14 Items, photoprints (on partial microfilm reel), b&w, 20 1/2 x 25 1/2 cm.
Access Note / Rights:
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. Contact Reference Services for more information.
Summary:
Copyprints of photographs of two WPA murals by Karp, "The Normal Pursuits of Man-Production," 1937, in Bellevue Hospital, NYC, and "Armed with Learning and Reality, Looking from the Past to the Future," 1938, in the Hebrew Orphans Asylum, NYC. The photographs show Karp and assistants at work on the murals and the completed murals. Also included are photographs of a design for a PWAP mural, "Electrical Production and Direction" (never executed in mural scale).
Citation:
William Karp photographs, [ca.1937-1938]. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Additional Forms:
35mm microfilm reel 3589 (frames 1104-1133) available at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
Photographs are copyprints.
Biography Note:
Painter, mural painter; New York, N.Y.
Language Note:
English .
Provenance:
Transferred from the National Museum of American Art, Department of 20th Century Painting and Sculpture, 1985.
Location Note:
Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, 750 9th St. NW, Washington, D.C. 20001
Topic:
Mural painting and decoration, American Search this
Federal aid to the arts -- New York (State) -- New York Search this
