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Creator:
Levin, Eli, 1938-  Search this
Names:
Santa Fe Armory Show (1977 : Santa Fe, N.M.)  Search this
Ellis, Fremont F., 1897-1985  Search this
Haddock, Arthur Earl, 1895-1980  Search this
Levin, Meyer, 1905-  Search this
Sharp, Joseph Henry, 1859-1953  Search this
Extent:
261 Items ((on 3 microfilm reels))
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Sketchbooks
Date:
1949-1984
Scope and Contents:
A resume; exhibition catalogs and announcements, ca. 1967-1983; clippings, ca. 1974-1983; illustrated letters from Levin to his father Meyer Levin and his stepmother, Tereska Levin, ca.1964-1974; a 73 p. typescript of Levin's recollections of his mother Mable Levin; poems, 1949; typescripts of Levin's essays on Arthur E. Haddock, Joseph Henry Sharp, the relationship between psychiatry and art, and contemporary Indian art; an undated transcript of Levin's interview with Fremont F. Ellis; a typescript of Meyer Levin's autobiography "In Love"; typescripts of Meyer Levin's essays on the 1977 Santa Fe Armory Show, his son Eli, and the Santa Fe art boom; price lists for works of art, 1973 and 1983; biographical data; a sketchbook, 1974-1984; and photographs and a photograph album of Levin and his paintings and sculpture.
Biographical / Historical:
Painter, printmaker, and sculptor; Santa Fe, New Mexico. Levin first gained prominence as a painter with his "Bar Room" series, consisting of crowded bar room scenes with satirical undertones. He works in the tradition of the social realists often using egg tempra as his medium.
Provenance:
Lent for microfilming 1983 by Eli Levin, now known as Jo Basiste.
Restrictions:
The Archives of American art does not own the original papers. Use is limited to the microfilm copy.
Occupation:
Painters -- New Mexico -- Santa Fe  Search this
Sculptors -- New Mexico -- Santa Fe  Search this
Printmakers -- New Mexico -- Santa Fe  Search this
Genre/Form:
Sketchbooks
Identifier:
AAA.levieli
Archival Repository:
Archives of American Art
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw98548c576-1a5f-4dfa-970f-c1f591d5cfa0
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-aaa-levieli