The Archives of American art does not own the original papers. Use is limited to the microfilm copy.
Summary:
Correspondence; biographical data; journal; sketchbook and sketches; photographs; and printed material.
Carlos Lopez material includes: a biographical typescript; an illustrated journal recording Carlos Lopez's army experiences and travels along the Gold Coast of Africa in 1943; an undated sketchbook of drawings; 44 undated sketches, some done as studies for his ceramics; 94 photographs of Carlos Lopez, his family, his travels, and his works of art; exhibition catalogs; and printed material including articles, clippings, press releases, and miscellany.
Rhoda Lopez material includes: four letters; biographical data from the 1973 exhibition catalog "California in Clay"; 16 photographs of Rhoda Lopez, her ceramics, and her works of art, including an undated photograph by George Lyons of her sculpture, "Figure of Christ," done for the Clairmont Lutheran Church in San Diego, California; and printed matter including publications, articles, and clippings, a few discussing her work as a medical illustrator in 1955.
Citation:
Carlos and Rhoda LeBlanc Lopez papers, 1932-1973. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Additional Forms:
35mm microfilm reel 2105 available for use at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
Location of Originals:
Originals returned to Rhoda LeBlanc Lopez after microfilming.
Loan:
Loan
Biography Note:
Ceramists, and Rhoda is also a sculptor; San Diego, Calif. and Michigan. Carlos was born in Havana, Cuba.
Language Note:
English .
Provenance:
Lent for microfilming 1979 by Rhoda Lopez.
Location Note:
Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, 750 9th St. NW, Washington, D.C. 20001