Sidney Gross Papers
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Gross, Sidney, 1921-1969
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content: Sidney Gross papers
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 2 Microfilm reels
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1939-1969
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.grossidp, Series 1
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Microfilm reels
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Biographical materials include a resume, an obituary, and a program from Gross's memorial. Scattered letters are from Gross to his former art teacher, Mrs. Francis Taylor, which whom he kept in close contact regarding his painting career. Writings consist of typescripts and handwritten talks and essays on art. It is likely that some of the writings are from Gross's time teaching at the Art Students League in the 1940s and 1950s. Also found are lecture notes taken by Gross's students during one of his classes. 

Largely focusing on Gross's solo exhibitions, printed materials consist of catalogs, announcements, and clippings. A mixed media scrapbook consists of printed materials, a photograph of Gross while painting, and scattered letters. Loose sketches and sketches in sketchbooks are of people, landscapes, and abstract pencil drawings.