Collection Guide
Brief record only
Collection Title:
Collection Number:
Get Items:
Elias Kanarek papers, 1939-1970.
BANC MSS 2010/929 box 1; BANC MSS 2010/929 oversize box 1; BANC MSS 2010/929
No online items
Collection Overview
Title:
Elias Kanarek papers, 1939-1970Creator/Contributor:
Kanarek, Elias, 1901-1969, creator, creator.Creator/Contributor:
Western Jewish History Center, 162.Creator/Contributor:
Judah L. Magnes Museum, WJHC 1972.004.Creator/Contributor:
Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and LifeAbstract:
The collection contains copies of engravings for bookplates, photographs of Kanarek's painted portraits and other works, exhibition
notices, newspaper clippings, and sketchbooks.
Date:
1939 (issued)Subject:
n-us-ca -- n-us---Kanarek, Elias -- 1901-1969 -- Archives
Art, American -- 20th century
Engraving -- California
Jews, Polish -- California
Mural painting and decoration -- United States
Portrait painting -- United States
Note:
Formerly: Western Jewish History Center Collection Number 162.
Formerly: Judah L. Magnes Museum Collection Number WJHC 1972.004.
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE: Advance notice required for use.
Elias Kanarek papers, BANC MSS 2010/929, The Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life, The Bancroft Library, University of
California, Berkeley.
Transfer; Judah L. Magnes Museum; 2010.
Elias Kanarek was an artist and son of a land-owning family that was active in the Polish peasant movement. In 1938, Kanarek
was sent to the United States by the Polish government to paint murals for the Polish Pavilion at New York City's World Fair.
He remained in the United States, where he painted portraits of and murals for notable individuals, including Arthur Rubinstein.
Materials in English.
Type:
Announcements.Photographs.
Sketchbooks.
Physical Description:
0.8 (1 1
Language:
English
Identifier:
2006585271
BANC MSS 2010/929 box 1
BANC MSS 2010/929 oversize box 1
BANC MSS 2010/929
Origin:
CaliforniaCopyright Note:
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE: Advance notice required for use.