2 Reels, ca. 400 items (on 2 partial microfilm reels)
Summary:
The papers of Sidney Gross include scrapbooks, art works, writings, exhibition catalogs, and a biographical outline.
Reel N70-56: Writings, on the philosophical and psychological implications of art and aesthetics, color theories, artistic techniques, and, generally, the history of art; drawings; exhibition catalogs; clippings; and a few miscellaneous items.
Reel N70-61: A biographical outline; lecture notes kept by one of his students; scrapbooks containing clippings and notices of Gross's shows; and ten letters to Francis Taylor, Gross's former high school art teacher, 1939-1950.
Citation:
Sidney Gross papers, 1939-1969. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Additional Forms:
35mm microfilm reels N70-56 and N70-61 available at Archives of American Art and through interlibrary loan.
Location of Originals:
Originals returned to the lender, Mrs. Sidney Gross, after microfilming.
Loan:
Loan
Biography Note:
Painter, writer; New York, N.Y. Produced primarily abstract paintings.
Language Note:
English .
Provenance:
The lender is the widow of Sidney Gross.
Location Note:
Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, 750 9th St. NW, Washington, D.C. 20001
