Adolf Fleischmann papers
name: label: Creator
content: Fleischmann, Adolf, 1892-1968
label: Names
content: Fleischmann, Elly
topic: label: Occupation
content: Painters -- Germany (West)
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Small amount of printed material donated in 1978 by Elly Fleischmann, Fleischmann's widow. The remainder was donated in 2011 and 2014 by Peter Aldin, Adolf Fleischmann's step-son.
creator: label: Creator
content: Fleischmann, Adolf, 1892-1968
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Adolf Fleischmann (1892-1968) was a painter in Stuttgart, Germany, Zurich, Switzerland, Paris, France, and New York, N.Y.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 4.8 Linear Feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1892-2011
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.fleiadol
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Biographical material, correspondence, writings, subject files, photographs, artwork, and printed material documenting the career of painter Adolf Fleischmann.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Biographical material includes a birth certificate, diplomas, educational transcripts, membership cards, death announcements, obituaries, and an address book. Correspondence is personal and professional and includes letters from dealers, curators, artists and art historians. Additional letters are to Elly Fleischmann, Fleischmann's wife, from colleagues concerning Adolf Fleischmann.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Writings by Fleischmann and others, both published and unpublished, are about art and include poetry and an illustrated painting diary by Fleischmann. Subject files contain photographs, writings, inventories, and correspondence pertaining to the Adolf Fleischmann catalogue raisonne published by G. Hatje Verlag. Photographs consist of slides and black and white photographs of works of art, Fleischmann, his family, colleagues, and exhibition installations. Artwork includes loose sketches. Printed material consists of exhibition announcements, catalogs, and press releases.