Burgoyne Diller papers, 1924-1968
Diller, Burgoyne,
b. 1906
d. 1965
Painter
New York, N.Y.
Collection size: 1.0 linear ft.
Collection Summary: The collection documents the abstract painter's career and includes two letters, a notebook, four annotated sketchbooks, art work, and clippings. The collection primarily consists of art work, including hundreds of drawings that document the development of Burgoyne Diller's unique artistic style.
Biographical/Historical Note: Painter; New York, N.Y. Associated with abstract painting, particularly Neoplasticism.
Notebooks, clippings, letter, Christmas card and 77 sketches/studies donated 1983 and 1995 by Kenneth Prescott, who received them from the Diller estate; 228 sketches/studies and fragments donated 1992 by the Grace Diller estate via William C. LaCrone, executor.
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