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Warren E. Cox Bulletins

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Creator

Warren E. Cox
Dates

undated
Physical Description

0.2 Cubic feet
Collection ID

FSA.A1993.01
EDAN ID

ead_collection:sova-fsa-a1993-01

Scope and Contents

One bound volume of typed letters, May 1947-June 1948, from New York art dealer Warren E. Cox, addressed either to the Freer Gallery of Art or to Director Archibald Wenley. Includes 28 mounted photographs and 1 map. Also includes mimeographed letters from Wenley to Cox. 8 loose photographs accompany the bound volume.
Biographical / Historical

Warren E. Cox published various books on Asian ceramics and decorative arts and was art director of Encyclopedia Britannica 1929-1939.

The interest aroused by these informal bulletins led to the founding of the Far Eastern Ceramic Group. They constitute in fact the beginning of the Far Eastern Ceramics Bulletin which first appeared under its official title in July 1948
Local Numbers

FSA A1993.01
Creator

Warren E. Cox
Container

Box 1
Archival Repository

Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives
Type

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Manuscripts
Citation

Warren E. Cox Bulletins. FSA.A1993.01. National Museum of Asian Art Archives. Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.
Rights

Permission to publish, quote, or reproduce must be secured from the repository.
Genre/Form

Manuscripts
Restrictions

Collection is open for research.