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Creator:
Aschenbach, Paul, 1921-1994  Search this
Subject:
Mizui, Jasuo  Search this
Baumann, Herbert  Search this
Reischke, Erich  Search this
Sartory, Barna von  Search this
Pavia, Philip  Search this
Campbell, Kenneth  Search this
Witkin, Isaac  Search this
Prantl, Karl  Search this
Vermont Marble Company  Search this
Vermont International Sculpture Symposia (1968)  Search this
Vermont International Sculpture Symposia (1971)  Search this
Place of publication, production, or execution:
Other
Physical Description:
2.1 Linear feet
Access Note / Rights:
Use of original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C., Research Center. Contact Reference Services for more information.
Summary:
Correspondence, notes and writings, project files, printed material, photographs, and art work primarily concerning Aschenbach's involvement with the Vermont International Sculpture Symposia (1968, 1971), and other projects he participated in, most relating to sculpture and its role in the community.
Included are biographical material; correspondence, 1965-1975, primarily related to Aschenbach's coordination of the Vermont International Sculpture Symposia of 1968 and 1971, the Sculpture on the Highway project, ca. 1971, and to his association with the Vermont Marble Company. Correspondence with artists participating in the Symposia include Karl Prantl, Jasuo Mizui, Herbert Baumann, Erich Reischke, Barna von Sartory, Philip Pavia, Kenneth Campbell, Clement Meadmore, Isaac Witkin, Eduardo Ramirez, James Silva, and Rudolf Uher. Notes and writings include unmailed letters to Aschenbach, ca. 1973-1974, written by his wife, June.
Project files, 1968-1975, contain correspondence, notes and writings, printed material, invoices, receipts, mailing lists, reference material, biographical material on participating artists, and photographs for the Vermont International Sculpture Symposia, Danby Sculpture Works, Inc., Danby-Currier Memorial Sculpture Project and other sculpture projects. Printed material, 1957-1978, includes newspaper and magazine clippings, exhibition announcements and catalogs, newsletters, and annual reports.
Photographs consist of Aschenbach at work, his finished sculptures, and a few personal photographs. Works of art include a variety of Aschenbach's studies and sketches for sculptures, executed in watercolor, pencil, felt pen, woodblock and chalk, and an unbound booklet of anonymous wood engravings.
Citation:
Paul Aschenbach papers, 1957-1976. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Biography Note:
Sculptor; Vermont. b. 1921; d. 1994. Organized the Vermont International Sculpture Symposium in 1968 and 1971, which supported stone sculpture by several sculptors for installation in rest areas along the Vermont Interstate Highways 89 and 91.
Language Note:
English .
Provenance:
Donated 1983 by Paul Aschenbach.
Location Note:
Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, 750 9th St. NW, Washington, D.C. 20001
Topic:
Sculpture, Modern -- 20th century -- United States  Search this
Public sculpture  Search this
Theme:
Lives of artists  Search this
Record number:
(DSI-AAA_CollID)7308
(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)209461
AAA_collcode_aschpaul
Theme:
Lives of artists
Data Source:
Archives of American Art
EDAN-URL:
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