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Aimée Brown Price research material regarding Carlos Almaraz

Archives of American Art

Object Details

Creator
Price, Aimée Brown, 1939-
Names
Los Four (Art group)
Almaraz, Carlos
Occupation
Art historians -- New York (State) -- New York
Muralists -- California -- Los Angeles
Painters -- California -- Los Angeles
Topic
Chicano art movement
Chicano artists
Latino and Latin American artists
Provenance
Donated in 2022 by Aimée Brown Price and Monroe Price.
Creator
Price, Aimée Brown, 1939-
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Aimée Brown Price research material regarding Carlos Almaraz
Summary
The Aimée Brown Price research material regarding Carlos Almaraz measures 0.4 linear feet and 1.12 gigabytes, and dates from 1973 to 2021, with the bulk dating from 1974 to 1992. The collection includes letters, print and digital photographs, and printed materials received by Price from Almaraz; Price's own notes and writings on Almaraz's work; and photographs and printed material relating to Almaraz collected by Price.
Biographical / Historical
Aimée Brown Price (1939- ) is an American art historian based in New York City. Price met Almaraz while she was teaching at Otis Art Institute of Los Angeles County (now Otis College of Art and Design), where he was a student. She and her husband Monroe Price collected works by Almaraz, and Monroe provided pro bono legal representation to Almaraz and Los Four in their 1974 dispute with the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Carlos Almaraz (1941-1989) was a painter and muralist in Los Angeles, California. Almaraz was born in Mexico City, moved to Chicago in 1942, and settled in Los Angeles in 1949. He studied at California State College, the Otis Art Institute, and the University of California in Los Angeles. He moved to New York City in 1965, where he studied at the Art Students League and New School of Social Research. In 1970, Almaraz returned to Los Angeles. He became active with mural painting within the Mexican American community in Los Angeles. Along with Gilbert Lujan, Beto de la Rocha, and Frank Romero, Almaraz founded the artist collective Los Four. In the late 1980s, Almaraz was diagnosed with AIDS, and he died from complications of the disease in 1989.
Extent
0.4 Linear feet
1.12 Gigabytes
Date
1973-2021
Archival Repository
Archives of American Art
Identifier
AAA.pricaime
Type
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Gigabytes
Drawings
Citation
Aimée Brown Price research materials regarding Carlos Almaraz, circa 1973-2021. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Arrangement
Due to the small size of this collection the papers are arranged as one series.
Processing Information
The collection was processed and a finding aid prepared by Whitney Sprinkle in 2022. Born-digital materials processed by Ryan Evans in 2024.
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.
Genre/Form
Drawings
Scope and Contents
The Aimée Brown Price research material regarding Carlos Almaraz measures 0.4 linear feet and 1.12 gigabytes, and dates from 1973 to 2021, with the bulk from 1974 to 1992. The collection includes letters, print and digital photographs, and printed materials received by Price from Almaraz; Price's own notes and writings on Almaraz's work; and photographs and printed material relating to Almaraz collected by Price.
Restrictions
This collection is open for research. Access to original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C. Research Center. Researchers interested in accessing born-digital records in this collection must use access copies. Contact References Services for more information.
Related Materials
Also found in the Archives of American Art are the Carlos Almaraz and Elsa Flores papers. 1946-1996.
Related link
Record ID
ebl-1655150101887-1655150102164-0
Metadata Usage
CC0
GUID
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw94bb83eb5-eaa3-4f15-909d-c3b03b369cf9

In the Collection

  • Research Material

  • Photographic Material: Slides and Photographs 2

  • Printed Material: Clippings, Catalogs, and Announcements 2

  • Sketches

  • Photographic Material: Slides and Photographs 1

  • Writings and Notes

  • Letters to Aimee Brown Price

  • Printed Material: Clippings, Catalogs, and Announcements 1

  • Carlos Almaraz and Los Four

  • Almaraz Chapter 6 with Images, Digital Documents and Photographs

Carlos Almaraz and Los Four
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