Leonard Bocour papers and business records

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Leonard Bocour papers and business records

1933-1993

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The papers of American art collector, paint manufacturer, lecturer, and painter, Leonard Bocour measure 11.8 linear feet and date from 1933 to 1993. Found within the papers is biographical material, including identity cards, membership cards, and award certificates. Miscellaneous correspondence is primarily with artists and colleagues, including Helen Frankenthaler, Chaim Gross, Philip Guston, Alex Katz, Jack Levine, Morris Louis, David Oxtoby, and Philip Pearlstein and discuss exhibitions and other art-related topics. Also found are diaries and annotated daily calendars; personal business records regarding personal finances, donations, and lectures; business records for Bocour Artist Colors, Inc., including contracts, business correspondence, financial documentation, and printed material; notes and writings including address books and writings by Bocour and others; transcripts of interviews with Bocour that discuss his early career; and printed material including clippings, exhibition announcements and catalogs, booklets, and brochures.

11.8 linear feet

eng,

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Bocour Artist Colors (Firm)

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Bocour, Leonard, 1910-1993

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Leonard Bocour (1910-1993) was an art collector and paint manufacturer of New York, N.Y. From the description of Oral history interview with Leonard Bocour, 1978 June 8. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 646395898 Art collector, paint manufacturer; New York, N.Y. From the description of Leonard Bocour interview, 1978 June 8 [sound recording]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 245522291 Art collector, paint manufacturer (New York, N.Y.). From the de...

Leonard Bocour

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American art collector, paint manufacturer, lecturer, and painter, Leonard Bocour (nèe Leonard Bogdanoff) was born in 1910 in New York City. He studied at the National Academy of Design and at the Art Students League. In 1928, he met German artist Emil Ganso who taught him how to make artists’ colors. In 1932, Bocour established Bocour Hand Ground Artist Colors and sold paint directly to artists, greatly increasing his contacts and acquaintances in the art community. In ...

Bocour Artist Colors (Firm)

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