Correspondence with Carl Zigrosser, 1944-1969.

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Correspondence with Carl Zigrosser, 1944-1969.

Una Johnson was Curator of Prints at the Brooklyn Museum. She and Zigrosser corresponded on a wide range of topics: José Guadalupe Posada, her Guggenheim Fellowship applications, woodcuts, Aleksis Rannit, and Johnson's retirement.

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John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, 1959

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Rannit, Aleksis.

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Alexis Rannit, Estonian poet and art critic, was born in Kallaste, Estonia, in 1914. He emigrated to Germany in 1939, and to the United States in 1952. Rannit worked at the New York Public Library in the 1950s and became Curator of the Slavic and East European collections at the Yale University Library in 1961. Rannit's writings include poetry in Estonian and in English translation, and several works of literary and art criticism. Among his major publications are Akna raamistuses (1937), Käesur...

Johnson, Una E.

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Retired curator of prints, Brooklyn Museum. Born 1905. Died 1997. From the description of Una E. Johnson letters, 1966-1975. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122565693 Una E. Johnson (1905-1997) was a curator and art historian from New York, N.Y. From the description of Oral history interview with Una E. Johnson, 1971 Jan. 5 [sound recording]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 495596635 Curator, art historian; New York, N.Y. Died 1997. From the de...

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The origins of the Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences extend back to 1823, with the founding of the Brooklyn Apprentices' Library. The Library, located at the corner of Cranberry and Henry Streets in the neighborhood of Brooklyn Heights, was established for the education and cultural enrichment of young tradesmen. In 1841, the Library relocated to the building of the Brooklyn Lyceum, an organization devoted to intellectual pursuits in the arts and sciences, at the corner of Washington and C...

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Born in poverty in 1852, Jose Guadalupe Posada (b. February 31, 1853-d. January 20, 1913) became the "Printmaker to the Mexican People," an influence on future Mexican artists such as Orozco and Rivera, and is often compared to such icons as Goya and Daumier. Posada is labelled an artist, a folk illustrator and a political cartoonist; no matter how he is categorized, it is clear that, through his prolific career, "an inarticulate public found expression." Posada left his ...