: with Carl Zigrosser, 1937-1968, n.d.

Format:

Manuscript

Author/Creator:

Art Institute of Chicago.

Contributor:

Gamboa, Fernando, 1909-1990.

Rich, Daniel Catton, 1904-1976.

Kuh, Katharine.

Joachim, Harold, 1909-1983.

Abbot, Ethelred.

Sweet, Frederick A. (Frederick Arnold), 1903-1984.

Gentles, Margaret.

Johnson, Elaine L.

McNab, Allan, 1901-1982.

Bridaham, Lester Burbank.

Language:

English

Spanish

Subjects (All):

Posada, José Guadalupe, 1852-1913.

Posada, José Guadalupe.

Gauguin, Paul, 1848-1903.

Gauguin, Paul.

Physical Description:

74 items (181 leaves)

Contained In:

Carl Zigrosser Papers, ca. 1891-1971. Folders 87-89.

Place of Publication:

1937-1968, n.d.

Language Note:

In English and Spanish.

Summary:

Zigrosser's long and varied career kept him in regular contact with the Art Institute of Chicago and its employees: Daniel Catton Rich, Katherine Kuh, Joachim Harold, Ethelred Abbot, Frederick Sweet, Margaret Gentels, Elaine L. Johnson, Allan McNab, and Lester Bridaham. The earliest correspondence concerns prints offered by Weyhe Gallery for purchase by the AIC. A large part of the correspondence centers around an exhibition of works by Posada, which originated in Chicago in 1944 and then travelled to Philadelphia and Washington, D.C. There are letters in Spanish from Fernando Gamboa, the Mexican organizer of the exhibition. Zigrosser, knowledgeable about Mexican art, gave a lecture on Posada's influence during the exhibition's stay in Chicago. There are long and detailed letters about packing, insuring, and shipping the exhibition. Zigrosser's interest in Expressionist prints and a loan of Gauguin prints from the Philadelphia Museum of Art are featured in the later letters.