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Creator:
A. Contini & Son  Search this
Subject:
Fraser, Laura Gardin  Search this
Huntington, Anna Hyatt, 1876-1973  Search this
Lachaise, Gaston  Search this
Moore, Bruce  Search this
Proctor, Alexander Phimister  Search this
Recchia, Richard  Search this
Rubins, David K.  Search this
Weinman, Adolph A. (Adolph Alexander)  Search this
Contini, Attilio J.  Search this
Contini, Cesare  Search this
Evans, Rudulph  Search this
Fraser, James Earle  Search this
Gregory, John  Search this
Hancock, Walker Kirtland  Search this
Baker, Bryant  Search this
Calder, Alexander Stirling  Search this
Type:
Drawings
Interviews
Place of publication, production, or execution:
Other
Physical Description:
1.1 Linear feet, (partially microfilmed on two reels)
Access Note / Rights:
Use of original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C., Research Center. Microfilmed materials must be consulted on microfilm. Contact Reference Services for more information.
Summary:
Correspondence (1916-1981); business records (1922-1971); notes (undated and 1929); interview transcript (1978); printed material (1929-1981); and photographs (1920-1945).
REELS 3612-3613: Correspondence concerning work done by the Continis for sculptors, including letters from Bryant Baker, A. Stirling Calder, Rudolph Evans, James Earle Fraser, John Gregory, Walker Hancock, Anna Hyatt Huntington, Gaston Lachaise, Bruce Moore, A. Phimister Proctor, Richard Recchia, David Rubins, and Adolph Weinman; photographs of the Contini family and of works of art, including "End of the Trail" by James Earle Fraser and works by Rudolph Evans, Anna Hyatt Huntington, and Richard Recchia (1920-1945); Attilio Contini's address book; and a notebook listing works of art.
Also, receipts and invoices addressed to various sculptors (1922-1971) and a contract for work on Frederic Remington's sculpture "Coming Through the Rye" for the National Cowboy Hall of Fame; a transcript of an interview with Cesare Contini conducted by George Gurney on August 26, 1978; clippings (1950-1981), exhibition catalogs (1929-1939), and 2 programs for the unveiling of the Martin Luther monument in Baltimore, Maryland (1936) and the Bing Crosby statue in Spokane, Washington (1981).
UNMICROFILMED: Three undated photographs mounted on board of historical panels at the West Point Library executed by Laura Gardin Fraser.
Citation:
A. Contini & Son records, 1916-1981. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Additional Forms:
35mm microfilm reels 3612-3613 available at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
Biography Note:
Plaster casting firm; New York, N.Y. Following training in Italy, Attilio (1884-1960) and his son Cesare (b. 1907) came to America and operated A. Contini and Son, New York, N.Y, making plaster molds for sculptures by wide group of artists, including James Earle Fraser, Ivan Mestrovic, Herbert Haseltine, A. Stirling Calder, Adolph Weinman, Gaston Lachaise, and Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney.
Language Note:
English .
Provenance:
Donated 1984 by Cesare Contini.
Location Note:
Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, 750 9th St. NW, Washington, D.C. 20001
Topic:
Plaster casts  Search this
Sculpture -- Technique  Search this
Theme:
Art instruction and services  Search this
Record number:
(DSI-AAA_CollID)5773
(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)208612
AAA_collcode_acontson
Theme:
Art instruction and services
Data Source:
Archives of American Art
EDAN-URL:
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