1951, December., No date found in GAMMS

File — Box: 4, Folder: 10

Identifier: 56938

Collection-level Scope and Content Note

From the Collection:

Personal papers documenting the career of the Latvian-born printmaker and illustrator, Isac Friedlander. The surviving papers include copies of exhibit catalogs in which his works were included (and frequently illustrated); news cuttings concerning his work and prizes he won; and correspondence with fellow artists, groups, and institutions. Of particular note among his correspondents are John Taylor Arms and Arthur Heintzelman. A prolific etcher and wood engraver, Friedlander came to the United States in 1929. See also the Friedlander collection, the largest available collection of his artwork in this country, includes some 150 prints, drawings, and other works of art. Friedlander's work emphasizes the imagery of his native Riga, the urban spectacle of New York during the Depression, and the sufferings of his fellow Jews in the Holocaust. ca. 1928-1982 / 2.5 linear feet.

Dates

No date found in GAMMS

Collection-level Access Restrictions

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Extent

From the Collection: 3.13 Linear Feet (7 Hollinger Document Cases, 1 Slim Document Case)

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Additional Description

Container Summary

Contains catalogue from Les Peintres Graveurs Actuels Aux Etats-Unis held at the Bibliotheque Nationale in Paris, and which toured throughout France from 1951 to 1953. Also includes xerox copies of letters from Arthur Heintzelman, Keeper of Prints at the Boston Public Library which sponsored the American Graphic Arts Traveling Exhibition. Originals of the letters are to be found in Heintzelman Folder in the Correspondence Series, Box 1. Freidlander's SPIRITUAL and NATURE MORTE were exhibited.