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Subject:
Grafly, Dorothy  Search this
Place of publication, production, or execution:
Other
Physical Description:
1 Microfilm reel
Access Note / Rights:
The Archives of American art does not own the original papers. Use is limited to the microfilm copy.
Summary:
This microfilm collection consists of <em>Art in Focus</em> newsletters containing exhibition reviews, discussions of national and local art issues such as legislation and exhibition policies, articles on artists, and listings of gallery and museum exhibitions.
Citation:
Art in focus, 1949-1980. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Additional Forms:
35mm microfilm reel 4400 available at Archives of American Art offices, through interlibrary loan and at the Free Library of Philadelphia.
Location of Originals:
Originals in Free Library of Philadelphia.
Loan:
Loan
Related Materials:
The Archives of American Art also holds microfilm of <em>Art Outlook</em>, 1943-1949.
Biography Note:
Art in Focus was a monthly arts newsletter edited and published by Dorothy Grafly in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania from October 1949 to 1980. It was preceded by Art Outlook , also edited by Grafly and published by Philip Ragan Associates (1943-1949). There were generally nine issues a year, though some issues were missed toward the end of the run as Grafly's health declined.
Language Note:
English .
Provenance:
Collected in 1990 as part of AAA's Philadelphia Arts Documentation Project. Microfilmed by the Free Library of Philadelphia.
Location Note:
Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, 750 9th St. NW, Washington, D.C. 20001
Topic:
Art in focus (periodical)  Search this
Art -- Exhibitions -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- Periodicals  Search this
Art -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- Periodicals  Search this
Art calendars  Search this
Art criticism -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- Periodicals  Search this
Art publishing -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia  Search this
Theme:
Research and writing about art  Search this
Record number:
(DSI-AAA_CollID)10389
(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)213760
AAA_collcode_artinfocus
Theme:
Research and writing about art
Data Source:
Archives of American Art
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:AAADCD_coll_213760