Papers, 1934-1982.

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Papers, 1934-1982.

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Includes exhibition catalogs, photographs, journal, reports, memos, letters, etc. concerning Lesley's work as an officer in the Monuments, Fine Arts and Archives (MFAA) section of the American military government in Germany after World War II. Also includes correspondence from Joan Evans, a notebook recording conversations with Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera, a bound volume containing exhibition catalogs written by Lesley while at the Cooper Union Museum for the Arts of Decoration, a guestbook kept from 1947 through 1951 and a folder containing photocopies of literary references to the Suger chalice.

ca. 233 items (3 boxes).

National Gallery of Art Library

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Kahlo, Frida, 1907-1954

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Frida Kahlo (born Magdalena Carmen Frida Kahlo y Calderón, 6 July 1907, Coyoacán, Mexico City, Mexico – died 13 July 1954, Coyoacán, Mexico City, Mexico), Mexican painter known for her many portraits, self-portraits, and works inspired by the nature and artifacts of Mexico. Inspired by the country's popular culture, she employed a naïve folk art style to explore questions of identity, postcolonialism, gender, class, and race in Mexican society. Her paintings often had strong autobiographical ele...

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Rivera, Diego, 1886-1957

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Evans, Joan, 1893-1977

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