Study Collection PUCINELLI ROBBINS, Lydia
odd: label: General
content: Title provided by EEPA staff.
name: label: Collector
content: Puccinelli Robbins, Lydia
topic: label: Topic
content: Robbins, Warren M.
label: Topic
content: National Museum of African Art
label: Topic
content: Elisofon, Eliot
label: Topic
content: Tishman, Paul
creator: label: Collector
content: Puccinelli Robbins, Lydia
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 7 items (photographic prints )
label: Extent
content: 0 items (ephemera )
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1948-1974
container: label: Container
content: Box 1
custodhist: label: Custodial History
content: Donated by Lydia Puccinelli-Robbins in 2016.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: EEPA.2016-009
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Photographic prints
label: Type
content: Printed ephemera
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Photographic prints
label: Genre/Form
content: Printed ephemera
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The collection consists of ephemera related to the Museum of African Art (now the Smithsonian National Museum of African Art) and 7 photographic prints. Ephemera includes monographs, clippings, exhibition invitations, the original prospectus for the Museum by Warren Robbins (1963), and a page of remarks delivered by Paul Tishman at the "Tribute to Africa: Eliot Elisofon Memorial Exhibition" (May 20, 1974). The photographs include 3 b/w and 1 color print of the Eiffel Tower, taken by Warren Robbins; 1 b/w photographic print by Eliot Elisofon (titled "Marcel Duchamp Descends a Staircase", Time/Life/Getty Images); 1 b/w photo by Libby Joy of master weaver Gilbert "Bobbo" Ahiagble from Ghana giving a weaving demonstration at the Museum of African Art, Frederick Douglass House (circa early 1970s); and 1 color photo depicting Raphael Soyer painting a portrait of Chaim and ReneÃ© Gross (circa 1982).