Muriel Kaplan papers relating to Jacques and Yulla Lipchitz
name: label: Creator
content: Kaplan, Muriel
label: Names
content: Lipchitz, Jacques, 1891-1973
label: Names
content: Lipchitz, Yulla, 1911-
topic: label: Occupation
content: Sculptors -- New York (State) -- New York
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Donated 2008 by Muriel Kaplan.
creator: label: Creator
content: Kaplan, Muriel
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Muriel Kaplan is an art collector and was a correspondent with Yulla Lipchitz, Jacques Lipchitz's wife.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.4 Linear Feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1971-1977
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.kaplmuri
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Letters, a grant proposal, photographs, printed material, and miscellany relating to Jacques Lipchitz's sculptures.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Letters are from Yulla Lipchitz, Jacques Lipchitz's widow, regarding the process and problems of completing Jacques' last three sculpture commissions after his death. Additional letters to Kaplan are from Hanno Matt, Yulla's son, Henry Moore, and various institutions. Kaplan's proposal is to the National Endowment for the Arts for a film documentary on the creation and installation of the Fairmont Park and Columbia University sculptures begun by Jacques Lipchitz prior to his death and completed by Yulla Lipchitz; photographs are of Lipchitz's sculptures in Pietrasanta, Italy as well as the dedication ceremonies for the completed sculptures in Philadelphia and New York; printed material includes exhibition catalogs of Lipchitz's work and newspaper clippings from dedication ceremonies.