Aline Fruhauf papers
odd: label: Other Title
content: Louis Michel Eilshemius (microfilm title reel 2803)
name: label: Creator
content: Fruhauf, Aline, 1909-1978
label: Names
content: Calder, Alexander, 1898-1976
label: Names
content: Cecil, David, Lord, 1902-
label: Names
content: Eilshemius, Louis M. (Louis Michel), 1864-1941
label: Names
content: Huxley, Aldous, 1894-1963
label: Names
content: Kuniyoshi, Yasuo, 1889-1953
label: Names
content: Longworth, Alice Roosevelt, 1884-1980
label: Names
content: Ravel, Maurice, 1875-1937
label: Names
content: Zorach, William, 1887-1966
topic: label: Occupation
content: Caricaturists -- Washington (D.C.)
label: Occupation
content: Lithographers -- Washington (D.C.)
label: Topic
content: Caricatures and cartoons
label: Topic
content: Women artists
label: Topic
content: Women printmakers
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Material on reels 682, 1119 and 1816 lent for microfilming 1970-1976; and material on reels 2803 and 2812 donated 1970 and 1980 all by Aline Fruhauf.
creator: label: Creator
content: Fruhauf, Aline, 1909-1978
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Caricaturist and lithographer. Date of birth also given as 1907.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 62 Items ((on 5 partial reels of microfilm))
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1926-1976
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.fruhalin
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: 35mm microfilm reels 682, 1119, 1816, 2803 and 2812 available at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
originalsloc: label: Existence and Location of Originals
content: Reels 682, 1119, 1816: Originals returned to lender, Aline Fruhauf, after microfilming.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Photographs of works of art and of friends; scrapbooks; clippings; exhibition materials; typescripts; greeting cards; and correspondence.
label: Scope and Contents
content: REEL 682: 29 photographs of Fruhauf, her "Making Faces" exhibition, 1968, and her caricature drawings; photographs of a painting by Louis Eilshemius, photographs of caricatures of Fruhauf by William Zorach, Alexander Calder, and Raphael Soyer; a photograph of a Christmas card from Maurice Ravel; 12 rough caricature drawings including one of Yasuo Kuniyoshi by Fruhauf; typescripts of conversations with Lord David Cecil and Alice Roosevelt Longworth, and notes on Aldous Huxley.
label: Scope and Contents
content: REEL 1119: Nine scrapbooks containing published caricatures of theatrical and musical personalities from newspapers and magazines; Christmas cards designed by Fruhauf; and clippings, exhibition announcements, and miscellaneous printed materials.
label: Scope and Contents
content: REEL 1816: A typescript of Fruhauf's 307 page autobiography "MAKING FACES: MEMOIRS OF A CARICATURIST," 1966; a press release regarding an exhibition of her works at the Smithsonian Institution in 1966, and a list of her work in the exhibition; and 62 reproductions of caricatures.
label: Scope and Contents
content: REEL 2803: a printed musical score "Six Musical Moods for the Piano" by Louis Michel Eilshemius (1897), autographed "Wedding Bells for Aline Vollmer, best wishes Louis M. Eilshemius 1934."
label: Scope and Contents
content: REEL 2812: Two undated letters to Fruhauf from Louis Eilshemius. In one he affirms that he hates to see nudes "in kitchen chairs," and remarks that a reproduction of his "Nymphs" would clarify this statement for her. A sketch, "Idyllness" is drawn on this letter. In the other letter he mentions Fruhauf's caricature of him, talks about his health and about their mutual friend [Harry] Salpeter.