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Creator:
Sasowsky, Norman  Search this
Names:
Whitney Museum of American Art  Search this
Marsh, Reginald, 1898-1954  Search this
Extent:
3.8 Linear feet
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Date:
1921-1975
Scope and Contents:
Research material on Reginald Marsh measures 3.8 linear feet and dates from 1921-1975. Included are biographical statements; correspondence with Sylvan Cole, Jr., of Associated American Artists and others regarding Marsh's prints; letters to Marsh from Zayda Weller; photographs and slides of drawings and paintings by Marsh (including state proofs) and a photograph of Felicia Meyer Marsh; notes and typescripts of catalogs; drafts of writngs by Sasowsky; questionnaires; conservation reports for Marsh's paintings; and printed material concerning artist Reginald Marsh, primarily compiled for Sasowsky's catalog raisonnés: Reginald Marsh: Etchings, Engravings, Lithographs (1956), and The Prints of Reginald Marsh: an Essay and Definitive Catalog of his Linoleum Cuts, Etchings, Engravings, and Lithographs, done under the auspices of the Whitney Museum of American Art (1976).
Biographical / Historical:
Norman Sasowsky is an art historian in Newark, Delaware.
Other Title:
Whitney Museum of American Art, Reginal Marsh papers.
Provenance:
Sasowsky donated the photographs on reel 1195 in 1977. In 1979, he lent material on reels 1463-1464 for microfilming and arranged for his research material at the Whitney Museum of American Art to be sent to AAA. In 1998, he donated the material previously lent and additional material and donated a final addition in 2018.
Restrictions:
Use of original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C., Research Center. Microfilmed materials must be consulted on microfilm.
Occupation:
Art historians -- Delaware -- Newark  Search this
Topic:
Social realism  Search this
Prints -- 20th century  Search this
Identifier:
AAA.sasonorm
Archival Repository:
Archives of American Art
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw944374e95-3d02-4746-88d4-c1fc3fdcf6d0
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-aaa-sasonorm