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Summary:
31 preliminary sketches for a mural in the Chrylser Building, New York City, mostly gesture drawings of laborers. Sketches are on 29 sheets (27.7 x 21.4 cm.) charcoal & pencil on paper; 16 are signed in ink: "SA." Also included are 17 photographs of Aucello, a resume, an exhibition catalog, 1941, a reproduction of a mural by Aucello in P.S. 150, Bronx, New York, and other printed material.
Citation:
Salvatore Aucello papers, 1941-1959. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Additional Forms:
35mm microfilm reel 2786 available at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
Biography Note:
Mural painter; New York State. Studied at the National Academy of Design. Project planner for the Public Works of Art Project. Also executed murals in ceramic tile and mosaic.
Language Note:
English .
Provenance:
Donated 1961 by Salvatore Aucello.
Location Note:
Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, 750 9th St. NW, Washington, D.C. 20001
Topic:
Mural painting and decoration -- New York (State) -- New York Search this
