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Summary:
2 photographs of Spagna, 22 of his painting and 5 of Spagna's New York City WPA-FAP children's art classes; 2 sketches; 2 business letters; exhibition catalogs; clippings; and 14 items relating to the Artist's Cultural Society, including a manifesto demanding that "the cultural man stand up and meet this great anti-cultural force and stop it from crushing the artist."
Citation:
Vincent Spagna papers, 1935-1947. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Biography Note:
Painter; New York, N.Y.
Language Note:
English .
Provenance:
Donated 1977 by Vincent Spagna.
Location Note:
Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, 750 9th St. NW, Washington, D.C. 20001