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Joseph Tobin papers relating to Alton Pickens, 1946-circa 1970s

Contents and Arrangement

The collection is arranged as three series

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Series 1:Correspondence, 1955-circa 1970s
1 Folder
Box 1

Correspondence dates from 1955-circa 1970s and is between Alton Pickens and Joseph and/or Margaret Tobin. Correspondence primarily pertains to an exhibition that Tobin was trying to organize for Pickens in France, however the exhibition never came to fruition. One letter to Tobin is co-written by Pickens and several friends.
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Joseph Tobin and Alton Pickens, 1955-circa 1970s
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Series 2:Printed Material, 1946, 1977
3 Folders
Box 1, OV 2

Printed material dates from 1946 and 1977 and includes a clipping from LIFE magazine, an exhibition announcement and catalog from Pickens' exhibition at Vassar College in 1977, and the exhibition catalog from the 1946 exhibiton at MoMA, Fourteen Americans.
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Exhibition Announcement, Vassar College, 1977
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Exhibition Catalogs, 1977, 1946
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Clipping from LIFE magazine, "19 Young Americans", 1946
OV 2
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Series 3:Photographs, circa 1950s
2 Folders
Box 1

Photographs date from circa 1950s and include one photograph of Pickens in Greece and photographs of Pickens' paintings from the 1940s-1950s.
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Alton Pickens in Greece, circa 1950s
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Paintings by Alton Pickens, circa 1950s
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5

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