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  • Ipcar, Dahlov Zorach, b. 1917

    Illustrator, Painter
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    Dahlov Ipcar papers, 1906-1997

    2.0 linear ft. (partially microfilmed on 2 reels)
    3 rolled docs. Addition: 9.3 linear ft.
    Reel(s): 1519 & 5136

    Correspondence, photographs, scrapbooks, exhibition catalogs, sketches, drawings, business records and miscellaneous printed material.

    REEL 1519: Correspondence, 1930-1979, including letters from William Zorach and Robert Tristam Coffin; and three scrapbooks, 1936-1979, containing clippings, exhibiton catalogs and announcements.

    REEL 5136: Letters from Ipcar's parents to her and her husband, Adolph Ipcar, ca. 1939 and 1951-1968, concerning family affairs with some references to art; two scrapbooks, 1979-1990, containing portions of Ipcar's autobiography, exhibition announcements, clippings and other printed material on Ipcar's work and her community service [note: the first half of the first scrapbook was previously filmed on reel 1519, fr. 336-446, and has not been refilmed]; and Robinhood Snooper, writings referred to as "wall newspapers," written by Dahlov and Adolph Ipcar, 1934-1938 and undated, pertaining to family and local "gossip." Also present are photocopies of works of art by other artists, 1942 and 1965, including a sketch of Marguerite Zorach.

    UNMICROFILMED: Business and personal correspondence; letters from Ipcar's parents, Marguerite and William Zorach; photographs of her family and slides of her work; writings and notes; sketches and studies for paintings; blueprints for tapestries and relief sculptures; price lists, contracts and other business records; printed material, including exhibition announcements, catalogs and clippings; and miscellany.

    ADDITION (9.3 ft.): Personal and professional correspondence and related printed material, some relating to the Zorachs, 1940s-1997; and files pertaining to a scholarship in sculpture given by Dahlov and Adolph Ipcar to the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture in memory of William and Marguerite Zorach.

    Location of Originals: Reels 1519 and 5136: Originals returned to the donor, Dahlov Ipcar,after microfilming.

    Material on reel 1519 lent for microfilming 1979, and unmicrofilmed material donated 1979-1997 by Dahlov Ipcar. Material on reel 5136 was lent for microfilming 1996.

    How to Use this Collection

    • Microfilmed portion must be consulted on microfilm. Use of unmicrofilmed portions requires an appointment.
    • Microfilm reel 1519 & 5136 available at Archives of Ameican Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
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