A survey of art work in the city and county of San Francisco, by Martin Snipper for the art commission, city and county of San Francisco
name: label: Creator
content: Snipper, Martin
label: Names
content: Federal Art Project (Calif.)
label: Names
content: Public Works of Art Project
label: Names
content: United States. Department of the Treasury. Section of Fine Arts
topic: label: Occupation
content: Arts administrators -- California -- San Francisco
label: Occupation
content: Painters -- California -- San Francisco
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: The collection was microfilmed in 1964 and returned to Lewis Febrache after filming.
creator: label: Creator
content: Snipper, Martin
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content: A survey of art work in the city and county of San Francisco, by Martin Snipper for the art commission, city and county of San Francisco
abstract: label: Summary
content: A Survey of Art Work in the City and County of San Francisco, by Martin Snipper for the Art Commission, City and County of San Francisco dates from 1953. It is a descriptive list of works of art in San Francisco public buildings completed under the Federal Art Project, the Public Works of Art Project, and the Section of Fine Arts competition for federal buildings.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Martin Snipper (1914-2008) was an arts administrator and painter in San Francisco, California. He was the executive director of the San Francisco Arts Commission in the 1960s to 1980s.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Microfilm reel
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1953
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.snipmart
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Microfilm reels
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: Due to the pre-existing microfilm arrangement, the collection is arranged as one series.
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: The collection was microfilmed on Reel NDA03 and was returned to Lewis Febrache after filming. The microfilm was described in a finding aid by Jayna Josefson in 2025 and the microfilm was digitized in 2024 with funding provided by Smithsonian Collections Information System (CIS) IRM Pool Fund.
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: The collection was microfilmed onto reel NDA03.The microfilm has been digitized and is available on the Archives of American Art website.
originalsloc: label: Existence and Location of Originals
content: Originals returned to Lewis Ferbrache after microfilming.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: A Survey of Art Work in the City and County of San Francisco, by Martin Snipper for the Art Commission, City and County of San Francisco dates from 1953. It is a descriptive list of works of art in San Francisco public buildings completed under the Federal Art Project, the Public Works of Art Project, and the Section of Fine Arts competition for federal buildings.