Louis Siegriest papers
odd: label: Other Title
content: Louis Siegriest and Edna Stoddart papers (microfilm title)
name: label: Creator
content: Siegriest, Louis Bassi, 1899-1989
label: Names
content: Federal Art Project (Calif.) -- Posters
label: Names
content: Gile, Selden Connor, 1877-1947
label: Names
content: Guggenheim, Hazel
label: Names
content: Stoddart, Edna, d. 1966
label: Names
content: Westaway, Mae
topic: label: Topic
content: Painting, American
label: Topic
content: Federal aid to the arts -- California -- San Francisco
label: Topic
content: Art and state -- California -- San Francisco
label: Topic
content: Graphic arts
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Donated 1980-1981 by Louis Siegriest, and in 1992 by the Siegriest estate via Suzanne Westaway, executor.
creator: label: Creator
content: Siegriest, Louis Bassi, 1899-1989
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Painter and graphic artist; Oakland, California.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.9 Linear Feet ((partially microfilmed on 2 reels))
label: Extent
content: 4.3 Linear Feet (Addition)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1927-1981
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.siegloui
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 3978-3979 available at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Sketchbooks
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Art works, biographical material, correspondence, an interview, exhibition material, writings, and printed materials.
label: Scope and Contents
content: REELS 3978-3979: Biographical material; letters from Selden Gile, 1927-1928, photocopies of letters from Siegriest to Mae Westaway, 1951-1956, and other letters; a typescript of an essay, "The Society of Six," by Edward Dora; a transcript of an interview with Siegriest conducted by Corinne Gilb, 1954; photographs of Siegriest, Edna Stoddart, Hazel Guggenheim, and others; financial and legal documents; and exhibition catalogs, announcements, clippings and other printed material.
label: Scope and Contents
content: UNMICROFILMED: Works of art by Siegriest, including 3 progressive proofs and 37 completed silkscreen posters for the Indian Court Federal Building, Golden Gate International Exposition, San Francisco, 1939; a signed silkscreen poster for the Frontiers of American Art National Exhibition, M. H. de Young Memorial Museum, 1939; and nine signed studies for posters. Many of the posters were done for the Federal Art Project.
label: Scope and Contents
content: ADDITION: Correspondence, clippings, catalogs, announcements, personal photographs, junior high school notebooks, and family papers.