Leon Dabo papers, 1905-1969 and [undated]
Dabo, Leon,
b. 1868
d. 1960
Painter, Muralist, Landscape painter
New York, N.Y.
Collection size: 153 items (partially microfilmed on 4 reels)
Collection Summary: Letters, biographical material; photographs; bibliography material; exhibition catalogs and announcements; oil studies; typescript article; clippings; and Dabo's palette.
REEL 677: Correspondence with the Detroit Museum of Art concerning Dabo's work and that of his younger brother, Theodore Scott Dabo; biographical material and awards; catalogs and announcements; clippings; 14 oil studies of classic figures, ca. 1880; material relating to James McNeill Whistler forgeries verified by Dabo; and 14 miscellaneous papers.
REEL D388: A selected bibliography for the years 1905-1967; 8 photographs of Dabo; a list of exhibitions; 2 articles on Dabo; 3 exhibition catalogs; a poem "To Leon Dabo" by Helen Hay Whitney; and a typewritten article entitled "Reflections," probably written by Dabo.
REEL N69-137, frames 5715-5743: Letters, catalogs, biographical notes, and some material on Theodore Scott Dabo.
REEL 692: 11 photographs of Dabo's work and 3 photographs of Dabo.
UNMICROFILMED: Photographs, including 1 of students and Dabo at an Academie Julian dinner at the Beauvort Hotel, ca. 1914; 4 of Dabo standing by airplanes in aviatation gear, ca. 1917, and one of Dabo in his studio in Brooklyn, ca. 1910. Also included is a an oil study; and another of an oil painting. Also included are 3 James McNeill Whistler brushes, 1 walking stick and 1 palette.
Biographical/Historical Note: Mural painter, landscape painter; New York, N.Y.
Donated 1969-1972 by Mrs. Leon Dabo.
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