Gibran, Kahlil, 1922-2008
Writer, Sculptor, Painter, Inventor
Size: 0.2 linear ft. (partially microfilmed on 1 reel)
Summary: A scrapbook, printed material, photographs, writings, and biographical material.
REEL 374: A scrapbook, 1949-1965, contains biographical material, awards, clippings, exhibition material, and photographs of Gibran's sculpture.
UNMICROFILMED: 18 items, 1962-1971, include one written paper, catalogs, publications, and photographs.
Sculptor; Boston, Massachusetts. Main medium is steel. Received the George Widener Medal, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, 1958; John S. Guggenheim Fellowship, 1959-61; National Institute of Arts and Letters Award, 1961. Member of the National Sculpture Society.
Material was both lent and donated by Kahlil George Gibran, April 1972.
Microfilm reel 374 available at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
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Kahlil Gibran papers, 1949-1971. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
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