Lawrence Kupferman papers
name: label: Creator
content: Kupferman, Lawrence Edward, 1909-1982
label: Names
content: Federal Art Project
label: Names
content: Bloom, Hyman, 1913-
label: Names
content: Knaths, Karl, 1891-1971
label: Names
content: Levine, Jack, 1915-2010
label: Names
content: Marshall, Joan
topic: label: Occupation
content: Etchers -- Massachusetts
label: Occupation
content: Painters -- Massachusetts
label: Topic
content: Art, American
label: Topic
content: Art, Modern -- 20th century -- United States
label: Topic
content: Art and literature
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Material on reels D320 & 155-161 lent for microfilming 1968-1971 by Lawrence Kupferman; he donated unmicrofilmed material June 1971.
creator: label: Creator
content: Kupferman, Lawrence Edward, 1909-1982
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Painter, etcher, writer; Newton Centre, Massachusetts. Died in 1982.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.2 Linear Feet ((partially microfilmed on 7 reels))
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1941-1971
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.kupflawr
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: 35mm microfilm reels D320 & 155-161 available for use at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
originalsloc: label: Existence and Location of Originals
content: Reels D320 & 155-161: Originals returned to Lawrence Kupferman after microfilming.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Typescripts of 2 incomplete novels; exhibition material; photographs and slides; and a career outline.
label: Scope and Contents
content: REEL D320: Typescripts of two incomplete novels written ca. 1949. The first, BEGGAR'S BREAD, 449 pp., is set in Boston during the Depression, and concerns the efforts of the protangonist, an artist, to survive the period, in part through a connection with the Federal Art Project, which is described in detail. Living artists and situations represented in the novel are identified on frames 1 and 2 . These include Jack Levine and his studio, Hyman Bloom, Karl Knaths, and Joan Marshall. The second novel, FLIGHT, consists of three chapters only.
label: Scope and Contents
content: REELS 155-161: Exhibition material, 1941-1971, including 20 notebooks recording information on the prices, buyers, medium and subject matter of specific works, sketches, poetry and occasional correspondence; one notebook containing lists of Kupferman's exhibits, announcements and catalogs; one notebook listing sales of graphics; exhibition catalogs, announcements, photographs and clippings.
label: Scope and Contents
content: UNMICROFILMED: 40 photographs of Kupferman, his wife, friends and his paintings; 90 slides of his paintings; and a career outline.
relatedmaterial: label: Related Materials
content: Lawrence Edward Kupferman papers also at Syracuse University.