Emilio Sanchez papers
name: label: Creator
content: Sanchez, Emilio, 1921-1999
topic: label: Topic
content: Painting, Modern -- 20th century -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Topic
content: Painters -- New York (State) -- New York
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content: Latino and Latin American artists
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: The collection was donated to the Archives of American Art by Emilio Sanchez in a series of gifts between 1975 and 1980, and in 2012 by Emilio Sanchez via Erik J. Stapper, Emilio Sanchez Foundation.
creator: label: Creator
content: Sanchez, Emilio, 1921-1999
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content: Emilio Sanchez papers
abstract: label: Summary
content: The collection measures 21.6 linear feet, dates from 1922 to 2002, and documents the career of Cuban born painter and printmaker, Emilio Sanchez. The collection includes letters to Sanchez, business records, photographs of the artist and sources for his artwork, many original sketches, printed material, and calendars.
bioghist: label: Biographical Note
content: Emilio Sanchez was born in 1921 in Camaguey, Cuba. He left his native country in 1952 to settle in New York where he became a naturalized citizen of the United States. A prolific painter and printmaker, Sanchez received his formal education at the Art Students' League and Columbia University during the late 1930s, and had his first of many one-man shows in New York in 1949. Sanchez traveled throughout the world sketching his impressions of houses and other buildings and capturing the details of doorways, windows, light, and shadow in his paintings and prints. His paintings of residential architecture in Cuba and throughout the Caribbean are some of his best known works, but in the 1980s he turned much of his attention to the skyline of his adopted home, and was often drawn also to American cities and landscapes over the course of his career.

Sanchez's work is represented in major museums and private collections the world over, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Museum of Modern Art, the Hirshhorn Museum, the National Museum in Havana, and the Cintas Collection. He completed numerous commissions in both the United States and Mexico, has illustrated several books, including Arte del Peru Colonial by Felipe Cossío del Pomar (published in 1958 by the Fondo de Cultura Económica in Mexico), and has exhibited extensively in solo and group exhibitions in locations such as Mexico City, Paris, Havana, Madrid, Puerto Rico, Chile, Colombia, and throughout the United States.

Sanchez died in July, 1999 at the age of 78.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 21.6 Linear Feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1922-2012
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.sancemil
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
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content: Archival materials
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content: Photographs
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content: Sketches
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content: Interviews
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content: Sketchbooks
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content: Diaries
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: The collection is arranged as seven series. Records are generally arranged by subject category, and then chronologically.

Series 1: Biographical Material, 1957-1977, undated (Boxes 1, 25)

Series 2: Correspondence, 1956-1999 (Boxes 1, 25)

Series 3: Personal Business Records, 1955-1999 (Boxes 1, 25)

Series 4: Photographic Material, 1922-2012 (Boxes 1-3, 27-32)

Series 5: Printed Material, 1949-2000 (Boxes 3-4, 26)

Series 6: Calendars, 1967-1976 (Boxes 4-5)

Series 7: Artwork, circa 1940-1990 (Boxes 5-24, 26-27, 33-37)
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: The collection was processed by Stephanie Ashley in 2002. An addition was processed by Ricky Gomez in 2022.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Photographs
label: Genre/Form
content: Sketches
label: Genre/Form
content: Interviews
label: Genre/Form
content: Sketchbooks
label: Genre/Form
content: Diaries
scopecontent: label: Scope and Content Note
content: The papers of Cuban born painter and print maker Emilio Sanchez comprise 21.6 linear feet of material dating from 1922 to 2012. The papers contain biographical information about Sanchez; letters from galleries and museums recording business transactions; letters from friends; photographs of his artwork and places he visited for inspiration; personal photographs; sketches; exhibition catalogs, announcements, and reviews; clippings; and calendars.

A major portion of the collection consists of sketchbooks and sketches that provide rich documentation of Sanchez's artistic development and his working methods, particularly from the 1950s to the 1970s. Many of the sketches have detailed notations about aspects of an image that Sanchez wanted to recall and capture in his work. Photographs also provide insight into the architecture and landscapes that provided sources of inspiration for Sanchez.

Addition material contains biographical materials, correspondence, writings, photographs, works of art, subject files, printed materials, and scrapbooks. Also included is a travel diary by Sanchez

Biographical materials include address books, birth certificates, naturalization documents, and family-related documents.

Correspondence is personal and professional and is with family, friends and museums.

Personal business records consists of exhibition lists, price lists, receipts, and consignments arranged by year. Also included are family and bank records related to Sanchez's family ranch in Cuba.

Photographs are of Sanchez, his family, works of art, and source subjects for works of art, as well as CD-Roms of works of art. Some photographs assembled by Hugh Harrison, long-time friend of the Sanchez.

Works of art include 10 sketchbooks and loose sketches. Also included are a drawing and 4 prints by Estrella Fonts, Sanchez's mother. Sketches consist primarily of fashion designs, figurines, and faces.

Printed material includes articles, exhibition announcements for both Sanchez and other artists, exhibition catalogs, and a series of catalogs produced by the Emilio Sanchez Foundation containing images of his works. Also included are hard drives of the foundation's databases in Filemaker format.
relatedmaterial: label: Related Material
content: Papers of Emilio Sanchez can also be found at the Dade County Public Library in Florida.