José de Rivera papers

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José de Rivera papers

1930-1991

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The papers of sculptor José de Rivera date from 1930 to 1991 and measure 5.6 linear feet. Found within the papers are biographical materials, letters, scattered personal business records, commission files, art work including four sketchbooks, printed material, and photographs. One of the commission files includes a motion picture film. Biographical material consists of a biographical account, resumé, military service records, an interview transcript, certificates, addresses, and miscellaneous notes and writings. Twenty-nine folders of letters are primarily from de Rivera's patron, attorney Howard Goldsmith, but also include single letters from Marcel Breuer, John Canaday, Emlen Etting, Dag Hammarskjold, and G. Vantongerloo. Scattered personal business records include rental records, sculpture inventories, a contract, receipts, and miscellaneous records.Commission files contain letters, contracts, receipts, clippings, blueprints, miscellaneous printed material, and photographs concerning several of de Rivera's commissions, including <emph render="italic">Brussels Construction </emph>for the Brussels Universal and International Exhibition, his sculpture for the 1964 New York World's Fair, and <emph render="italic">Infinity</emph>, commissioned for the Smithsonian. A file for <emph render="italic">Construction #73 </emph>completed for the American Iron and Steel Institute also contains a reel of 16mm motion picture film.Art work consists of four sketchbooks, drawings, and geometric collages including detached cut out shapes.Printed material includes primarily clippings and exhibition announcements and catalogs. There is also a copy of the book <emph render="italic">José de Rivera Constructions</emph> by Dore Ashton and Joan M. Marter. Photographs are of de Rivera, miscellaneous art-related events, his studio, his art works, and of miscellaneous exhibition installations. Commission files also contain photographs.

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