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Xenia Cage letters to Milton Sonday

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Creator:
Cage, Xenia  Search this
Names:
Cooper-Hewitt Museum  Search this
Block, Lucy  Search this
Moss, Gillian  Search this
Sonday, Milton  Search this
Extent:
0.4 Linear feet
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Date:
1968-1995
bulk 1981-1995
Summary:
The letters of artist, cataloguer, and conservator, Xenia Cage to Milton Sonday measure 0.4 linear feet and dates from 1968-1995. Included are letters, postcards, and small collages sent from Cage to Sonday. The collection also includes five cards addressed to Gillian Moss and two addressed to Lucy Block, both of whom were also curators in the Cooper-Hewitt's textile department.
Scope and Contents:
Xenia Cage letters to Milton Sonday measure 0.4 linear feet and dates from 1968-1995. Included are letters, postcards, and small collages sent from Cage to Sonday. The collection also includes five cards addressed to Gillian Moss and two addressed to Lucy Block, both of whom were also curators in the Cooper-Hewitt's textile department.
Arrangement:
Due to the small size of this collection the papers are arranged as one series.
Biographical / Historical:
Xenia Kashevaroff Cage (1913-1995) was an artist, cataloguer, and conservator in the department of prints and drawings at the Union Museum (now the Cooper-Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum) in New York, NY where she met Sonday who was an assistant in the textile department.
Provenance:
Xenia Cage letters to Milton Sonday was donated in 2022 by Milton Sonday.
Restrictions:
This collection is open for research. Access to original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C. Research Center.
Rights:
The Archives of American Art makes its archival collections available for non-commercial, educational and personal use unless restricted by copyright and/or donor restrictions, including but not limited to access and publication restrictions. AAA makes no representations concerning such rights and restrictions and it is the user's responsibility to determine whether rights or restrictions exist and to obtain any necessary permission to access, use, reproduce and publish the collections. Please refer to the Smithsonian's Terms of Use for additional information.
Occupation:
Artists -- New York (State) -- New York  Search this
Conservators -- New York (State) -- New York  Search this
Topic:
Women artists  Search this
Citation:
Xenia Cage Letters to Milton Sonday, 1968-1995. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Identifier:
AAA.cagexeni
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Archival Repository:
Archives of American Art
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9473fdefa-4c19-4002-ac69-6637d110cb68
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-aaa-cagexeni