Guide to the Antonio Frasconi collection Printers Mss 84

Finding aid prepared by Special Collections staff, 2014.
UC Santa Barbara Library, Department of Special Research Collections
University of California, Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara 93106-9010
special@library.ucsb.edu
2014 May 23


Title: Antonio Frasconi collection
Identifier/Call Number: Printers Mss 84
Contributing Institution: UC Santa Barbara Library, Department of Special Research Collections
Language of Material: English
Physical Description: 0.21 linear feet (1 half-size document box)
Source: Frasconi, Antonio
Date (inclusive): circa 1940s-2011
Date (bulk): 1974-2011
Abstract: Limited editions of related books, correspondence, flyers and brochures, and other ephemera relating to Frasconi.
Physical Location: Special Research Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library

Access Restrictions

The collection is open for research.

Use Restrictions

Copyright has not been assigned to the Department of Special Collections, UCSB. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Head of Special Collections. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Department of Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which also must be obtained.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of Item], Antonio Frasconi collection, Printers Mss 84. Department of Special Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.

Acquisition Information

Library purchase, 2014.

Biographical Note

Antonio Frasconi (28 April 1919, Buenos Aires, Argentina – 8 January 2013, New York, USA) was an Uruguayan - American visual artist, best known for his woodcuts. He was naturalized in Uruguay from an early age and lived in the United States since 1945.

Scope and Content

Limited editions of related books, mail art, flyers and brochures, and other ephemera relating to Frasconi. Additional info, including NYT obit, in collection file.

Separated Material

Additional items, monographs etc. have been cataloged in library's online catalog system.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Brochures
Correspondence
Wood-engraving
Flyers
Frasconi, Antonio

Box 1, Folder 1-17

Correspondence/Mail art 1974-2011

Box 1, Folder 18-21

Printed ephemera undated