Philip Reisman Papers 1932-1993

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Philip Reisman Papers 1932-1993

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Papers of the American Jewish Social Realist painter, illustrator, and printmaker; born in Warsaw, Poland, died 1992. Correspondence (7 items), including an incoming letter from Diego Rivera; 103 pencil and/or pen-and-ink drawings; photographs of WPA Federal Art Project mural work for Bellevue Hospital; 179 annotated slides; printed reproductions of Reisman's work; articles and reviews (1932-1992); and exhibition announcements, invitations, and catalogs (1930s-1993).

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Syracuse University. Library. Special Collections Research Center

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