Project Files

Object Details

Sponsor: Funding for the processing of this collection was provided by the Smithsonian Institution Collections Care and Preservation Fund

Collection Citation: Xavier Gonzalez Papers, 1908-1997. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

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Scope and Contents: Project files consist of preparatory sketches, research notes, correspondence, and plans for a 1976 U.S. Bicentennial monument, murals for City College and the Port Authority Bus Terminal in New York, a mural in Lajitas, Texas, a series of paintings for the Department of the Interior, paintings and research on the Old Kingdom in Egypt commissioned by Life magazine, a portrait of Judge M. Joseph Blumenfeld, and maps and posters illustrated by Gonzalez during World War II for the U.S. Navy.

Collection Restrictions: Use of original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Washington, D.C. Research Center.