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Finding aid created by: KM
Date: Jun 1994
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| 25 Jul 2007 | converted to EAD (MRC) |
Overview of the Collection |
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| Creator: | Bassford, Wallace, 1900-1998 |
| Title: | Wallace Bassford Papers |
| Dates: | 1939-1968 |
| Quantity: | .25 linear ft. |
| Abstract: | Papers of the American still-life and portrait painter; specialized in the female figure. Collection includes correspondence concerning art exhibitions (1945-1953); artwork reproductions, statements on art, and memorabilia, including articles and clippings about Bassford (1953-1968) as well as his exhibition catalogs (1939-1962). |
| Language: | English |
| Repository: | Special Collections Research Center, Syracuse University Libraries 222 Waverly Avenue Syracuse, NY 13244-2010 https://library.syracuse.edu/special-collections-research-center |
Wallace Bassford was an American painter and illustrator, known particularly for his floral still-lifes and portraits. Born in St. Louis, Missouri he attended the St. Louis School of Fine Art and was a member of the St.Louis Art Guild, but lived and worked also in New York City and in Provincetown, Massachusetts. His work has been exhibited at galleries across the United States, including the St.Louis Art Museum, San Francisco Museum of Art, Ogunquit [Maine] Art Center, and the Metropolitan Museum and Museum of Modern Art in New York.
The Wallace Bassford Papers comprises correspondence, artwork reproductions, writings, and memorabilia of the American painter and art instructor. Focused primarily on art exhibitions (Carnegie Institute, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Silvermine Guild of Artists, University of Illinois), Correspondence includes incoming letters and a few outgoing typescript carbons. An index to correspondence is at the end of this inventory.
Reproductions of Bassford's portraits and examples of his book jacket and advertising designs constitute Artwork. Writings includes a 1934 article which appeared in Professional Art Quarterly, and statements on his painting.
The bulk of the collection is Memorabilia, which encompasses articles and clippings about Bassford as well as exhibition catalogs and invitations.
Access Restrictions:
The majority of our archival and manuscript collections are housed offsite and require advanced notice for retrieval. Researchers are encouraged to contact us in advance concerning the collection material they wish to access for their research.
Use Restrictions:
Written permission must be obtained from SCRC and all relevant rights holders before publishing quotations, excerpts or images from any materials in this collection.
Persons
Bassford, Wallace, 1900-1998 Archives.
Subjects
Art, American -- 20th century.
Art, American.
Painters, United States.
Painting, American 20th century.
Portrait painters, United States.
Portrait painting, 20th century, United States.
Women in art.
Genres and Forms
Articles.
Clippings (information artifacts)
Correspondence.
Exhibition catalogs.
Occupations
Artists.
Painters.
Preferred Citation
Preferred citation for this material is as follows:
Wallace Bassford Papers
Special Collections Research Center,
Syracuse University Libraries
Biographical material
Correspondence
Artwork
Writings
Memorabilia
Selected index to correspondence
| Biographical material | |||||||||||
| Box 1 | Miscellaneous | ||||||||||
| Correspondence | |||||||||||
| Box 1 | 1945-1953 | ||||||||||
| Artwork | |||||||||||
| Box 1 | Reproductions | ||||||||||
| Writings | |||||||||||
| Box 1 | Articles, notes about artwork | ||||||||||
| Memorabilia | |||||||||||
| Box 1 | Articles, clippings 1953-1968, undated | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Exhibition catalogs, invitations 1939-1962, undated (4 folders) | ||||||||||