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Creator:
Fowler, Robert K., 1931-  Search this
Extent:
0.3 Linear feet (ca. 2700 items (partially microfilmed on 6 reels))
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Drawings
Date:
[ca. 1950-1982]
Scope and Contents:
Sketchbooks, photographs and slides, correspondence, writings, art works, monologue and financial material.
REELS 1995-1998: Biographical information; manuscripts and drafts for articles; contracts for sculpture commissions; clippings and catalogs; 12 sketchbooks; sketches and drawings; correspondence and clippings relating to the commissioned altar piece for St. Augustine's Catholic Church in Houston.
REEL 3126: Material relating to the commissioned sculpture for the entrance to the Houston zoo, including correspondence, clippings, financial records, sketches, photographs and a file on the Art in Public Places-Arts Council of Houston.
REEL 3752: Transcript of a monologue by Fowler regarding his sculpture now in Temple Emmanuel, and portions of a conversation between Bob West and Fowler. (Original tapes - 2 cassettes, are in the collection).
UNMICROFILMED: Thirty-nine slides of the Houston zoo sculpture, 10 etchings, a drawing, and a print.
Biographical / Historical:
Sculptor and etcher; Houston, Tex.
Provenance:
Material on reels 1995-1998 and 3126 lent for microfilming, 1979-1984, by Fowler as part of the Archives of American Art's Texas project. Unmicrofilmed material donated by Fowler, 1984-1986.
Occupation:
Sculptors -- Texas -- Houston  Search this
Topic:
Public sculpture -- Texas -- Houston  Search this
Function:
Art commissions -- Texas
Genre/Form:
Drawings
Identifier:
AAA.fowlrobe
Archival Repository:
Archives of American Art
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw97db07346-665a-44d1-806d-730587ff2949
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-aaa-fowlrobe