Correspondence with Carl Zigrosser, 1930-1968.

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Correspondence with Carl Zigrosser, 1930-1968.

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Carl Zigrosser met René D'Harnoncourt through their mutual interest in Mexico, having met there in 1930. Zigrosser showed D'Hranoncourt's work at the Weyhe Gallery, and many of the letters have to do with shipments of work and exhibition plans. There are also letters concerning D'Harnoncourt's involvement with an exhibit of Mexican art toured by the American Federation of Arts in 1931, and another exhibit of Mexican Indian art in 1937. The letters are playful and often illustrated. There is a photograph of D'Harnoncourt taken in Mexico by Zigrosser in 1930, as well as clippings from the time of D'Harnoncourt's death, a tribute to their friendship written by Zigrosser and a copy of the programs from a memorial service at the Museum of Modern Art in 1968.

19 items (24 leaves).

University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Van Pelt Library

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D'Harnoncourt, René, 1901-1968

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Director of the Museum of Modern Art, 1949-1968. From the description of Rene d'Harnoncourt papers, 1924-1983, 1940-1968 (bulk). (Museum of Modern Art (MOMA)). WorldCat record id: 122530614 Museum director and authority on American Indian and Mexican arts and crafts. Born 1901 in Vienna, Austria; died 1968 in Long Island, New York. D'Harnoncourt lived in Mexico from 1925 to 1933 and worked as an artist before joining a Mexico City antiques firm in 1927. He compiled and lectu...

American federation of arts

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The American Federation of Arts was a non-profit education association that sponsored group and one-man shows as well as lecture tours to promote the arts in America. The correspondence with A.F.A. staff Leila Mechlin, Horace Jayne and Burton Cummings deals primarily with exhibitions of the work of Federico Castellón, Misch Kohn and Mauricio Lasansky. Also mentioned is a lecture tour on prints made by Elmer Adler. From the description of Correspondence with Carl Zigrosser, 1929-1953...