Box 1

File — Box: M032.0001

Identifier: M032.0001

Staff Only

Abstract

Papers, many of which appear to be copies of books, journals, magazines, or publications of some kind, in well-labelled, alphabetical folders - topics from 'Ball-1' to 'Hart, Joel T'

Dates

Other: Date Not Yet Determined

Extent

1 Items : record box

Additional Description

Scope and Contents

From the Collection:

The papers include art historian Lauretta Dimmick's research material for the book, American sculpture in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, volume I: a catalogue of works by artists born before 1865 includes biographical and bibiliographic information on each artist along with correspondence, notes, theses, a dissertation, catalogs, copies of portions of published works, and photographs. The collection contains a variety of biographical and bibliographic information on each of the American sculptors represented, as well as information pertaining to each artist's works. A number of major sculptors of the nineteenth century are represented in the collection, including Frederic Remington, Augustus Saint Gaudens, Harriet Hosmer, William Rimmer, and William Morris Hunt.