Mordi Gassner papers
name: label: Creator
content: Gassner, Mordi, 1899-1995
topic: label: Occupation
content: Illustrators -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Occupation
content: Muralists -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Occupation
content: Painters -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Topic
content: Mural painting and decoration -- 20th century -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Topic
content: Painting, Modern -- 20th century -- New York (State) -- New York
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Material on reel 2399 lent for microfilming 1982 by Mordi Gassner; provenance of material on reel 2812 is unknown.
creator: label: Creator
content: Gassner, Mordi, 1899-1995
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Painter, designer, illustrator, mural painter; New York, N.Y. and Drake's Branch, Va. Gassner died in 1995. Born in New York, Gassner painted murals for the WPA, and for Temple House and the Granada Hotel, both in Brooklyn, N.Y., and for the Long Island Court House. He was an illustrator for Du Pont monthly, RKO Yearbook, Eminent American Illustrators.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 7 Items ((on 2 partial microfilm reels))
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1929-1981
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.gassmord
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
originalsloc: label: Existence and Location of Originals
content: Reel 2399: Material returned to the lender, Mordi Gassner, after microfilming.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Biographical information, correspondence, a scrapbook, art work, photographs, and a booklet designed by Gassner.
label: Scope and Contents
content: REEL 2399: A scrapbook containing biographical information, letters, photographs of Gassner, his art work, and exhibitions, notes and statements; 3 portfolios containing lithographs, studies, sketches; and scaled plans for his "Mural Monument to Modern Culture."
label: Scope and Contents
content: REEL 2812: A booklet designed by Gassner containing 8 photographs of drawings for a proposed mural and notes; an exhibition catalog, 1933; and 2 photographs of a gouache on paper entitled "Struggle."