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Call Number: SC0448
Creator:
Elsen, Albert Edward, 1927-
Creator:
Stanford University. Dept. of Art.
Title: Rodin sculpture garden records
Dates: 1980-1991
Physical Description:
4.25 Linear feet
Summary: Correspondence, memoranda, proposals, plans, publicity
materials, photographs, articles, and other records pertaining to the B. Gerald Cantor
Rodin Sculpture Garden. Includes correspondence with the garden's designer Robert
Mittelstadt and the personal log of Albert Elsen. An addition to the records (accession
2005-178) includes drafts of the text for the catalog to the Rodin collection, 1988-91
and undated; miscellaneous correspondence, 1985-91; and slides of Rodin works, some of
which are copies of old photographs of works in Rodin's studio
Language(s): The materials are in English.
Repository:
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
Stanford University Libraries
557 Escondido Mall
Stanford, CA 94305-6064
Email: speccollref@stanford.edu
Phone: (650) 725-1022
URL: http://www-sul.stanford.edu/depts/spc/spc.html
Gift of Albert Elsen, 1991, and transfer from art library, 2005.
This collection is open for research.
All requests to reproduce, publish, quote from, or otherwise use collection materials
must be submitted in writing to the Head of Special Collections and University
Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, California 94304-6064. Consent is
given on behalf of Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not
intended to include or imply permission from the copyright owner. Such permission
must be obtained from the copyright owner, heir(s) or assigns. See:
http://library.stanford.edu/depts/spc/pubserv/permissions.html.
Restrictions also apply to digital representations of the original materials. Use of
digital files is restricted to research and educational purposes.
Rodin Sculpture Garden Records (SC0448). Dept. of Special Collections and University
Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.
Biographical/Historical Sketch
Through the generosity of B. Gerald Cantor, an outdoor sculpture garden containing works
by Auguste Rodin was dedicated at Stanford University in May of 1985. Albert Elsen,
professor of art, is curator of the Rodin Collection at Stanford.
Correspondence, memoranda, proposals, plans, publicity materials, photographs, articles,
and other records pertaining to the B. Gerald Cantor Rodin Sculpture Garden. Includes
correspondence with the garden's designer Robert Mittelstadt and the personal log of
Albert Elsen. An addition to the records (accession 2005-178) includes drafts of the
text for the catalog to the Rodin collection, 1988-91 and undated; miscellaneous
correspondence, 1985-91; and slides of Rodin works, some of which are copies of old
photographs of works in Rodin's studio
Cantor, B. Gerald, 1916-1996
Elsen, Albert Edward, 1927-
Mittelstadt, Robert.
Rodin, Auguste, 1840-1917--Exhibitions.
Stanford University. Dept. of Art
--Faculty.
B. Gerald Cantor Rodin Sculpture Garden (Stanford
University).