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Creator:
Fruhauf, Aline, 1909-1978  Search this
Subject:
Kuniyoshi, Yasuo  Search this
Huxley, Aldous  Search this
Longworth, Alice Roosevelt  Search this
Ravel, Maurice  Search this
Zorach, William  Search this
Calder, Alexander  Search this
Cecil, David, Lord  Search this
Eilshemius, Louis M. (Louis Michel)  Search this
Place of publication, production, or execution:
United States
Physical Description:
62 Items, (on 5 partial reels of microfilm)
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:
Photographs of works of art and of friends; scrapbooks; clippings; exhibition materials; typescripts; greeting cards; and correspondence.
REEL 682: 29 photographs of Fruhauf, her "Making Faces" exhibition, 1968, and her caricature drawings; photographs of a painting by Louis Eilshemius, photographs of caricatures of Fruhauf by William Zorach, Alexander Calder, and Raphael Soyer; a photograph of a Christmas card from Maurice Ravel; 12 rough caricature drawings including one of Yasuo Kuniyoshi by Fruhauf; typescripts of conversations with Lord David Cecil and Alice Roosevelt Longworth, and notes on Aldous Huxley.
REEL 1119: Nine scrapbooks containing published caricatures of theatrical and musical personalities from newspapers and magazines; Christmas cards designed by Fruhauf; and clippings, exhibition announcements, and miscellaneous printed materials.
REEL 1816: A typescript of Fruhauf's 307 page autobiography "MAKING FACES: MEMOIRS OF A CARICATURIST," 1966; a press release regarding an exhibition of her works at the Smithsonian Institution in 1966, and a list of her work in the exhibition; and 62 reproductions of caricatures.
REEL 2803: a printed musical score "Six Musical Moods for the Piano" by Louis Michel Eilshemius (1897), autographed "Wedding Bells for Aline Vollmer, best wishes Louis M. Eilshemius 1934."
REEL 2812: Two undated letters to Fruhauf from Louis Eilshemius. In one he affirms that he hates to see nudes "in kitchen chairs," and remarks that a reproduction of his "Nymphs" would clarify this statement for her. A sketch, "Idyllness" is drawn on this letter. In the other letter he mentions Fruhauf's caricature of him, talks about his health and about their mutual friend [Harry] Salpeter.
Citation:
Aline Fruhauf papers, 1926-1976. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Additional Forms:
35mm microfilm reels 682, 1119, 1816, 2803 and 2812 available at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
Location of Originals:
Reels 682, 1119, 1816: Originals returned to lender, Aline Fruhauf, after microfilming.
Biography Note:
Caricaturist and lithographer. Date of birth also given as 1907.
Language Note:
English .
Provenance:
Material on reels 682, 1119 and 1816 lent for microfilming 1970-1976; and material on reels 2803 and 2812 donated 1970 and 1980 all by Aline Fruhauf.
Location Note:
Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, 750 9th St. NW, Washington, D.C. 20001
Topic:
Caricatures and cartoons  Search this
Women artists  Search this
Women printmakers  Search this
Theme:
Diaries  Search this
Women  Search this
Lives of artists  Search this
Record number:
(DSI-AAA_CollID)8797
(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)210981
AAA_collcode_fruhalin
Theme:
Diaries
Women
Lives of artists
Data Source:
Archives of American Art
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:AAADCD_coll_210981