Clifford Wight papers relating to Diego Rivera

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Clifford Wight papers relating to Diego Rivera

1929-1990

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Correspondence between Wight, Rivera, and Rivera clients; technical documents including a chemical analysis of the fresco process, and proposals, cost analyses, work schedules and specifications relating to Rivera murals at the Detroit Institute of Arts and Rockefeller Center; writings by George Biddle, Edgar P. Richardson, Rivera and Wight; photographs of Rivera, Wight and others; photographs of work by Rivera, Ralph Stackpole and Wight (?); articles, newspaper clippings and other printed material; and sketches by unidentified artists including a layout for a mural(?).

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Wight, Clifford, 1900-approximately 1960

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Wight, a sculptor and epigrapher; San Francisco, Calif.; acted as Mexican muralist Diego Rivera's technical assistant, translator, and secretary during his soujourn in the United States, ca. l931-1934, while Rivera completed murals for the Detroit Institute of Arts, the Rockefeller Center in New York (destroyed), and the Coit Tower in San Francisco. From the description of Clifford Wight papers relating to Diego Rivera, 1929-1990. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122648200 ...

Biddle, George, 1885-1973

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George Biddle was an author and a widely exhibited artist who also contributed to national magazines. He died in 1973. From the description of Business and personal papers, 1929-1943. (Winterthur Library). WorldCat record id: 122573566 B. 1885 d. 1973. From the description of George Biddle artist file. (Whitney Museum of American Art). WorldCat record id: 228433040 American artist and Chairman, War Department Art Advisory Committee. From the ...

Richardson, Edgar Preston, 1902-1985

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Art historian, museum administrator; Detroit, Mich.; d. 1985. Director, Detroit Institute of Arts from 1945-1962. From the description of Edgar Preston (E.P.) Richardson interview, 1978 Feb. 6. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 80507170 Art historian, museum administrator; Detroit, Mich.; d. 1985. Director, Detroit Institute of Arts, 1945-1962, Winterthur Museum, 1962-1966, Board Member and President of Pennsylvania Academy of t...

Stackpole, Ralph, 1885-1973

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Sculptor; Head of the Department of Sculpture, California School of Fine Arts. From the description of Ralph Stackpole papers, ca. 1920-1980. (University of California, Berkeley). WorldCat record id: 122563915 ...

Rivera, Diego, 1886-1957

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Mexican painter and muralist. From the description of Declaration in connection with a watercolor and a drawing sold to Mrs. Schwartz, 1934 March 7, Mexico City. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 81939422 Diego Rivera, a renowned Mexican mural painter, was commissioned by Mrs. Samuel Strong in 1935 to paint a portrait of her friend, Kathleen Burke, of Cleveland, Ohio. From the description of Receipt from Diego Rivera, 1935 Mar. 5. (Unknown). WorldCa...