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Florence Arquin papers, 1923-1985

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Series 3: Writings and Notes, 1929-circa 1964
2 linear feet
Box 2-4

Found are extensive notes including research notes, notebooks, and notecards and titled writings by Florence Arquin. Notes are primarily hand-written and contain research and some background material on a wide variety of subjects, including educational programs developed by Arquin. Titled writings by Arquin include her a draft of her manuscript on Diego Rivera,
Diego Rivera (1886-1957): The Shaping of an Artist (Early Period--1889-1921)
. Writings by others are by Justino Fernández, Jose G. Montes de Oca, Jose de Souza Pedreira, Hilla Rebay, and Diego Rivera.
This series has been scanned in its entirety.
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Notebooks
Diego Rivera, 1951
2
6
Diego Rivera, circa 1950
2
7-13
Diego Rivera, circa 1959
2
14-18
Picasso, circa 1945
2
19-20
School, 1929
2
21-24
School, 1941
2
25
Likely for Kodachrome Slide Project, circa 1950
2
26-27
Art, circa 1940-circa 1955
2
28-38
Notebooks
Notebooks, General, 1959-circa 1964
3
1-3
Notecards
on Art and Architecture, 1959
3
4-6
School Writings
Assignments and Papers, circa 1929
3
7
Notes, circa 1929
3
8-9
Outlines, on Picasso and Cezanne, circa 1929
3
10-11
Notes
Amazonian Archaeology, circa 1940
3
12
Brazilian Art and Architecture, circa 1950
3
13
Catalog, circa 1950
3
14
Churches, circa 1940
3
15
Colonial Art in Latin America, circa 1950
3
16
Contemporary Mexican Painting, circa 1940
3
17
Folk Art in Latin America and Haiti, circa 1950
3
18
Latin American Art and Architecture, circa 1950
3
19
Latin American Churches, circa 1950
3
20
Latin (Native) American Festivals and Dances, circa 1950
3
21
Mayan Art, circa 19540
3
22
Moorish Art, circa 1950
3
23
Picasso, 1957
3
24
Rivera, circa 1950-circa 1960
3
25-31
Sand Paintings, circa 1940
3
32
Spanish Art, circa 1950
3
33-34
General, Art, circa 1940-circa 1960
3
35-42
Background Material, Latin Native Americans, circa 1950
3
43
Background Material, Mexican Murals, circa 1960
3
44
Diego Rivera (1886-1957): The Shaping of an Artist (Early Period--1889-1921)
, by Florence Arquin, circa 1960
3
45
Diego Rivera (1886-1957): The Shaping of an Artist (Early Period--1889-1921)
, by Florence Arquin, circa 1960
Draft and List of Illustrations
3
46-47
For Museums and Exhibitions, by Florence Arquin, 1941
3
48
"Diego Rivera's Murals," by Florence Arquin, 1942
4
1
"Three Women Painters in Contemporary Mexican Art," by Florence Arquin, circa 1940
4
2
"Notes on 'Day of the Dead' in Mexico," by Florence Arquin, circa 1946
4
3
"Art and Architecture in Latin America", by Florence Arquin, circa 1950
4
4
"Ciudad Trujillo, a Filmslide Sequence of Photographic Studies in Color," by Florence Arquin, circa 1950
4
5
"Contemporary Popular Art in Haiti," by Florence Arquin, circa 1960
4
6
"Diego Rivera, Painter of Mexico: The Story in Paint of One Man's Great Love for his Country, Mexico, and for his Wife, Frida Kahlo," by Florence Arquin, circa 1960
4
7
"Bay of All Saints," by Jose de Souza Pedreira, circa 1950
4
8
"Nota Sobre las Danzas Mexicanas," by Justino Fernández, circa 1950
4
9
"La Fiesta a la Virgen de los Remedios," by Jose G. Montes de Oca, circa 1950
4
10
"The Beauty of Non-Objectivity," and "The Power of Spiritual Realism," by Hilla Rebay, circa 1960
4
11
Forward, for Florence Arquin's Mexico City Exhibition Catalog, by Diego Rivera, 1943
4
12
Writings, in Spanish, 1939-1952
4
13

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