Jean Xceron letters from David Smith

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Jean Xceron letters from David Smith

1940-1957

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Smith writes about his upcoming exhibition at the Willard Gallery, 1940. He asks Xceron for information on Xavier Gonzalez for an article he is writing, and thanks him for influencing him "to concentrate on sculpture. I'm forever glad you did, it's more my energy, tho I make 200 color drawings a year and sometimes painting...."

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Xceron, Jean, 1890-1967

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Painter; New York, N.Y. Born Greece. Came to U.S. at age of fourteen. Worked at Guggenheim Museum. Pioneer of non-objective painting. From the description of Jean Xceron papers, 1931-1966. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122565815 ...

Smith, David, 1906-1965

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Sculptor; Bolton Landing, N.Y. From the description of David Smith interview, 1964 Oct. 25. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 80437636 Sculptor. Studied painting at the Art Students League in New York City between 1927 and 1932. Smith began working with sculpture around the time of leaving the League. In 1940 he moved to upstate New York where he remained until his death in 1965. Retrospective exhibitions of Smith's work at the Museum of Modern Art in 1957, and at the Fogg Art ...