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Rafael Valdivia portraits
- Title
- Rafael Valdivia portraits, 1926-1948.
- Author
- Format
- Picture
Collection information
Finding aid
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| Status | Container | Access | Call number | Item location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Status Available by appointment. | ContainerBox 2 | AccessSupervised use | Call number*T-Vim 2011-261 Box 2 | Item locationOffsite |
| Status Available by appointment. | ContainerBox 1 | AccessSupervised use | Call number*T-Vim 2011-261 Box 1 | Item locationOffsite |
Details
- Description
- 2 boxes (ca. 142 drawings) : b&w; 36 x 26 cm. or smaller.
- Summary
- Includes ca. 142 black and white original portrait drawings of theater and film actors and actresses by Rafael Valdivia, mostly for the newspaper, the New York Sun.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Portraits.
- Call number
- *T-Vim 2011-261
- Language
- English
- Note
- There is 1 photograph of actress Gabrielle Brune and 1 reproduction of a portrait of actress Judith Anderson.
- Author
- Valdivia, Rafael. Artist
- Biography
- Artist Rafael Valdivia was born in Rosario, Argentina. Before joining the staff of the New York Sun, circa 1926, he worked for magazines in Buenos Aires, Paris and Madrid. Valdivia's work for the New York Sun was published under the name "Rafael." He lived with his wife and two sons in Jackson Heights, Queens, N.Y. Valdivia died at St. Anthony's Hospital in Woodhaven, Queens, N.Y. at the age of 62 in 1948.
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