1951 Improvisations / Artists Equity masquerade ball / Hotel Astor May / spring fantasia [book of lithographs]
odd: label: Local Numbers
content: AC0060-0000375-01.tif - AC0060-0000375-59.tif (AC Scan Nos.)
label: General
content: In Box 1, Folder 49, Hotels series.
label: General
content: From the acknowledgment page: "This is Volume II of IMPROVISATIONS. IMPROVISATIONS was first conceived in 1950 from an idea by Julio de Diego as a medium for advertisers in sympathy with the ideals of Artists Equity Association. As in IMPROVISATIONS 1950, the member-artists who illustrated this journal were selected by the advertisers and were given complete freedom of expression. Each page was designed by the artist directly on the litho plate, thus making this a collection of original lithographs."
name: label: Creator
content: Artists Equity Association
label: Artist
content: Weber, Max, 1881-1961
label: Artist
content: Soyer, Raphael, 1899-1987
label: Artist
content: Hofmann, Hans, 1880-1966
label: Artist
content: Sternberg, Harry, 1904-2001
label: Artist
content: Feininger, T. Lux
label: Artist
content: Gross, Chaim, 1904-1991
label: Artist
content: Avery, Milton, 1885-1965
label: Artist
content: Shahn, Ben, 1898-1969
label: Advertiser
content: Maidenform, Inc.
label: Names
content: Astor Hotel (New York, N.Y.)
label: Series Creator
content: Warshaw, Isadore, 1900-1969
topic: label: Topic
content: Masquerades
label: Topic
content: Artists' books
label: Topic
content: Nude in art
label: Topic
content: Cameras
creator: label: Creator
content: Artists Equity Association
label: Artist
content: Weber, Max, 1881-1961
label: Artist
content: Soyer, Raphael, 1899-1987
label: Artist
content: Hofmann, Hans, 1880-1966
label: Artist
content: Sternberg, Harry, 1904-2001
label: Artist
content: Feininger, T. Lux
label: Artist
content: Gross, Chaim, 1904-1991
label: Artist
content: Avery, Milton, 1885-1965
label: Artist
content: Shahn, Ben, 1898-1969
label: Advertiser
content: Maidenform, Inc.
setName: label: See more items in
content: Warshaw Collection of Business Americana Subject Categories: Hotels
label: See more items in
content: Warshaw Collection of Business Americana Subject Categories: Hotels / 1: American Hotels / Astor, Hotel, New York, New York
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Item (Ink on paper, approx 10 x 8 in.)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1951
container: label: Container
content: Box 1, Folder 49
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Books
label: Type
content: Lithographs
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Books
label: Genre/Form
content: Lithographs -- 1950-1960
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: An artist's book with a spiral plastic binding, composed of original lithographs, most of them serving as advertisements. Participating artists include Milton Avery, T. Lux Feininger, Chaim Gross, Hans Hofmann, Reginald Marsh, Ben Shahn, Raphael Soyer, and Max Weber. Of special interest are a Maidenform brassiere ad by Harry Sternberg; a nude female figure with a 19th century camera for Pagano photographs and illustrations, and the Danby Furniture Co. by Helen Ratkai; etc.