Due to the small size of this collection the papers are arranged as one series.
Access Note / Rights:
This collection is open for research. Access to original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C. Research Center.
Summary:
The scattered papers of sculptor Frances Kent Lamont measure 0.7 linear feet and date from 1909 to 1970. Papers include letters, a school notebook, printed material, two scrapbooks, sketches, and photographs including family snapshots, portraits, and photos of works of art.
Citation:
Frances Kent Lamont papers, 1909-1970. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Funding:
Processing of this collection received federal support from the Collections Care Initiative Fund, administered by the Smithsonian American Women's History Initiative and the National Collections Program
Use Note:
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Biography Note:
Sculptor Frances Kent Lamont (1899-1970) was active in New York, New York. She is known for her war memorials and exhibited extensively in the United States and Europe.
Lamont was born in New York City, but spent some of her childhood in Italy with her father, architect William Winthrop Kent. She studied at the Art Students League and the School of American Sculpture under Solon Borglum upon returning to the United States. In the 1930s, she studied in Paris and exhibited there until the outbreak of World War II. She was a member of the National Sculpture Society. She married Robert Patterson Lamont Jr.
Language Note:
English .
Provenance:
The papers of Frances Kent Lamont were donated in 1975 by Charlotte Austin Kent, the artist's sister.
Location Note:
Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, 750 9th St. NW, Washington, D.C. 20001
