Greene-Mercier, Marie Zoe. Papers 1870-2000

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Greene-Mercier, Marie Zoe. Papers 1870-2000

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Marie Zoe Greene-Mercier was an artist, writer and arts activist who worked in the United States and Europe in the mid- to late-twentieth century. Educated at Radcliffe College, Greene-Mercier was also a student at the New Bauhaus School of Design in Chicago. Greene-Mercier worked in a variety of media, but was best known for the abstract metal sculptures she produced in the 1950s-1970s. Materials in this collection include correspondence, writings, gallery and exhibition records, photographs, artifacts and works of art.

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