Roman Bronze Works Archives, 1902-1977.

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Roman Bronze Works Archives, 1902-1977.

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Correspondence, files, ledgers, order books, client cards, plaster model index, and architectural drawings. The bulk of the materials include records from the foundry's greatest activity spanning the early 1900s until the mid-1960s. The bronze foundry was a rare example of an American fine-arts business whose purpose extended beyond sales to include participation in the creative process. Works by almost every important American figurative sculptor who was active between 1900 and 1950 are represented in the archives. Also included are almost 800 oversized architectural drawings documenting the decorative elements and fixtures cast by the foundry for ten major municipal and commercial buildings erected during the 1930s and 1940s.

77 linear ft.

Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Research Library

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Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Research Library

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Roman Bronze Works Foundry

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The Roman Bronze Works was one of the United States' leading fine-arts foundries in the first half of the twentieth century. The archives is the most comprehensive surviving record of any historic American foundry of its kind. From the description of Roman Bronze Works Archives, 1902-1977. (Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Research Library). WorldCat record id: 122692614 ...