Letters and greeting cards to Jennie Allen from Abraham Rattner
name: label: Creator
content: Allen, Jennie
label: Creator
content: Rattner, Abraham
topic: label: Occupation
content: Painters -- New York (State) -- New York
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Lent for microfilming 1976 by Jennie Allen.
creator: label: Creator
content: Allen, Jennie
label: Creator
content: Rattner, Abraham
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Abraham Rattner (1895-1978) was an expressionist artist in New York, New York. He was known for his richly colored paintings, often with religious subject matter. Rattner was the second of six children. Jennie R. Allen was his younger sister.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Microfilm reel
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1932-1976
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.allejenn
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Microfilm reels
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: 35mm reel 1212 available at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
originalsloc: label: Existence and Location of Originals
content: Originals lent by Jennie Allen and returned to Rattner after microfilming.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The microfilmed letters and greeting cards to Jennie Allen from Abraham Rattner consist of 425 letters from Abraham Rattner to his sister, Jennie R. Allen, mostly about personal and family matters. Letters also include discussion of Rattner's art and philosophy. One letter discusses artists Yasuo Kuniyoshi, Rico Lebrun, and Erle Loran (November 8, 1972).
relatedmaterial: label: Related Materials
content: The Archives of American Art also holds the Abraham Rattner and Esther Gentle papers, the Abraham and Esther Rattner letter to Helen Kroll Kramer, and the oral history interview with Abraham Rattner, 1968 May-June.