Papers of Michael and Dorothy Blankfort, 1961-1995.

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Papers of Michael and Dorothy Blankfort, 1961-1995.

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The 12 boxes (5.004 linear feet) that comprise this collection contain correspondence, clippings, greeting cards, checks, receipts, photographs, transparencies, and other realia in connection with the art collection of Michael and Dorothy Blankfort. The files concern items in their personal collection; gifts and loans to galleries and museums; correspondence from friends; clippings of newspaper and magazine articles, both about the artists in their collection as well as art history; and correspondence to institutions. The items range in date mostly from 1961-1995.

5.0 Linear feet , 12 boxes.

Los Angeles County Museum of Art, LACMA

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SNAC Resource ID: 8191449

Los Angeles County Museum of Art, LACMA

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Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Modern and Contemporary Art Council

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Blankfort, Michael, 1907-1982

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Born in 1907 in New York, Michael Blankfort was a writer, lyricist, director, and producer. He wrote a number of plays and musicals early in his career beginning with Merry-Go-Round in 1932; Battle Hymn was his sixth work, produced by the Federal Theatre Project of the WPA. In the 1940s he moved into film and then television, penning Westerns, dramas and adventure tales, and in 1950 he won the Writer's Guild of America's award for Best Written Western for Broken Arrow . He also wrot...

Blankfort, Dorothy

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Michael and Dorothy Blankfort began collecting art in the late 1950s.The couple focused on contemporary art in Los Angeles, New York, and Europe. They were both involved with the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) in various capacities. In 1961, they were founding members of LACMA's Modern and Contemporary Art Council (MCAC); Dorothy chaired MCAC from 1974-1976 as well as participating in and chairing the Acquisitions, Education and Membership committees; and Michael served on the Board of...