Papers of Ruth Abrams (1912-1986) 1934-1986

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Papers of Ruth Abrams (1912-1986) 1934-1986

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This collection consistsof materials that focus on the life and art of Ruth Abrams. Documents includepersonal papers, writings by Ruth Abrams concerning her art and career, andmaterial concerning exhibits of her artwork. The majority of the documentsfocus on her series of small-scale paintings known as and her related film, . The collection also includes manyphotographs, both personal and of artwork. Microcosms Paradox of the Big

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Abrams, Ruth, 1912-1986

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Painter; New York, N.Y. From the description of Ruth Abrams papers, 1934-1983. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122370414 ...

Ruth Abrams, 1912-1986

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Ruth Abrams was born in Brooklyn, New York. In the 1930s she studied art at the Art Students' League, Columbia University, and the School of Social Research, and worked in the ateliers of sculptors William Zorach, Aleksandr Archipenko, and Jose de Creeft, and painters John Graham, Yasuo Kuniyoshi, and Wallace Harrison. At the age of nineteen Ruth Abrams married Charles Abrams, who would later become a prominent urban planner and housing expert as well as a member of Gove...