The birth certificate is a copy. Grant and award documentation concerns Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation, The Ingram Merrill Foundation, and The Pollock-Krasner Foundation, Inc.; a Macdowell Colony newsletter notes that Ciarrocchi, a recent Colony artist, was awarded a Fulbright Fellowship.
Among the personal correspondents are Karl E. Fortess, Ruth Page, and Edith Schloss. Professional letters are from galleries, colleges and schools, a few museums, the United States Department of State, and others.
A bound copy of a thesis on American landscape painting by Herbert Virgin White, in which Ciarrocchi figures prominently, is accompanied by a letter. The volume contains an inscription by the author to the artist thanking him for "inspiration, encouragement and interest."
Description Container Select White, Herbert Virgin. "American Landscape Painting: The Past Twenty Years," M.F.A. Thesis, University of Texas, San Antonio (1980), 1981 Select: White, Herbert Virgin. "American Landscape Painting: The Past Twenty Years," M.F.A. Thesis, University of Texas, San Antonio (1980), 19811 Volume
This series documents consignments and gallery sales through Tibor de Nagy Gallery and Fischbach Gallery. Among the miscellaneous records are receipts for loans to museums and other institutions, and documentation of participation in exhibitions sponsored by Associated American Artists, the Art In Embassies Program, and Maine Coast Artists. Also found is detailed information about "The Nijinsky Series," a traveling exhibition of Ciarrocchi's monotypes.
Printed material relates almost exclusively to Ciarrocchi's exhibitions.
Description Container Select Exhibition Catalogs and Announcements, 1971-1979, 1994-2009, undated Select: Exhibition Catalogs and Announcements, 1971-1979, 1994-2009, undated2 Folders Posters, undated, 1985 Select: Posters, undated, 1985Scope and Contents noteOversized material housed in OV 3 Press Clippings, 1971-1996 Select: Press Clippings, 1971-1996 Posters, 1985, undated Select: Posters, 1985, undated
Volume 1 features landscape, still life, and figure drawings in pencil, ink, and pastel. Volumes 2-4 are devoted to pencil and ink sketches of Japanese objects, architecture, and people.
Description Container Select Volume 1: Untitled, undated Select: Volume 1: Untitled, undated1 Volume Volume 2: "Japan, 1953-1956,", 1953-1956 Select: Volume 2: "Japan, 1953-1956,", 1953-19561 Volume Volume 3: Japan, 1954, undated Select: Volume 3: Japan, 1954, undated1 Volume Volume 4: Japan, 1956, undated Select: Volume 4: Japan, 1956, undated1 Volume
Photographs are of Raymond Ciarrocchi in his studio, painting outdoors, at exhibitions, with his wife and daughter, and with a group of Macdowell Colony artists.
Views of exhibition installations at Tibor de Nagy Gallery and "The Nijinsky Series" traveling exhibition at University of Maine, Orono, are found among his personal business records (Series 4).
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