Albert Laessle papers
name: label: Creator
content: Laessle, Albert, 1877-1954
label: Names
content: Boutier, E.
label: Photographer
content: Chappel, Vivian
label: Names
content: Fraser, James Earle, 1876-1953
label: Names
content: Fraser, Laura Gardin, 1889-1966
label: Names
content: Grafly, Charles, 1862-1929
label: Names
content: Zoll, Victor Hugo
topic: label: Occupation
content: Animal sculptors
label: Occupation
content: Sculptors -- Florida -- Miami
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Donated 1971-1972 by Laessle's widow.
creator: label: Creator
content: Laessle, Albert, 1877-1954
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Animal sculptor; Miami, Fla.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1.2 Linear Feet ((partially microfilmed on 1 reel))
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1897-1971
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.laesalbe
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: 35mm microfilm reel 74 available at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Letters, photographs, sketches, printed material and miscellany.
label: Scope and Contents
content: REEL 74: Photocopies of letters received commenting on specific sculptures and discussing such matters as exhibitions of his work and the theft of several of his sculptures from an art gallery. Includes letters from James Earle Fraser and his wife, Laura G. Fraser, David French of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, as well as Mrs. Albert Laessle's correspondence with the National Collection of Fine Arts. Also included are copies of sketches, biographical data, D. Roy Miller's article about Laessle entitled "A Sculptor of Animal Life," and clippings.
label: Scope and Contents
content: UNMICROFILMED: Correspondence from colleagues, patrons and students; photographs of Laessle's work as a student and sculptor, clippings, and articles. Among the photos are one of him with a penguin sculpture taken by Vivian Chappel, 1917, and a group photo of Laessle, Charles Grafly, E. Boutier, and Victor Hugo Zoll in front of a sculpture, 1904. [Copyprints of these 2 photographs were microfilmed on reel 1817 with AAA's Photographs of Artists-Collection II].