Carl Zigrosser papers, circa 1891-1971.

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Carl Zigrosser papers, circa 1891-1971.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/155896096

Comprising 21 series, the Zigrosser Papers are particularly rich in correspondence with the major artistic and cultural figures in America during the first half of the twentieth century.

116 boxes.

University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Van Pelt Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 6898828

University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Van Pelt Library

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Zigrosser, Carl, 1891-1975

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Curator of prints at the Philadelphia Museum of Art from 1941 to 1963; noted expert on print-making; founded in 1919 and directed the Weyhe Gallery in New York; contributed to and edited the Modern School Magazine in the second half of the 1910s. First wife: Florence King; child: Carola (born 1917). Second wife: Laura Canadè€ (married in 1946). Zigrosser died in 1975. From the description of Carl Zigrosser papers, circa 1891-1971. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record...

Philadelphia Museum of Art

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In 1921, the Pennsylvania Museum of Art (later renamed the Philadelphia Museum of Art) held a special loan exhibition of colonial silver, mostly American pieces, with some European ones. A catalog of the exhibit was published as Bulletin number 68 in June 1921. There are no clues as to who assembled this special volume. From the description of Bulletin - Philadelphia Museum of Art. (Winterthur Library). WorldCat record id: 261233369 Art museum; Philadelphia, Pen...

Zigrosser, Carola.

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Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum.

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Canadè€, Laura.

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John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, 1959

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King, Florence

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Print council of America

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Art organization; Boston, Mass. Founded by a small group of museum curators, scholars, artists, collectors, and dealers and led by Lessing J. Rosenwald, PCA's mission is to "foster the creation, dissemination, and appreciation of fine prints, old and new", and to encourage and professionalize the preservation, administration, and study of print collections in the United States and Canada. From the description of Print Council of America records, 1956-2005. (U...

Weyhe Gallery

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Carl Zigrosser was the manager of the art gallery section of Erhard Weyhe's New York City book shop from 1918 to 1940. From the description of Correspondence with Carl Zigrosser, 1916-1971, n.d. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 155899805 Weyhe Gallery, established in 1919, was one of the first galleries in New York to specialize in prints. Carl Zigrosser (1891-1975) directed Weyhe Gallery from 1919 until 1940 when he left to become Curator of Prints ...

Modern School

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Solomon R. Guggenheim foundation

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Modern art museum; New York, N.Y. Solomon R. Guggenheim's collection of mostly abstract, non-objective painting was largely formed by artist and promotor of non-objective painting, Hilla Rebay. In 1937 it was established as the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation, and in 1939, as the Museum of Non-Objective Painting. After Guggenheim's death in 1949 the name was changed to the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum. From the description of Scrapbooks regarding the Solomon...