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Summary:
Three photographs and two clippings about Stempler's discovery in 1972 of two mural panels by Gorky at the Newark, New Jersey Airport, executed while Gorky worked for the W.P.A. Federal Art Project in 1937. [Microfilm title: Arshile Gorky papers]
Citation:
Stephen Stempler papers relating to Arshile Gorky murals, 1977. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Additional Forms:
35mm microfilm reel 2813 available for use at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
Biography Note:
Stempler was an employee of the Port Authority of New York. He had known of the existence of the murals from Saul Wenegrat of the Port Authority's Architectural Services, and discovered them while surveying the art deco architectural details of the building.
Language Note:
English .
Provenance:
Donated by Stephen Stempler, 1977.
Location Note:
Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, 750 9th St. NW, Washington, D.C. 20001
Topic:
Painting, Modern -- 20th century -- New York (State) -- New York -- Photographs Search this
Mural painting and decoration -- 20th century -- Conservation and restoration Search this
Mural painting and decoration -- 20th century -- New Jersey -- Newark Search this
