Horace Pippin notebooks and letters
name: label: Creator
content: Pippin, Horace (1888-1946)
label: Names
content: Carlen, Robert, 1906-1990
topic: label: Occupation
content: Painters -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia
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content: Folk art
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content: Painting -- United States
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content: African American military personnel
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content: African American artists
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content: Self-taught artists
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content: African American painters
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content: World War, 1914-1918
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Horace Pippin's war memiors/notebooks and one letter were purchased from Robert Carlen, Pippin's dealer, in 1956. The 1943 letter from Pippin to Carlen was donated by Dr. and Mrs. Matthew Moore in 1983.
creator: label: Creator
content: Pippin, Horace (1888-1946)
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content: Horace Pippin notebooks and letters
abstract: label: Summary
content: The collection measures 0.2 linear feet and consists of three notebooks, notebook fragments, and two letters written by African American primitive painter Horace Pippin. The three notebooks and notebook fragments contain Pippin's World War I memoirs written in the 1920s, one of which is illustrated by Pippin with six drawings of war scenes. Two letters are dated 1943 and circa 1943. One of the letters is written to "Dear Friends" and begins with "life story of art."; the other is written to dealer Robert Carlen about showing his painting Domino [Game] Players.
bioghist: label: Biographical Note
content: Horace Pippin (1888 -1946) was a self-taught painter from West Chester, Pennsylvania. Pippin was inspired to paint by his experiences in France during World War I. He lost the use of his right arm when wounded during the war and, when painting, had to use his left hand to guide his right. He gained a national reputation as "a true American primitive" in the 1940s for his paintings depicting childhood memories, war experiences, heroes, and religious subjects.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.2 Linear Feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: circa 1920, 1943
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.pipphora
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
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content: Archival materials
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content: Diaries
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: The collection is arranged into one series.

Series 1: Horace Pippin Notebooks and Letters, circa 1920s, 1943; 8 items
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: The Horace Pippin notebooks and letters were microfilmed in the order that they were donated on reels 138 and 4306. The collection was digitized in 2006 with funding provided by the Terra Foundation for American Art.
altformavail: label: Alternative Forms Available
content: The notebooks and letters of Horace Pippin in the Archives of American Art were digitized in 2006, and total 114 images.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Diaries
scopecontent: label: Scope and Content Note
content: The collection measures 0.2 linear feet and consists of three notebooks, notebook fragments, and two letters created by African American primitive painter Horace Pippin. The notebooks recount Pippin's World War I experiences, including his being wounded. One of the notebooks is illustrated.