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Summary:
Biographical material, consisting of a resume, a biographical account, and a hospital discharge summary; correspondence, including letters from Albert Christ-Janer, and Franz Kline; notes and writings, including an inventory price list; four loose drawings and 7 sketchbooks; exhibition announcements and catalogs; clippings; and autographed booklet of Joseph Stella's writings; and photographs of Price, his works of art, and miscellaneous phtographs.
Citation:
Melville Price papers, 1944-1978. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Additional Forms:
35mm microfilm reels 3893-3894 available at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
Biography Note:
Painter; New York, Alabama, New Jersey; b. 1920; d. 1970; Worked on WPA projects as a young painter and met Jackson Pollock, Franz Kline, and became a protege of Joseph Stella.
Language Note:
English .
Provenance:
The donor, Barbara Price, is the widow of Melville Price.
Location Note:
Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, 750 9th St. NW, Washington, D.C. 20001
Topic:
Painting, Abstract -- New York (State) -- New York Search this