Sacha Kolin papers
name: label: Creator
content: Kolin, Sacha, 1911-1981
topic: label: Occupation
content: Sculptors -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Occupation
content: Sculptors -- France -- Paris
label: Occupation
content: Painters -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Occupation
content: Painters -- France -- Paris
label: Topic
content: Women artists
label: Topic
content: Women sculptors
label: Topic
content: Women painters
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Donated 2000 by the Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art at Cornell University and in 2025 by Roy Kaufman, who bought the material at auction. The photo album and five scrapbooks were lent for microfilming by the Chrysler Museum, Norfolk, Virginia, in 1990 and returned after filming.
creator: label: Creator
content: Kolin, Sacha, 1911-1981
setName: label: See more items in
content: Sacha Kolin papers
abstract: label: Summary
content: The papers of sculptor and painter Sacha Kolin date from 1928 to 1980 and measure 2.3 linear feet. Found are scattered biographical material and business records, photographic material, printed material, five mixed-media scrapbooks, sketches, and eleven sketchbooks. Nine reels of compiled Super 8mm film show Kolin, her work, installations, outdoor sculpture and outdoor scenes. Also found are the papers of Kolin's father, Julius Kolin.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Sacha Kolin (1911-1981) was a painter and sculptor in New York City, New York. She is known for geometric sculpture, largely based on triangles. Born in Paris, France, she grew up in Vienna, Austria. Kolin attended the Wiener Kunstgewerbeschule  and the Academy of Fine Arts. Later, she moved to Paris, and studied with Naoum Aronson (a stone carver for Auguste Rodin). In 1936, she immigrated to New York and participated in many one-person and group exhibitions. She was the recipient in 1973 of a Mark Rothko Foundation grant award.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 2.3 Linear Feet
label: Extent
content: 1 Microfilm reel
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1928-1980
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.kolisach
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Microfilm reels
label: Type
content: Motion picture film
label: Type
content: Sketchbooks
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: Due to the small size of this collection the papers are arranged as one series.
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: Portions of the collection were microfilmed on Reel 4485 and were returned to the Chrysler Museum of Art after filming. The microfilm was described in a finding aid by Jayna Josefson in 2025 and the microfilm was digitized in 2025 with funding provided by Smithsonian Collections Information System (CIS) IRM Pool Fund. The collection was processed, and a finding aid prepared by Jayna Josefson in 2025 with received support from the Judith Godwin Arts Foundation.
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: Portions of the collection have been microfilmed on reel 4485. The microfilm has been digitized and is available on the Archives of American Art website.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Motion picture film
label: Genre/Form
content: Sketchbooks
originalsloc: label: Existence and Location of Originals
content: The original photo album and five scrapbooks are in the Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, Virginia.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The papers of sculptor and painter Sacha Kolin date from 1928 to 1980 and measure 2.3 linear feet. Found are scattered biographical material and business records, photographic material, printed material, five mixed-media scrapbooks, sketches, and eleven sketchbooks. Nine reels of compiled Super 8mm film show Kolin, her work, installations, outdoor sculpture and outdoor scenes. Also found are the papers of Kolin's father, Julius Kolin.