August Mosca papers
name: label: Creator
content: Mosca, August, 1907 or 9-2003
label: Names
content: Cummings, Nathan, 1897-1985
label: Names
content: Cusumano, Stefano, 1912-1975
label: Names
content: Salpeter, Betty
label: Names
content: Salpeter, Harry
label: Names
content: Stella, Joseph, 1877-1946
label: Names
content: Tubis, Seymour, 1919-
label: Names
content: Van Damme, Roger
topic: label: Occupation
content: Painters
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Donated 1968-1969 by August Mosca.
creator: label: Creator
content: Mosca, August, 1907 or 9-2003
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Painter; Bronx, N.Y.; d. 2002 Born in Naples, Italy. Studied under Joseph Stella, and at the Yale School of Fine Arts. Member of the Artists Equity Association, New York.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.6 Linear Feet ((on 3 microfilm reels))
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1930-1969
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.moscaugu
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: 35mm microfilm rolls N69-112, N70-7, and 1576 available at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Correspondence, prospectus, exhibition catalogs, photographs, clippings, sketches, much of it relating to Joseph Stella.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Reel N69-112: Correspondence, 1954-1959, and 1967-1969, concerns the sale of Mosca's paintings, and includes letters from Nathan Cummins, chairman of Consolidated Food Corp. and a Mosca collector; Harry and Betty Salpeter, Roger Van Damme, Seymour Tubis; Jessica Gasparo, Stefano Cusumano, and Alfred Russell. Also included are 10 photographs of Mosca and his work and two Joseph Stella catalogs.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Reel N70-7: Papers relating to Joseph Stella, 1938-1944. Thirty-seven letters and postcards reflecting the friendship between Stella and Mosca, commenting on Stella's and Mosca's work, and his illness; a 16p. typed reminiscence of Stella by Mosca; and a letter from Mosca to Giovanni Stella, 1943, expressing his concern for his brother's condition. Also included are Mosca's correspondence on Stella's exhibits with M. Knoedler & Co., and with Theodore Sizer, Yale University; a typed prospectus for the Joseph Stella School of Art, and a preface for a Mosca exhibit catalog written by Stella.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Reel 1576: Eighty Joseph Stella items, Mosca letters, photographs, exhibition catalogs, clippings and sketches.