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Creator:
Knight, Frederic C., 1898-1979  Search this
Names:
American Artists' Congress  Search this
An American Group (Organization)  Search this
Newcomb Art School  Search this
Dasburg, Andrew, 1887-1979  Search this
Extent:
400 Items ((on 2 microfilm reels))
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Date:
1913-1975
Scope and Contents:
Correspondence; biographical data; photographs; a scrapbook; writings; organizational records of An American Group and American Artists' Congress; and exhibition catalogs.
REEL 1123: Correspondence; biographical data; exhibition catalogs; and a scrapbook. Also included are correspondence and organizational records of An American Group, (New York) of which Knight was President, 1934-1939, essays by Knight about An American Group; organizational records of the American Artists' Congress; and printed bulletins and newsletters.
REEL 1147: Photographs, 1915-1973, including 3 personal photographs (one with Andrew Dasburg and others), 3 photographs of Frederic Knight with art classes at the Newcomb Art School, Tulane, ca. 1943-1946, 19 photographs of Knight's paintings and sketches, and 75 photographs of artworks by members of An American Group.
Biographical / Historical:
Painter; Canaan, New York.
Provenance:
Lent for microfilming 1976 by Frederic C. Knight.
Restrictions:
The Archives of American art does not own the original papers. Use is limited to the microfilm copy.
Occupation:
Painters -- New York (State) -- Canaan  Search this
Topic:
Painting, American  Search this
Art schools -- Photographs  Search this
Function:
Arts organizations -- New York (State)
Identifier:
AAA.knigfred
Archival Repository:
Archives of American Art
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw97384789d-fdbd-41e6-a3f4-c46260ae747f
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-aaa-knigfred