Correspondence with Carl Zigrosser, 1943-1944.

Format:

Manuscript

Author/Creator:

United States. Office of War Information.

Contributor:

Whiting, F. A. (Frederick Allen), 1873-1959.

Haupers, Clement, 1900-1982.

Kuehne, Max, 1880-1968.

Mauzey, Merritt, 1898-

Correll, Richard, 1904-

Keeler, Harold E. 1905-

Good, Minnetta.

Miller, Earle, 1907-

Pearson, Ralph M., 1883-1958.

Nason, Thomas W. (Thomas Willoughby), 1889-1971.

Roth, Ernest David, 1879-1964.

Chapin, Francis, 1899-1965.

Landacre, Paul, 1893-1963.

Taylor, Prentiss, 1907-1991.

Sternberg, Harry, 1904-2001.

Lankes, Julius J., 1884-1960.

Bywaters, Jerry.

Ruellan, Andrée, 1905-2006.

Givler, William, 1908-

Jules, Mervin, 1912-1994.

Dwight, Mabel, 1876-1955.

Hogue, Alexandre, 1898-1994.

Kent, Rockwell, 1882-1971.

Kraushaar, Antoinette M., 1902-1992.

Bulfair, John.

Calapai, Letterio, 1902-1993.

Gross-Bettelheim, Jolán.

Kennedy & Company.

Associated American Artists.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

The United States in Pictures--1944.

The United States in Pictures.

Physical Description:

141 items (206 leaves)

Contained In:

Carl Zigrosser Papers, ca. 1891-1971. Folders 1748-1750.

Place of Publication:

1943-1944.

Biography/History:

During World War II, Carl Zigrosser spent a year co-ordinating a project for the Office of War Information. The program organized 4 sets of prints by American artists to uses as propaganda tools overseas. The prints were to represent "the actual nature of life in the United States." The Philadelphia Museum of Art agreed to sponsor the exhibition, and serve as a staging area.

Summary:

The correspondence from the Office of War Information comes from F. A. Whiting, Jr., chief of the Exhibit Section. Zigrosser chose the artists and approached them for 4 copies of one of their American themed prints. Letters from artists and their dealers make up the bulk of this correspondence. There are letters from: Clement Haupers, Max Kuehne, Merritt Mauzey, Richard Correll, Howard Norton Cook, Harold E. Keeler, Minetts Good, Earle Miller, Ralph M. Pearson, F. Allen Whiting, Thomas W. Nason, Ernest D. Roth, Francis Chapin, Paul Landacre, Prentiss Taylor, Harry Sternberg, Julius J. Lankes, Jerry Bywaters, Andrée Ruellan, William Givler, Mervin Jules, Mabel Dwight, Alexandre Hogue, Rockwell Kent, Harold E. Keeler, John Bulfair, Letterio Calapai, Barbara Cook, and Jolan Gross Bettelheim, There are also some letters from dealers: Antoinette M. Kraushaar, Associated American Artists and Kennedy & Co. Also included is correspondence from various companies that supplied materials for the exhibitions. The exhibitions were titled "The United States in Pictures," and the file contains a draft of the catalog with brief biographies of the artists involved.

OCLC:

192003660