Chaim Gross carving Birds Nest

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Object Details

photographer

Valente, Alfredo

Subject

Gross, Chaim

Place of publication, production, or execution

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Physical Description

1 photographic print : b&w ; 17 x 12 cm.

Summary

Penciled note on verso: Chaim Gross carving in Lignum Vitae wood Birds Nest; 1942.
Despite date given in note, Gross himself dates his wooden sculpture Birds Nest as 1940 in his sketch records at the Renee and Chaim Gross Foundation.

Citation

Alfredo Valente. Chaim Gross carving Birds Nest, 1940?. Chaim Gross papers, 1920-2004. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Use Note

Current copyright status is undetermined

Location Note

Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution Washington, D.C. 20560

Date

1940?

Record number

(DSI-AAA)8731

Type

Photographs

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Chaim Gross papers, 1920-2004

Data Source

Archives of American Art

Topic

Artists at or with their work

Sculpting

Sculptors

Metadata Usage

Usage conditions apply

Record ID

AAADCD_item_8731