[Eulogy to Xavier Gonzalez]

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[Eulogy to Xavier Gonzalez]

1993 Oct. 24

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A typescript of Sally K. Reynolds' eulogy at the memorial service for Xavier Gonzalez held at the Art Students League in New York City on October 24, 1993. It includes excerpts from Reynolds' interview with Xavier and Ethel Gonzalez conducted on August 8, 1990, in which Gonzalez spoke of his childhood in Mexico, his move to the United States, working as a fruit picker in Iowa, and stockyards in Chicago, and events leading to a scholarship to the at the Art Institute of Chicago.

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Reynolds, Sally K.

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Art dealer; New York City. From the description of [Eulogy to Xavier Gonzalez]. 1993 Oct. 24. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79701532 ...

Gonzalez, Xavier, 1898-1993

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Painter, sculptor, teacher;New York, N.Y. and Wellfleet, Massachusetts. Died 1993. Born in Almeria, Spain. Became a United States citizen. Taught at Tulane University, the Brooklyn Museum, Art Students League, N.Y.C., and the Summer School of Art, Wellfleet, Massachusetts. Has done mural commissions in Alabama, Texas, and Louisiana. From the description of Xavier Gonzalez papers, 1905-1970. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 84451759 ...