Weinman, Adolph A. (Adolph Alexander), 1870-1952 Search this
Extent:
1.1 Linear feet ((partially microfilmed on two reels))
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Drawings
Interviews
Date:
1916-1981
Scope and Contents:
Correspondence (1916-1981); business records (1922-1971); notes (undated and 1929); interview transcript (1978); printed material (1929-1981); and photographs (1920-1945).
REELS 3612-3613: Correspondence concerning work done by the Continis for sculptors, including letters from Bryant Baker, A. Stirling Calder, Rudolph Evans, James Earle Fraser, John Gregory, Walker Hancock, Anna Hyatt Huntington, Gaston Lachaise, Bruce Moore, A. Phimister Proctor, Richard Recchia, David Rubins, and Adolph Weinman; photographs of the Contini family and of works of art, including "End of the Trail" by James Earle Fraser and works by Rudolph Evans, Anna Hyatt Huntington, and Richard Recchia (1920-1945); Attilio Contini's address book; and a notebook listing works of art.
Also, receipts and invoices addressed to various sculptors (1922-1971) and a contract for work on Frederic Remington's sculpture "Coming Through the Rye" for the National Cowboy Hall of Fame; a transcript of an interview with Cesare Contini conducted by George Gurney on August 26, 1978; clippings (1950-1981), exhibition catalogs (1929-1939), and 2 programs for the unveiling of the Martin Luther monument in Baltimore, Maryland (1936) and the Bing Crosby statue in Spokane, Washington (1981).
UNMICROFILMED: Three undated photographs mounted on board of historical panels at the West Point Library executed by Laura Gardin Fraser.
Biographical / Historical:
Plaster casting firm; New York, N.Y. Following training in Italy, Attilio (1884-1960) and his son Cesare (b. 1907) came to America and operated A. Contini and Son, New York, N.Y, making plaster molds for sculptures by wide group of artists, including James Earle Fraser, Ivan Mestrovic, Herbert Haseltine, A. Stirling Calder, Adolph Weinman, Gaston Lachaise, and Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney.
Provenance:
Donated 1984 by Cesare Contini.
Restrictions:
Use of original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C., Research Center. Microfilmed materials must be consulted on microfilm. Contact Reference Services for more information.
Seven letters from Arthur J. Hall Smith to Charles K. Steiner and two letters from Steiner to Smith while Steiner was the director of the Wichita Art Museum, Wichita, Kansas, and Smith was living in Paris, France. They write about various artists including Jacob Kainen, Mary Cassatt, Edward Degas, Bruce Moore, and Mark Tobey among others and works of art. Included with the April 16, 2007 letter to Steiner are two photographs of Smith and two slides of his works of art.
Biographical / Historical:
Charles K. Steiner is an artist and museum consultant in Fort Smith, Arkansas and former museum director. Arthur J. Hall Smith (1929-2013) was a painter.
Provenance:
Donated 2014 by Charles Steiner, who was friend's with artist Arthur J. Hall.
Restrictions:
Use of original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C., Research Center. Contact Reference Services for more information.
Twenty-five photographs of Moore's sculpture and Steuben glass designs executed between 1935 and 1965.
Biographical / Historical:
Bruce Moore (1905-1980) was a portrait painter and sculptor in New York, N.Y.
Provenance:
Unmicrofilmed material donated 1978-1980 by Alice H. Moore, widow of Bruce Moore; material on reel 2029 lent for microfilming 1980 by the office of Visual Resources, National Collection of Fine Arts. Unmicrofilmed material (40 boxes, 1 sol, 7 ov, 11 rd, ) transferred to Wichita Art Association November 4, 1996 and (1 bx, 2 sols) on July 14, 2008.
Restrictions:
Microfilmed portion must be consulted on microfilm.
One letter, September 19, 1968, Aly Moore, wife of artist Bruce Moore, written from Pietra Sarta, Italy, where some of Moore's bronzes were cast, and one Christmas card from Bruce Moore with a reproduction of a crayon sketch; thirteen slides of Moore in his studio; and two bookmarks designed for Glass by Robert W. Galvin, and a bookplate, designed for her friend Lillie O. Street, all ca. 1945.
Provenance:
The donor, Elizabeth Hamm Glass, was a close friend of Bruce Moore, and a longtime friend of draughtsman Robert W. Galvin, all residents of Washington, D.C.
Restrictions:
Use of original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C., Research Center. Microfilmed materials must be consulted on microfilm. Contact Reference Services for more information.
