Collection Information
Size: 2.9 Linear feet
Summary: The papers of Joseph S. Trovato measure 2.9 linear feet and date from circa 1875-1992. They illustrate his career through correspondence, exhibition files, personal business records, printed and photographic material, and artwork.
Biographical/Historical Note
Joseph S. Trovato (1912-1983) was a painter and museum administrator who worked mainly in New York.
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Provenance
Papers were lent for microfilming in 1980 by Joseph S. Trovato, and all except exhibition catalogs were subsequently donated 1981 and 1991 with unmicrofilmed material by Trovato's widow, Mrs. Ruth O. Trovato.
Related Materials
The Archives also hold an oral history interview with Joseph S. Trovato conducted 1979 July 29, by Robert Brown, twenty-four oral history interviews conducted by Trovato 1964-1965 in partnership with the Archives of American Art, and the 1913 Armory Show, 50th anniversary exhibition records. The Archives of American Art also holds microfilm of material lent for microfilming (reel 2018) including exhibition catalogs and material relating to the Armory Show-50th Anniversary Exhibition arranged by Trovato for the Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute, Utica, New York, in February 1963. Loaned materials were returned to the lender and are not described in the collection container inventory. Exhibition catalogs were returned to Trovato.
Language Note
English .
Funding Note
The processing of this collection received Federal support from the Smithsonian Collections Care and Preservation Fund, administered by the National Collections Program and the Smithsonian Collections Advisory Committee.
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