Lucille Sylvester papers
name: label: Creator
content: Sylvester, Lucille, b. 1909
topic: label: Occupation
content: Authors -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Occupation
content: Painters -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Topic
content: Painting, Modern -- 20th century -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Topic
content: Art -- Study and teaching -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Topic
content: Women artists
label: Topic
content: Women authors
label: Topic
content: Women painters
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Material on reels N70-62 lent for microfilming 1970 by Sylvester. Material on reels 854-855 donated 1970 by Sylvester; subsequently all but two personal photographs were transferred to NMAA-NPG Library in 1975. Material on reel 3472 donated 1978 by Sylvester.
creator: label: Creator
content: Sylvester, Lucille, b. 1909
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Painter, writer; New York, N.Y.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 280 Items ((on 4 partial microfilm reels))
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1937-1970
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.sylvluci
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: 35mm microfilm reels N70-62, 854-855, and 3472 available at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Correspondence; art works; sketches; exhibition catalogs; writings; and printed material.
label: Scope and Contents
content: REEL N70-62: Correspondence; writings; photograph of works of art; sketches; drawings; scrapbook; exhibition catalogs and announcements; an award certificate; and manuscript of "The Fair Lady in Art from Pygmalion to Picasso," with photographs.
label: Scope and Contents
content: REELS 854-855: Catalogs and announcements; 2 photographs of Sylvester; a clipping of an article, "Three Men: A Genius, an Actor, and a Rogue," by Sylvester; and her resume.
label: Scope and Contents
content: REEL 3472: Manuscript, "The Making of an Artist," Sylvester's autobiographical essay about her birth and childhood in Russia, emigration to the United States, her mother's death, and her first drawing lessons.