Attilio and Lucia Salemme papers, 1933-1955
Salemme, Attilio,
b. 1911
d. 1955
Painter, Muralist, Printmaker
New York, N.Y.
Collection size: 500 items (on partial microfilm reel)
Collection Summary: Correspondence; biographical information; exhibition notices and catlogs; sketchbooks; notebooks; publications; and photographs of the artist and his works. Also contains materials relating to the artistic career of Lucia Salemme, Salemme's wife, including two scrapbooks; a sketchbook and material concerning her work on the Federal Art Project; photographs; and correspondence.
Biographical/Historical Note: Painter; New York, N.Y. His brother, Antonio Salemme, is a sculptor and a painter. Lucy Salemme was a painter and worked on the Federal Art Project.
Lent for microfilming 1965 by Lucy Salemme.
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