Bess, Forrest, 1911-1977
Painter
Size: 58 items (partially microfilmed on 1 reel)
Summary: Photographs and slides.
REEL 3781: 20 prints (made from slides) of works of art by Forrest Bess from the collection of Harry Burkhart of Bay City.
UNMICROFILMED: 5 slides of works by Bess from the Hawkins Ranch collection; and 2 slides of works from the Margaret and Austen Furse collection.
Painter; Bay City, Tex.
Collected as part of the Archives of American Art's Texas project. Items on reel 3781 donated 1985 by Sandra Levy, collector for the project and photographer of some of the slides. Unmicrofilmed portion donated by Margaret Lewis Furse, 1982.
Microfilm reel 3781 available for use through interlibrary loan.
Use of original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C., Research Center. Microfilmed materials must be consulted on microfilm. Contact Reference Services for more information.
Forrest Bess photographs and slides, 1932-1967. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
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