Creator:

Fort Worth National Bank  Search this

Names:

Calder, Alexander, 1898-1976  Search this

Extent:

3 Microfilm reels

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Microfilm reels

Date:

1971-1978

Scope and Contents:

Correspondence, printed material, photographs, and receipts.

Files regarding compiling an art collection for the new bank building, including Alexander Calder's "Eagle." Files contain correspondence, art committee reports, photographs of Calder's work, dedication ceremony speeches, catalogs, clippings and biographical material.

Art collection acquisition files containing clippings, press releases, receipts, and photographs of Calder's "Eagle" installation.

Biographical / Historical:

Fort Worth National Bank (founded 1873) formed an art collection for its new building in Fort Worth, Texas.

Provenance:

Lent for microfilming, 1980, by Lewis H. Bond, Chairman of the Board of Texas American Bankshares, as part of the Archives of American Art's Texas project.

Restrictions:

The Archives of American art does not own the original papers. Use is limited to the microfilm copy.

Occupation:

Art patrons -- Texas -- Fort Worth  Search this

Bankers -- Texas -- Fort Worth  Search this

Topic:

Art -- Collectors and collecting -- Texas -- Fort Worth  Search this

Art patronage -- Texas -- Fort Worth  Search this

Sculpture, Modern -- 20th century -- Texas -- Fort Worth  Search this

Identifier:

AAA.fortwort

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9f171e532-908e-453e-8a87-462ced62cb32

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-fortwort