Rhys Caparn papers
name: label: Creator
content: Caparn, Rhys, 1909-1997
label: Names
content: Federation of Modern Painters and Sculptors
label: Photographer
content: Deren, Maya
topic: label: Occupation
content: Sculptors -- Connecticut
label: Topic
content: Sculpture, American
label: Topic
content: Women artists
label: Topic
content: Women sculptors
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Donated 1972-1983 by Rhys Caparn.
creator: label: Creator
content: Caparn, Rhys, 1909-1997
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Sculptor; Connecticut.
function: label: Function
content: Arts organizations -- New York (State)
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Linear Feet ((partially microfilmed on 2 reels))
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1938-1972
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.caparhys
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: 35mm microfilm reels 680 and 1007 available at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Correspondence, photographs; writings; exhibition catalogs and announcements; and clippings.
label: Scope and Contents
content: REELS 680 & 1007: Correspondence, mostly business and professional letters; writings such as "The Animal in Art" and other jottings on art and form; price lists, statements from galleries and sales memos; catalogs and annoucements; clippings; photographs of Caparn's work, and photos of Caparn in her studio, snapshots and a portrait by Maya Deren, 1948, as well as one by Alan Shayne.
label: Scope and Contents
content: UNMICROFILMED: Correspondence, clippings, exhibition material, receipts, photographs and records relating mainly to the Federation of Modern Painters and Sculptors.
relatedmaterial: label: Related Materials
content: Rhys Caparn papers also at Syracuse University.