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Collection Creator:
Kepes, Gyorgy, 1906-2001  Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Date:
circa 1930s-circa 1970s
Scope and Contents:
Artwork by Kepes includes five caricatures for "The Emperor's New Clothes" (1934), and eleven folders of pencil, pen, and ink sketches with accompanying notes, in addition to circa sixteen large format paintings and painted sketches on paper and board. Sketches and paintings include designs for exhibitions and publications, stained glass designs, and studies for paintings. Posters includes a series of thirteen posters designed by Kepes for a 1977 exhibitions during his artist-in-residency at Dartmouth College. Also found are four stencils of numerical and elliptical forms.
Collection Restrictions:
Use of original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C., Research Center. Use of archival audiovisual recordings with no duplicate copies requires advance notice.
Collection Rights:
Authorization to publish, quote, or reproduce requires written permission from Juliet Kepes Stone or Imre Kepes. Contact Reference Services for more information.
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Collection Citation:
Gyorgy Kepes papers, 1909-2003, bulk 1935-1985. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Identifier:
AAA.kepegyor, Subseries 10.1
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Gyorgy Kepes papers
Gyorgy Kepes papers / Series 10: Artwork and Moving Images
Archival Repository:
Archives of American Art
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9192544ef-9f2b-4869-b908-6fbec140586d
EDAN-URL:
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