Oriole Horch Farb Feshbach papers

Collection

Identifier: MRBC-MS-00388

Staff Only

Content Description

Correspondence, notes, drafts, images, publications, and photographs, mostly related to her work based on the "H.D. Trilogy"[Hilda Doolittle, poet] and "Luminations" [Wallace Stevens, poet].

Dates of Materials

Creation: 1931 - 2017

Creator

Feshbach, Oriole Farb (Person)

Conditions Governing Access

This collection is open for use without restriction beyond the standard terms and conditions of Smith College Special Collections.

Conditions Governing Use

To the extent that she owns copyright, Oriole Horch Farb Feshbach has retained copyright in her works donated to Smith College. Copyright in other items in this collection may be held by their respective creators. For reproductions of materials that are governed by fair use as defined under U. S. Copyright Law, no permission to cite or publish is required. For those few instances beyond fair use, or which may regard materials in the collection not created by Oriole Horch Farb Feshbach, researchers are responsible for determining who may hold materials' copyrights and obtaining approval from them. Researchers do not need anything further from Smith College Special Collections to move forward with their use.

Biographical / Historical

Oriole Horch Farb Feshbach, an American artist, was born on October 28, 1931 in New York City. She was the daughter of Louis L. and Nettie S. (Silverstein) Horch. She received her Bachelor in Painting and Art History from Sarah Lawrence College, 1953 and a Master of Fine Arts in Painting from the University Massachusetts, 1976. She taught at UMass Amherst and Amherst College and has four artist’s books published.

According to the R. Michelson Gallery Web page, "Oriole Farb Feshbach...now lives in Amherst, MA. Her prints, books, and paintings are in major collections including the MoMA in New York, the Boston MFA, the Smithsonian, and the Worcester Art Museum. She is a long-time art and photography editor for the Massachusetts Review."

Extent

35.833 linear feet (68 containers)

1 Gigabytes (4 ISO disk images made from compact discs)

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract

Oriole Horch Farb Feshbach, an American artist, was born on October 28, 1931 in New York City. The collection contains correspondence, notes, drafts, images, publications, and photographs, mostly related to her work based on the "H.D. Trilogy"[Hilda Doolittle, poet] and "Luminations" [Wallace Stevens, poet].

Arrangement

The papers are arranged in twenty-three series:

PERSONAL; EDUCATION, FAMILY AND TRAVEL
YEARLY FILES
PROFESSIONAL
TEACHING AND TEACHING TOOLS
CORRESPONDENCE
POETS
ARTISTS
SCRAPBOOKS
BIBLIOGRAPHY/PRINTED MATERIAL
PROCESS AND RESEARCH: COLLECTING INFORMATION AND MATERIAL
ARTWORK
PROJECTS
A VANITAS SELF-PORTRAIT BOOK
ILLUMINATIONS
PARALLELS; ARTISTS/POETS
LUMINATIONS
SLIDES: ARTWORK
PHOTOGRAPHS: ARTWORK
PHOTOGRAPHS: MODELS
PHOTOGRAPHS: EXHIBITIONS
MEDIA
A DOZEN HUMPTY DUMPTY EGG TALES
ADDITION

Other Finding Aids

A legacy finding aid with more detailed information about this collection is available in this downloadable document: finding aid to the Oriole Horch Farb Feshbach papers.