Elfriede M. Abbe Papers 1950-1957

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Elfriede M. Abbe Papers 1950-1957

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The Abbe Collection contains woodcut illustrations and greeting cards for 3 titles from 1950-1957.

1 box

eng,

University of Minnesota Libraries Children's Literature Research Collections

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SNAC Resource ID: 6616634

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Abbe, Elfriede M.

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Elfriede M. Abbe was born in Washington DC in 1919 to an accomplished pianist and geologist. Attending Cornell College until 1940, she graduated from the College of Architecture, Department of Sculpture. From there she privately studied under Brenda Putnam in New York and Ivan Mestrovic at Syracuse University. "Wood is my principal medium", wrote Abbe, a technique she perfected with a Tiffany Fellowship in 1948, "I work entirely by hand, using only chisels, gouges and mallet, no ele...