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Summary:
Biographical information, correspondence, sketchbooks, color studies, lists of works sold, photographs of Hantman, his wife, sculptor Jo Levy, and works of art, and miscellany regarding Hantman. Also included is research material on Murray Hantman compiled by Jessica Nicoll, curator at the Portland Museum of Art, for the exhibition "Murray Hantman: From Image to Abstraction," 2005-2006 at the Portland Museum of Art.
Citation:
Murray Hantman papers, [ca. 1940-2006]. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Biography Note:
Painter; Monhegan Island, Me.; b. 1904; d. 1999.
Language Note:
English .
Provenance:
Donated 2006 by Portland Museum of Art via Daniel O'Leary, Director. The Museum received Murray Hantman's papers in 2005 from the Hantman estate.
Location Note:
Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, 750 9th St. NW, Washington, D.C. 20001
