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Robert Laurent home movies [motion picture], 1933-1938

Catalog Data

Creator:
Laurent, Robert, 1890-1970  Search this
Subject:
Blanch, Arnold  Search this
Dirks, Rudolph  Search this
Fiene, Ernest  Search this
Ganso, Emil  Search this
Hirsch, Stefan  Search this
Walters, Carl  Search this
Type:
Video recordings
Place of publication, production, or execution:
Other
Physical Description:
1 Item, film reel (36 min.), si., b&w, 16 mm.
Summary:
Footage of Laurent at work in his Brooklyn studio, of Fairmont Park, Pennsylvania, of family members in Brittany, of Gaspe, of Woodstock, New York including Arnold Blanche, Carl Walters, Emil Ganso, Ernest Fiene, Stefan Hirsch, Rudy Dirks, and others. Also contains Charlie Chaplin and Felix the Cat excerpts and scenes from a cocktail party in Ogunquit, Maine (given by Ker Fravaal) with Ogunquit artists and cartoonists.
Citation:
Robert Laurent home movies [motion picture], 1933-1938. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Additional Forms:
Also available as digital video file
Biography Note:
Sculptor and teacher; Brooklyn, N.Y. and Ogunquit, Me.
Language Note:
English .
Provenance:
Donated 1983 by Mary Leigh-Smart.
Location Note:
Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, 750 9th St. NW, Washington, D.C. 20001
Theme:
Lives of artists  Search this
Record number:
(DSI-AAA_CollID)7085
(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)209218
AAA_collcode_laurrobv
Theme:
Lives of artists
Data Source:
Archives of American Art
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:AAADCD_coll_209218