items ((on partial microfilm reel))
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1977
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.stemstep
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: 35mm microfilm reel 2813 available for use at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Three photographs and two clippings about Stempler's discovery in 1972 of two mural panels by Gorky at the Newark, New Jersey Airport, executed while Gorky worked for the W.P.A. Federal Art Project in 1937. [Microfilm title: Arshile Gorky papers]