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Stackpole, Ralph Photographs from the Ralph Stackpole papers. [graphic].
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Title:
Photographs from the Ralph Stackpole papersCreator/Contributor:
Stackpole, Ralph, 1885-1973, creatorCreator/Contributor:
Stackpole, Peter, 1913-Creator/Contributor:
Moulin, Gabriel, 1872-1945Abstract:
Professional photographs depicting Stackpole's figurative sculpture at the Pacific Stock Exchange in San Francisco; a detail
of one of his murals in Coit Tower; and an abstract sculpture ("Stone for a furn [sic] forest") in Chauriat, France. Also
includes snapshots of Stackpole inspecting one of his sculptures in a garden; Stackpole enjoying cocktails with two unidentified
lady friends; and a Stackpole piece decorating the fireplace of the Los Gatos residence of Charles Ereskine Scott Wood. Postcard
depicts detail of Coit Tower mural.
Date:
1936-ca. 1980 (issued)Subject:
n-us-caStackpole, Ralph -- 1885-1973 -- Pictorial works
Sculpture -- California -- San Francisco -- Photographs
Mural painting and decoration -- California -- San Francisco -- Photographs
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Collected by Ralph Stackpole.
Includes photographs by Peter Stackpole and Gabriel Moulin.
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Photographs from the Ralph Stackpole papers, BANC PIC 1980.092, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.
Born in Williams, Oregon, 1885. Co-founder, in 1913, of California Society of Etchers. A leading San Francisco artist of the
1920s and 1930s. Worked at famed studio in the Montgomery Block. Taught at California School of Fine Arts. Major works includes
sculpture for the Panama-Pacific International Exposition, the Pacific Stock Exchange, Oakland's Paramount Theatre, and the
Golden Gate International Exposition; and mural paintings for Coit Tower. Father of photographer Peter Stackpole. Died in
Chauriat, France, 1973.
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graphic
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1 folder (9 photographic prints and 1 postcard) : chiefly b&w ; 8 x 10 in. or smaller.
Language:
English