Leo Manso papers
name: label: Creator
content: Manso, Leo
topic: label: Occupation
content: Educators -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Occupation
content: Painters -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Topic
content: Art, American
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Lent and donated 1970 and 1982 by Leo Manso.
creator: label: Creator
content: Manso, Leo
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Painter, collagist, and graphic artist; New York, N.Y. Born in 1914 in New York City. He studied at the National Academy of Design from 1929-1930, and at the New School for Social Research. Manso taught at Cooper Union, New York University, Columbia University and at the University of Michigan.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.4 Linear Feet ((partially microfilmed on 1 reel))
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1947-1982
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.mansleo
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Sound recordings
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: 35mm microfilm reel 34 available at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Sound recordings
originalsloc: label: Existence and Location of Originals
content: Reel 34: Originals returned to Leo Manso after microfilming.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Biographical material (1974-1982); letters (1949-1982); notes and writings (undated); printed material (1947-1981); photographs (1950 and 1960); and a taped interview.
label: Scope and Contents
content: REEL 34: Resume; letters from colleagues and art organizations concerning the exhibition and sale of Manso's work; 2 photographs of Manso, and 38 of works of art; drafts for 2 letters concerning exhibitions, a 7 p. typescript concerning "the circle and the square"; a statement "The Making of Art is Ritual"; exhibition announcements and catalogs; press releases; and clippings.
label: Scope and Contents
content: UNMICROFILMED: Two resumes; letters, primarily received from colleagues concerning the exhibition of Manso's work; 4 exhibition announcements and catalogs, 1 press release, and 5 posters; 3 photographs of works of art and a 5" reel-to-reel taped interview of Manso by Karl Fortess (1963).