Marvin Lipofsky papers, 1946-2016

Collection Information

Size: 45.3 linear feet

Summary: The Marvin Lipofsky papers measure 45.3 linear feet and date from 1946-2016. Included are biographical material; personal and professional correspondence; teaching files; project files; subject files; personal business records regarding art supplies and price lists and a ledger; photographs of Lipofsky at work, his home, studio, teaching and travel and professional portraits; travel notebooks, 1968-2016; works of art consisting of 22 sketchbooks and loose sketches; and printed material including exhibition catalogs, announcements and glass art newsletters.

Biographical/Historical Note

Marvin Lipofsky (1938-2016) was a glass artist and professor in Berkeley, Calif.

Provenance

Donated 2004 by Ruth Okimoto, Lipofsky's spouse, on behalf of Marvin Lipofsky as part of the Nanette L. Laitman Documentation Project for Craft and Decorative Arts in America and in 2017 and 2018 by Lisa Lipofsky- Valenzula, Marvin Lipofsky's daughter.

Restrictions on Access

Use of original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C., Research Center. Collection is being processed and is CLOSED to researchers.

How to Cite This Collection

Marvin Lipofsky papers, 1946-2016. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.