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Summary:
Two copy prints of the artist Maurice Sievan (1898-1981) taken by his wife, the photographer Lee Sievan (1907-1990) in 1946 and 1980.
Citation:
[Maurice Sievan] [graphic] / Lee Sievan, photographer, undated. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Additional Forms:
All copy prints.
Biography Note:
Maurice Sieven was an abstract painter of the New York School, which also included Mark Rothko and Clyfford Still.
Language Note:
English .
Provenance:
Donated by Avis Berman, 1999, a writer and art historian who received the photos as part of a press kit related to the exhibition "Creative Lives: New York Paintings and Photographs by Maurice and Lee Sievan," held at the Museum of the City of New York, 1997.
Location Note:
Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, 750 9th St. NW, Washington, D.C. 20001
