Object Details
- Collection Creator
- Soyer, Moses, 1899-1974
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- Moses Soyer papers
- Sponsor
- Funding for the processing and digitization of this collection was provided by the Terra Foundation for American Art.
- Extent
- (Box 4-5; 0.2 linear feet)
- Date
- circa 1940s-1960s
- Archival Repository
- Archives of American Art
- Identifier
- AAA.soyemose, Series 6
- Type
- Archival materials
- Collection Citation
- Moses Soyer papers, circa 1905-1974. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
- Arrangement note
- This series has been scanned in its entirety.
- Collection Rights
- The Archives of American Art makes its archival collections available for non-commercial, educational and personal use unless restricted by copyright and/or donor restrictions, including but not limited to access and publication restrictions. AAA makes no representations concerning such rights and restrictions and it is the user's responsibility to determine whether rights or restrictions exist and to obtain any necessary permission to access, use, reproduce and publish the collections. Please refer to the Smithsonian's Terms of Use for additional information.
- Scope and Contents note
- Artwork includes numerous pencil and ink sketches by Moses Soyer. Most of the sketches are of human figures and faces and many are sketched on reused pieces of paper, such as brochures, programs, or blank postcards. Also found is a complete set of illustrations by Soyer for the First Book of Ballet, written by Noel Streatfeild, and published in 1953. Additional artwork includes a valentine Soyer made for his wife, Ida, a drawing by his granddaughter, Nancy, and a pencil drawing by one of Soyer's students, Ray Sherwin, of Soyer in his studio.
- Collection Restrictions
- Use of the original papers requires an appointment.
- Record ID
- ebl-1562713257173-1562713257210-1
