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  • Deutsch, Boris, b. 1892 d. 1978

    Educator, Etcher, Lithographer, Painter
    Los Angeles, Calif. (Show Bio)

    Boris Deutsch papers, 1925-1977

    3.0 linear ft. (partially microfilmed on 1 reel)
    Reel(s): LA 2

    Correspondence; an autobiography; resumes; writings and notes; sketchbook; 2 scrapbooks; inventory of paintings; bank statements and records of stock market transactions; photographs; and printed material.

    REEL LA 2: Clippings and exhibition catalogs, ca. 1941-1946.

    UNMICROFILMED: A brief autobiography; resumes; personal and business correspondence; unpublished writings and notes including a report on Deutsch's murals done for the Public Buildings Administration Section of Fine Arts at the U.S. Post Office Terminal in Los Angeles, California, ca. 1940; a sketchbook, 1934; 2 scrapbooks; a handwritten inventory of paintings; bank statements and records of stock market transactions; 500 photos of Deutsch, his wife, his paintings and other subjects, including some taken by Will Cormellsa, Arnold Genthe, and a Resettlement Administration photo by Arthur Rothstein; exhibition catalogs and announcements; clippings; and printed material.

    Location of Originals: Reel LA 2: Originals returned to Betty Hoag after microfilming.

    Material on reel LA 2 lent for microfilming 1964 by Betty Hoag. Unmicrofmiled material donated 1980 by the estate of Boris Deutsch.

    How to Use this Collection

    • Microfilmed portion must be consulted on microfilm. Use of unmicrofilmed portion requires an appointment and is limited to Washington, D.C. storage facility.
    • Microfilm reel LA 2 available for use at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
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