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Erwin Panofsky Letters to Mrs. Alfred Barr

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Held at: Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division [Contact Us]

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Call Number:
C0050
Repository:
Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division
Extent:
1 box
Language:
English
Preferred Citation:
Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Erwin Panofsky Letters to Mrs. Alfred Barr, Box and Folder Number; Special Collections, Princeton University Library.
Date:
1932-1967 (inclusive)
Creator:
Panofsky, Erwin, 1892-1968.
Form:
Letters., Art historians -- Germany -- 20th century -- Correspondence., and Art historians -- United States -- 20th century -- Correspondence.
Abstract:
Consists mostly of letters by German-American art historian Erwin Panofsky to friend and art historian Margaret Scolari Barr.

Panofsky, Erwin, 1892-1968.

Erwin Panofsky was a German Jewish art historian who emigrated to America and remains highly influential in the modern academic study of iconography.

The collection contains 88 holograph letters and postcards from Panofsky to the art historian Margaret Scolari Barr (Mrs. Alfred H. Barr)--mostly from Hamburg, Germany--discussing his uncertain career and giving details about his move from Germany to the United States. Also present are a letter (1933) by Walter S. Cook, an untitled poem in various languages by Panofsky, and a one-page manuscript by Dora Panofsky, entitled "From the Wings of the Dove."

The letters are in chronological order.

Gift of Prof. William S. Heckscher, Mrs. Margaret Barr.

No appraisal information is available.

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Publisher
Manuscripts Division
Finding Aid Date
2008
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The collection is open for research.

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Collection Inventory

Erwin Panofsky Letters to Mrs. Alfred Barr, 1932-1967. 1 box.
Physical Description

1 box

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