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Creator:

Siegriest, 1899-1989  Search this

Subject:

Stoddart, Edna  Search this

Gile, Selden Connor  Search this

Westaway, Mae  Search this

Guggenheim, Hazel  Search this

Federal Art Project (Calif.)  Search this

Type:

Sketchbooks

Citation:

Louis Siegriest papers, 1927-1981. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Topic:

Painting, American  Search this

Federal aid to the arts -- California -- San Francisco  Search this

Art and state -- California -- San Francisco  Search this

Graphic arts  Search this

Theme:

Sketches & Sketchbooks  Search this

New Deal  Search this

Lives of artists  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)7180

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)209317

AAA_collcode_siegloui

Theme:

Sketches & Sketchbooks

New Deal

Lives of artists

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_coll_209317

Interviewee:

Siegriest, 1899-1989  Search this

Interviewer:

Karlstrom, Paul J  Search this

Subject:

Oliveira, Nathan, 1928-2010  Search this

Howard, Robert Boardman  Search this

Van Sloun, Frank J.  Search this

Armer, Ruth  Search this

Von Eichman, Bernard J.  Search this

Randolph, Lee F.  Search this

Macky, Constance L.  Search this

Nahl, Perham Wilhelm  Search this

Dixon, Maynard  Search this

Martinez, Xavier  Search this

Piazzoni, Gottardo  Search this

Scheyer, Galka E.  Search this

Clapp, William Henry  Search this

Gay, August Franc̜ois  Search this

Stackpole, Ralph  Search this

Wores, Theodore  Search this

Gile, Selden Connor  Search this

St. John, Terry  Search this

Gaw, William A.  Search this

Oldfield, Otis  Search this

Rivera, Diego  Search this

Logan, Maurice  Search this

Price, C. S. (Clayton S.)  Search this

Still, Clyfford  Search this

Hagemeyer, Johan  Search this

Tobey, Mark  Search this

Diebenkorn, Richard  Search this

Graves, Morris  Search this

Bischoff, Elmer  Search this

Lobdell, Frank  Search this

Park, David  Search this

Winkler, John William  Search this

del Mue, Maurice  Search this

Cox, Willard  Search this

Hughes, Louis  Search this

Stoddart, Edna  Search this

Society of Six  Search this

Type:

Sound recordings

Interviews

Citation:

Quotes and excerpts must be cited as follows: Oral history interview with Louis Siegriest, 1975 April 5. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Topic:

Art, American  Search this

Painters -- California -- Interviews  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)13217

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)213092

AAA_collcode_siegri75

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_oh_213092

Interviewee:

Siegriest, 1899-1989  Search this

Interviewer:

Karlstrom, Paul J.  Search this

Oliveira, Nathan, 1928-2010  Search this

Names:

Society of Six  Search this

Armer, Ruth, 1896-1977  Search this

Bischoff, Elmer, 1916-1991  Search this

Clapp, William Henry, 1879-1954  Search this

Cox, Willard  Search this

Diebenkorn, Richard, 1922-1993  Search this

Dixon, Maynard, 1875-1946  Search this

Gaw, William A., 1891-1973  Search this

Gay, August Franc̜ois, 1890-1948  Search this

Gile, Selden Connor, 1877-1947  Search this

Graves, Morris, 1910-  Search this

Hagemeyer, Johan, 1884-1962  Search this

Howard, Robert Boardman, 1896-1983  Search this

Hughes, Louis  Search this

Lobdell, Frank, 1921-  Search this

Logan, Maurice, 1886-1977  Search this

Macky, Constance L., b. 1883  Search this

Martinez, Xavier, 1869-1943  Search this

Nahl, Perham Wilhelm, 1869-1935  Search this

Oldfield, Otis, 1890-1969  Search this

Park, David, 1911-1960  Search this

Piazzoni, Gottardo, 1872-1945  Search this

Price, C. S. (Clayton S.), 1874-1950  Search this

Randolph, Lee F., b. 1880  Search this

Rivera, Diego, 1886-1957  Search this

Scheyer, Galka E.  Search this

St. John, Terry  Search this

Stackpole, Ralph, 1885-1973  Search this

Still, Clyfford, 1904-1980  Search this

Stoddart, Edna, d. 1966  Search this

Tobey, Mark  Search this

Van Sloun, Frank J., 1879-1938  Search this

Von Eichman, Bernard J., 1899-1970  Search this

Winkler, John William, 1894-1979  Search this

Wores, Theodore, 1858-1939  Search this

del Mue, Maurice  Search this

Extent:

45 Pages (Transcript)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Pages

Sound recordings

Interviews

Date:

1975 April 5

Scope and Contents:

Interview of Louis B. Siegriest, conducted 1975 April 5, by Paul Karlstrom and Nathan Oliveira, for the Archives of American Art, at Mr. Siegriest's home, in Oakland, California. Siegriest and Oliveira speak of his early career; the Society of Six; and the Bay Area figurative school. He recalls Perham Nahl, Bernard "Red" von Eichman, Bob Howard, Frank Van Sloun, Ruth Armer, Constance Macky, Lee Randolph, John Winkler, Maurice del Mue, Maynard Dixon, Willard Cox, Louis Hughes, Seldon Gile, August Gay, Xavier Martinez, Gottardo Piazzoni, Ralph Stackpole, Theodore Wores, Bill Gaw, William Henry Clapp, Terry St. John, Galka Scheyer, Maurice Logan, C.S. Price, Mark Tobey, Morris Graves, Richard Diebenkorn, David Park, Elmer Bischoff, Frank Lobdell, Clifford Still, Diego Rivera, Otis Oldfield, Edna Stoddart, Johan Hagemeyer, and many others.

Biographical / Historical:

Louis Siegriest (1899-1989) was a painter from Oakland, California. Full name is Louis Bassi Siegriest.

General:

Originally recorded on 2 sound tape reels. Reformatted in 2010 as 3 digital wav files. Duration is 3 hr., 13 min.

Provenance:

This interview is part of the Archives' Oral History Program, started in 1958 to document the history of the visual arts in the United States, primarily through interviews with artists, historians, dealers, critics and others.

Restrictions:

Transcript is available on the Archives of American Art's website.

Topic:

Art, American  Search this

Painters -- California -- Interviews  Search this

Genre/Form:

Sound recordings

Interviews

Sponsor:

Funding for the digital preservation of this interview was provided by a grant from the Save America's Treasures Program of the National Park Service.

Identifier:

AAA.siegri75

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw92f49460d-4d3b-4cfa-85f1-bbab6828fff3

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-siegri75

Interviewee:

Siegriest, 1899-1989  Search this

Interviewer:

Karlstrom, Paul J  Search this

Subject:

St. John, Terry  Search this

Clapp, William Henry  Search this

D'Harnoncourt, Rene  Search this

Gay, August Franc̜ois  Search this

Gile, Selden Connor  Search this

Logan, Maurice  Search this

Van Sloun, Frank J.  Search this

Von Eichman, Bernard J.  Search this

Society of Six  Search this

Type:

Sound recordings

Interviews

Citation:

Quotes and excerpts must be cited as follows: Oral history interview with Louis Siegriest, 1978 June 21. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Topic:

Painters -- California -- Oakland -- Interviews  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)12472

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)212273

AAA_collcode_siegri78

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_oh_212273

Interviewee:

Siegriest, 1899-1989  Search this

Interviewer:

Karlstrom, Paul J.  Search this

St. John, Terry  Search this

Names:

Society of Six  Search this

Clapp, William Henry, 1879-1954  Search this

D'Harnoncourt, Rene, 1901-1968  Search this

Gay, August Franc̜ois, 1890-1948  Search this

Gile, Selden Connor, 1877-1947  Search this

Logan, Maurice, 1886-1977  Search this

Van Sloun, Frank J., 1879-1938  Search this

Von Eichman, Bernard J., 1899-1970  Search this

Extent:

30 Pages (Transcript)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Pages

Sound recordings

Interviews

Date:

1978 June 21

Scope and Contents:

An interview of Louis Siegriest conducted 1978 June 21, by Terry St. John and Paul Karlstrom, for the Archives of American Art.

Siegriest speaks of his background; studying with Frank Van Sloun at the Mark Hopkins School; the Society of Six and its members, Seldon Gile, Bernard Von Eichman, Maurice Logan, William Clapp, and August Gay; living in Milwaukee and working in commercial art; returning to San Francisco and pursuing landscape painting; working for the WPA under Rene D'Harnoncourt; doing camouflage work with the U.S. Army in World War II; a controversy about and cancellation of an exhibit of his work at the De Young Museum; collage in the 1950s; his travels; the Bay area art scene; his associations with younger artists; his recent work.

Biographical / Historical:

Louis Siegriest (1899-1989) was a painter from Oakland, California.

General:

Originally recorded on 1 sound tape reel. Reformatted in 2010 as 2 digital wav files. Duration is 2 hrs., 15 min.

Provenance:

This interview is part of the Archives' Oral History Program, started in 1958 to document the history of the visual arts in the United States, primarily through interviews with artists, historians, dealers, critics and others.

Topic:

Painters -- California -- Oakland -- Interviews  Search this

Genre/Form:

Sound recordings

Interviews

Sponsor:

Funding for the digital preservation of this interview was provided by a grant from the Save America's Treasures Program of the National Park Service.

Identifier:

AAA.siegri78

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw93d976d9d-0599-44c5-812a-11ad77376178

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-siegri78

Creator:

Siegriest, 1899-1989  Search this

United States. Works Progress Administration  Search this

Names:

Golden Gate International Exposition (1939-1940 : San Francisco, Calif.)  Search this

Extent:

7 Posters

Culture:

Diné (Navajo)  Search this

Pomo  Search this

Apache  Search this

Pueblo  Search this

Eskimos  Search this

Haida  Search this

American Indian -- Plains  Search this

Indians of North America -- California  Search this

Arctic peoples  Search this

Indians of North America -- Subarctic  Search this

Indians of North America -- Southwest, New  Search this

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Posters

Drawings

Date:

1939

Scope and Contents:

Titles: "Antelope Hunt from a Navaho Drawing, New Mexico;" "Pomo Indian Basket, California;" "Apache Devil Dancer from an Indian Painting, Arizona;" "Pueblo Turtle Dancers from an Indian Painting, New Mexico;" "Eskimo Mask, Western Alaska;" "Blanket Design of the Haida Indians, Alaska;" and "From an Indian Painting on Elkskin, Great Plains."

Local Numbers:

NAA MS 4883

Local Note:

The Word "Siegriest" appears on all the posters; it is perhaps the name of the artist who did the silk-screen posters.

Silkscreen on cardboard.

Topic:

Hunting -- Navaho  Search this

Basket making -- Pomo  Search this

Devil Dancer -- Apache  Search this

Turtle Dancer -- Pueblo  Search this

Masks -- Eskimo  Search this

Genre/Form:

Drawings

Citation:

Manuscript 4883, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Identifier:

NAA.MS4883

See more items in:

MS 4883 Posters of Indian art from the Indian Court in the Federal Building at the Golden Gate International Exposition

Archival Repository:

National Anthropological Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw316518c2d-b47b-442f-9cc0-a919aaf05f5a

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-naa-ms4883

Creator:

Siegriest, 1899-1989  Search this

Collection Creator:

Siegriest, 1899-1989  Search this

United States. Works Progress Administration  Search this

Extent:

1 Item (leaf )

Culture:

Plains  Search this

Type:

Archival materials

Date:

1939

Scope and Contents:

Two Mounted Indians Hunting a Buffalo

Local Numbers:

NAA INV 08818200

NAA MS 4883

Local Note:

silkscreen

Topic:

Works of art  Search this

Collection Citation:

Manuscript 4883, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

See more items in:

MS 4883 Posters of Indian art from the Indian Court in the Federal Building at the Golden Gate International Exposition

Archival Repository:

National Anthropological Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw38e4a9672-07a4-4d88-8196-f3bb03472205

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-naa-ms4883-ref1

Creator:

Siegriest, 1899-1989  Search this

Collection Creator:

Siegriest, 1899-1989  Search this

United States. Works Progress Administration  Search this

Extent:

1 Item (leaf )

Culture:

Haida  Search this

Indians of North America -- Northwest Coast of North America  Search this

Type:

Archival materials

Date:

1939

Scope and Contents:

Anthropomorphic Blanket Design

Local Numbers:

NAA INV 08818300

NAA MS 4883

Local Note:

silkscreen

Topic:

Works of art  Search this

Collection Citation:

Manuscript 4883, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

See more items in:

MS 4883 Posters of Indian art from the Indian Court in the Federal Building at the Golden Gate International Exposition

Archival Repository:

National Anthropological Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw3c2a9f681-19dd-4f34-a803-21e56f649d64

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-naa-ms4883-ref2

Creator:

Siegriest, 1899-1989  Search this

Collection Creator:

Siegriest, 1899-1989  Search this

United States. Works Progress Administration  Search this

Extent:

1 Item (leaf )

Culture:

Eskimos  Search this

Arctic peoples  Search this

Indians of North America -- Subarctic  Search this

Type:

Archival materials

Date:

1939

Scope and Contents:

Eskimo Mask

Local Numbers:

NAA INV 08818400

NAA MS 4883

Local Note:

silkscreen

Topic:

Works of art  Search this

Collection Citation:

Manuscript 4883, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

See more items in:

MS 4883 Posters of Indian art from the Indian Court in the Federal Building at the Golden Gate International Exposition

Archival Repository:

National Anthropological Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw3717b52d4-c3c0-4701-8e5d-63decef839f5

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-naa-ms4883-ref3

Creator:

Siegriest, 1899-1989  Search this

Collection Creator:

Siegriest, 1899-1989  Search this

United States. Works Progress Administration  Search this

Extent:

1 Item (leaf )

Culture:

Apache  Search this

Indians of North America -- Southwest, New  Search this

Type:

Archival materials

Date:

1939

Scope and Contents:

Apache Devil Dancer

Local Numbers:

NAA INV 08818500

NAA MS 4883

Local Note:

silkscreen

Topic:

Works of art  Search this

Collection Citation:

Manuscript 4883, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

See more items in:

MS 4883 Posters of Indian art from the Indian Court in the Federal Building at the Golden Gate International Exposition

Archival Repository:

National Anthropological Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw30ce4aa86-bb9c-4fc5-b79f-73f47b22e767

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-naa-ms4883-ref4

Creator:

Siegriest, 1899-1989  Search this

Collection Creator:

Siegriest, 1899-1989  Search this

United States. Works Progress Administration  Search this

Extent:

1 Item (leaf )

Culture:

Pomo  Search this

Indians of North America -- California  Search this

Type:

Archival materials

Date:

1939

Scope and Contents:

Pomo Indian Basket

Local Numbers:

NAA INV 08818600

NAA MS 4883

Local Note:

silkscreen

Topic:

Works of art  Search this

Collection Citation:

Manuscript 4883, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

See more items in:

MS 4883 Posters of Indian art from the Indian Court in the Federal Building at the Golden Gate International Exposition

Archival Repository:

National Anthropological Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw3bc73269a-dadc-4679-adcd-cc90b222c983

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-naa-ms4883-ref5

Creator:

Siegriest, 1899-1989  Search this

Collection Creator:

Siegriest, 1899-1989  Search this

United States. Works Progress Administration  Search this

Extent:

1 Item (leaf )

Culture:

Diné (Navajo)  Search this

Indians of North America -- Southwest, New  Search this

Type:

Archival materials

Date:

1939

Scope and Contents:

Antelope Hunt

Local Numbers:

NAA INV 08818700

NAA MS 4883

Local Note:

silkscreen

Topic:

Navaho  Search this

Works of art  Search this

Collection Citation:

Manuscript 4883, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

See more items in:

MS 4883 Posters of Indian art from the Indian Court in the Federal Building at the Golden Gate International Exposition

Archival Repository:

National Anthropological Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw3b631ad58-5c66-474e-aa01-8ff7b7aa1c65

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-naa-ms4883-ref6

Creator:

Siegriest, 1899-1989  Search this

Collection Creator:

Siegriest, 1899-1989  Search this

United States. Works Progress Administration  Search this

Extent:

1 Item (leaf )

Culture:

Pueblo  Search this

Indians of North America -- Southwest, New  Search this

Type:

Archival materials

Date:

1939

Scope and Contents:

Three Pueblo Turtle Dancers

Local Numbers:

NAA INV 08818800

NAA MS 4883

Local Note:

silkscreen

Topic:

Works of art  Search this

Collection Citation:

Manuscript 4883, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

See more items in:

MS 4883 Posters of Indian art from the Indian Court in the Federal Building at the Golden Gate International Exposition

Archival Repository:

National Anthropological Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw335740006-28a0-489f-b156-834f2743c568

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-naa-ms4883-ref7

Creator:

Sinton, Marian W., 1894-1980  Search this

Names:

Anderson, Carlo  Search this

Feldman, Bella Tabak, 1930-  Search this

Oliveira, Nathan, 1928-2010  Search this

Patchen, Kenneth, 1911-1972  Search this

Rose, Henri Marie, 1922-  Search this

Siegriest, 1899-1989  Search this

Thiebaud, Wayne  Search this

Van Hoesen, Beth, 1926-2010  Search this

Extent:

0.2 Linear feet ((on partial microfilm reel))

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Date:

1962-1971

Scope and Contents:

Thirty-nine letters, mostly thank-yous, to Sinton from mainly San Francisco Bay Area artists Carlo Anderson, Bella T. Feldman, Nathan Oliviera, Henri Marie Rose, Louis Siegriest, Wayne Thiebaud, Beth Van Hoesen and others; and a clipping dated September 16, 1967, about the poetry of Kenneth Patchen.

Biographical / Historical:

Art collector; Hillsborough, Calif.

Provenance:

Donated 1985 by Ruth Steiner, daughter of Marian Sinton. The material formed part of a larger collection of prints and drawings from the estate of the late Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Sinton and donated to the Achenbach Foundation for the Graphic Arts, California Palace of the Legion of Honor (Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco).

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.

Occupation:

Painters -- California  Search this

Topic:

Art -- Collectors and collecting -- California -- San Francisco Bay Area  Search this

Identifier:

AAA.sintmari

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw963ed4abf-fa67-411f-83d7-d2f4f1c47165

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-sintmari

Collector:

Karlstrom, Paul J.  Search this

Names:

Kienholz, Edward, 1927-  Search this

Oliveira, Nathan, 1928-2010  Search this

Siegriest, 1899-1989  Search this

Wood, Beatrice -- Photographs  Search this

Extent:

21 Items (photographic prints)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Date:

1976-1993

Scope and Contents:

Photographs taken or compiled by Karlstrom as Director and Area Collector for the Archives of American Art, including: six color snapshots and five negatives of Louis Siegriest and Nathan Oliveira taken during an oral history interview of Siegriest conducted by Karlstrom; 7 color slides of Edward Kienholz, taken at Kienholz's home in Hope, Idaho, 1975; and 2 snapshots of Beatrice Wood, 1992, taken during an oral history interview session. Also donated is one snapshot of Wood taken by an unknown photographer, Nov. 3, 1993, at Scripps College, Calif.

Biographical / Historical:

Karlstrom: Director and area collector of the Archives of American Art, San Francisco office. Siegriest: painter and graphic artist; Oakland, California. Oliveira: painter and teacher; Stanford, California. Keinholz: assemblage artist; California and Idaho. Wood: Ceramist, Calif.

Provenance:

Donated by Paul Karlstrom 1980-2001.

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.

Occupation:

Assemblage artists -- Idaho -- Hope  Search this

Topic:

Artists -- Idaho -- Photographs  Search this

Painters -- California -- Photographs  Search this

Identifier:

AAA.karlpaul

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw94908906d-6770-4ac9-9904-0e01d93c4466

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-karlpaul

Creator:

Woods, Gurdon G., 1915-  Search this

Names:

Otis Art Institute  Search this

San Francisco Art Institute  Search this

DeFeo, Jay, 1929-1989  Search this

Siegriest, 1899-1989  Search this

Siegriest, Lundy, 1925-  Search this

Extent:

0.8 Linear feet

0.2 Linear feet (Addition)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Drawings

Date:

1948-1987

Scope and Contents:

Correspondence; notes and writings by Woods and his students; printed material; photographs of Woods and his work; 4 sketches and drawings by his students, undated; 1 certificate from San Francisco Art Institute, undated, various subject files, 1948-1981.

Included are: correspondence with Grace McCann Morley, Jock Reynolds, Richard Hayton, Sean Elwood and others, 1960-1987; notes and writings by Woods and his students; student drawings by Joan Brown and others, and original Christmas cards received; clippings, 1955-1978; files on the San Francisco Art Festival, 1950-1951, San Francisco Art Association, the San Francisco Art Commission, the San Francisco Museum of Art, and other events and topics; gallery announcements, posters and exhibition catalogs;

writings by Woods including commencement addresses, lectures, proposals and one manuscript "New Prospects in Design Education"; proposals for long range development of the visual arts program at the University of California at Santa Cruz (1970-1979); and photographs and slides of Woods and his artwork.

ADDITION: One b&w photograph of Louis Siegriest and his son Lundy; one b&w photograph of Jay DeFeo, ca. 1960; and two exhibition catalogs on the Siegriests, 1980 and 1986; newspaper review of Woods' 1993 exhibit.

Biographical / Historical:

Sculptor and art instructor; San Francisco and Santa Cruz, California.

Provenance:

Material donated 1991 and 1992 by Gurdon Woods.

Restrictions:

Use of original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C., Research Center.

Occupation:

Art teachers -- California -- Santa Cruz  Search this

Sculptors -- California -- Santa Cruz  Search this

Topic:

Art -- Study and teaching -- California  Search this

Sculpture, American -- California  Search this

Sculpture, Modern -- 20th century -- California  Search this

Function:

Art festivals

Genre/Form:

Drawings

Identifier:

AAA.woodgurd

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw92fdc7766-105f-4af9-8bc2-6c19c54bf26b

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-woodgurd

Creator:

Siegriest, 1899-1989  Search this

Names:

Federal Art Project (Calif.) -- Posters  Search this

Gile, Selden Connor, 1877-1947  Search this

Guggenheim, Hazel  Search this

Stoddart, Edna, d. 1966  Search this

Westaway, Mae  Search this

Extent:

0.9 Linear feet ((partially microfilmed on 2 reels))

4.3 Linear feet (Addition)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Sketchbooks

Date:

1927-1981

Scope and Contents:

Art works, biographical material, correspondence, an interview, exhibition material, writings, and printed materials.

REELS 3978-3979: Biographical material; letters from Selden Gile, 1927-1928, photocopies of letters from Siegriest to Mae Westaway, 1951-1956, and other letters; a typescript of an essay, "The Society of Six," by Edward Dora; a transcript of an interview with Siegriest conducted by Corinne Gilb, 1954; photographs of Siegriest, Edna Stoddart, Hazel Guggenheim, and others; financial and legal documents; and exhibition catalogs, announcements, clippings and other printed material.

UNMICROFILMED: Works of art by Siegriest, including 3 progressive proofs and 37 completed silkscreen posters for the Indian Court Federal Building, Golden Gate International Exposition, San Francisco, 1939; a signed silkscreen poster for the Frontiers of American Art National Exhibition, M. H. de Young Memorial Museum, 1939; and nine signed studies for posters. Many of the posters were done for the Federal Art Project.

ADDITION: Correspondence, clippings, catalogs, announcements, personal photographs, junior high school notebooks, and family papers.

Biographical / Historical:

Painter and graphic artist; Oakland, California.

Other Title:

Louis Siegriest and Edna Stoddart papers (microfilm title)

Provenance:

Donated 1980-1981 by Louis Siegriest, and in 1992 by the Siegriest estate via Suzanne Westaway, executor.

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.

Addition: Unmicrofilmed; use requires an appointment and is limited to AAA's Washington, DC, office.

Topic:

Painting, American  Search this

Federal aid to the arts -- California -- San Francisco  Search this

Art and state -- California -- San Francisco  Search this

Graphic arts  Search this

Genre/Form:

Sketchbooks

Identifier:

AAA.siegloui

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9e9121f75-ba4a-4d4c-94b9-14b44c58b6be

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-siegloui