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Abraham Joel Tobias papers

Title: Abraham Joel Tobias papers

The Abraham Joel Tobias papers date from 1913 to 2000 and measure 2.8 linear feet. Through project and exhibition files, printed material, correspondence, and photographs, the collection provides an overview of Tobias's career as a painter and muralist in New York City. General correspondence regards mural proposals, exhibitions, professional activities, and museums' acquisitions of artwork by Tobias. A file of correspondence with the Fine Arts Federation of New York concerns efforts to recognize murals by Irving Block, James Brooks, Philip Evergood, Abraham Lishinsky, José Clemente Orozco, and Max Spivak as landmarks; it also includes minutes of meetings, 1988-1995, that reflect Tobias's service as a board member. Other correspondence is with friends and artists including Edward Caswell, George Gaber, Filia Holtzman, Vincent La Gambina, and Alton S. Tobey.Project files document murals such as: <emph render="italic">The Four Freedoms</emph>, Midwood High School, Brooklyn, New York, honoring students and teachers who died in World War II (circa 1946); <emph render="italic">Birth</emph> for the maternity ward at Mount Sinai Hospital, New York City (1951-1953); and <emph render="italic">Medical Science</emph> and <emph render="italic">Medical Research</emph>, Long Island Jewish Hospital (1954). The <emph render="italic">Science</emph> and <emph render="italic">Engineering</emph> project file (1958) contains a patent certificate for striated plastic, a material Tobias used in two murals. Also of interest is correspondence with the Harman Foundation regarding a documentary film about Tobias's use of ethyl silicate for outdoor murals. Among the exhibitions documented are: "Plastics U.S.A.," ew York WPA Artists Then and Now," and "Abraham Joel Tobias: Sculptural Paintings of the 1930s."Printed material consists of announcements, invitations, solo and group exhibition catalogs, and clippings relating to Tobias's artistic career. Also found are pamphlets he designed for the Congress of Industrial Organizations. Photographs are of Tobias's artwork and the artist with friends and family. There is a video recording of an interview with Tobias conducted by Brendan Gill in 1995.

ArchivalResource: 2.8 linear feet

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Spivak, Max, 1906-1981. Artist file.

Title: Artist file.

ArchivalResource: 1 folder.

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Oral history interview with Ilya Bolotowsky

Title: Oral history interview with Ilya Bolotowsky

Interview of Ilya Bolotowsky conducted 1968 March 24-April 7, by Paul Cummings, for the Archives of American Art.

OralHistoryResource: Sound recording: 2 sound tape reels (6 hr.) ; 7 in.Transcript: 197 p.

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SPIVAK, MAX. Artist file : miscellaneous uncataloged material.

Title: Artist file : miscellaneous uncataloged material.

ArchivalResource: 1 folder.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122450126 View

Spivak, Max, 1906-1981 : [miscellaneous ephemeral material].

Title: Spivak, Max, 1906-1981 : [miscellaneous ephemeral material].

The folder may include clippings, announcements, small exhibition catalogs, and other ephemeral items.

ArchivalResource: 1 folder.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/198980702 View

Max Spivak photographs

Title: Max Spivak photographs

2 photographs of Spivak and 15 photographs of his art works, including painted and mosaic WPA murals.

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Oral history interview with Max Spivak

Title: Oral history interview with Max Spivak

An interview of Max Spivak conducted circa 1963, by Harlan Phillips, for the Archives of American Art.

OralHistoryResource: Sound recordings: 1 sound tape reel ; 7 in.Transcript: 58 p.

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