Margit Beck papers
name: label: Creator
content: Beck, Margit, 1915-1997
topic: label: Occupation
content: Painters -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Topic
content: Women artists
label: Topic
content: Women painters
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Margit Beck donated her papers to the Archives of American Art in 1977.
creator: label: Creator
content: Beck, Margit, 1915-1997
setName: label: See more items in
content: Margit Beck papers
abstract: label: Summary
content: The papers of painter Margit Beck (1918-1977) measure 0.6 linear feet and date from 1956 to 1975. The collection includes scattered biographical materials, personal and professional correspondence, and printed material.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Margit Beck (1918-1997) was a painter active in Great Neck, New York. Beck was born in Hungary and studied in Romania and the Art Students League in New York City, New York.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.6 Linear Feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1956-1975
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.beckmarg
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: Due to the small size of this collection the papers are arranged as one series.
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: The collection was processed, and a finding aid prepared by Jayna Josefson in 2022 with support from the Smithsonian American Women's History Initiative.
originalsloc: label: Existence and Location of Originals
content: Researchers should note that much of the collection consists of photocopies. Margit Beck's early career material was destroyed during a storm when her studio flooded.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The papers of painter Margit Beck (1918-1977) measure 0.6 linear feet and date from 1956 to 1975. The collection includes scattered biographical materials, personal and professional correspondence, and printed material.