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Guide to the Leonard Leibowitz Photographs 1988-

Repository
Heinz History Center
Title
Leonard Leibowitz Photographs
Creator
Leibowitz, Leonard
Collection Number
PSS 034
Extent
3.0 linear feet (3 boxes)
Date
1988-
Abstract
Leonard Leibowitz has worked as an etcher, engraver, make-up artist, and printmaker in New York City and Pittsburgh, Pa. His work is represented in several national galleries, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art. The Leonard Leibowitz Photographs includes most of the entire series of 311 photographic portraits featured in the artist's 1988 Faces of Pittsburgh exhibit.
Language
The material in this collection is in English.
Author
The guide to this collection was written by Alex J. Toner.
Sponsor
This collection has been made accessible as part of an NHPRC-funded Basic Processing grant.
Publisher
Heinz History Center
Address
1212 Smallman St.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15222
library@heinzhistorycenter.org
URL: https://www.heinzhistorycenter.org

History

Leonard Leibowitz earned his bachelor's of fine arts degree from California College of Arts and Crafts and. Leibowitz presented Faces of Pittsburgh in 1988, an exhibit of over three hundred photographic portraits. He was selected for the Pittsburgh Masters series at the Jewish Community Center of Pittsburgh in 1996. His work has been featured in numerous galleries including the Robert Schoelkopf Gallery and Hunting Hartford Gallery of Modern Art, both in New York City. His work is represented in the collections at the Fogg Museum of Art, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, British Museum, and Carnegie Museum of Art.

Scope and Content Notes

The Leonard Leibowitz Photographs include most of the entire series of 311 portraits from his 1988 "Faces of Pittsburgh" exhibition, which ran from June through July at the Carnegie Mellon University Art Gallery. Faces of Pittsburgh is comprised of portraits of individuals representing a variety of different backgrounds. A numbered list of names of the individuals featured in the portraits is included in box 3, corresponding with the numbered photographs.

Conditions Governing Access

None

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Gift from Mildred Sucov in 1996.

Archives accession # 1996.0225

Preferred Citation

Leonard Leibowitz Photographs, 1988-, PSS 034 , Library and Archives Division, Senator John Heinz History Center

Processing Information

This collection was processed by Alex J. Toner on 10/24/11.

Conditions Governing Use

Property rights reside with the Senator John Heinz History Center. Literary rights are retained by the creators of the records and their heirs. For permission to reproduce or publish, please contact the Library and Archives of the Senator John Heinz History Center.

Subjects

    Corporate Names

    • Carnegie Mellon Univeristy Art Gallery.

    Geographic Names

    • Pittsburgh (Pa.)

    Other Subjects

    • Jews-Pennsylvania-Pittsburgh
    • Art.
    • Photographs.

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