Biographical material includes curriculum vitae, chronology of Ilse Getz's life, list of collectors, certificate of naturalization and passport, obituaries and death records for Ilse Getz and her husband Gibson Danes, memorial service program and certificate of devise, and a genealogy of the Bechhold family. This series also houses a scrapbook of clippings and exhibition announcements that document Getz's early artistic career. Researchers should note that some of the information in the scrapbook can also be found elsewhere in the collection, primarily in sereies 3 and 5 and additional material can be and additional material is found in series 4.
Collection Restrictions:
Use of original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C., Research Center.
Collection Citation:
Ilse Getz Papers, 1928-1999. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
