Josef Papp Papers
Collection Scope
This collection contains correspondence, with some photographs and sketches, between Josef Papp and Zoltan Sepeshy between 1931-1940.
Dates
- 1931 - 1940
Creator
- Papp, Josef (Person)
Access
Access to the collection is unrestricted.
Use
Permission to use collection materials must be requested in writing.
History
Jozsef Sulyok-Papp was born in Hungary in 1895 where he studied art. He moved to Montreal, Canada around 1930 and supported himself as an artist and a gallery dealer. He came to Detroit in the 1940s and for the next 20 years worked for the architectural firm of Giffels. In Detroit he became friends with another Hungarian artist, Zoltan Sepeshy, director of the Cranbrook Academy of Art, 1947-1966. He also became Sepeshy’s art dealer. Papp died in 1975.
Extent
.4 Linear Feet (2 MS)
Language of Materials
English
Hungarian
Abstract
Jozsef Sulyok-Papp was born in Hungary in 1895 where he studied art. He moved to Montreal, Canada around 1930 and supported himself as an artist and a gallery dealer. He came to Detroit in the 1940s and for the next 20 years worked for the architectural firm of Giffels. In Detroit he became friends with another Hungarian artist, Zoltan Sepeshy, director of the Cranbrook Academy of Art, 1947-1966. He also became Sepeshy’s art dealer. Papp died in 1975. This collection of correspondence, chiefly between Papp and Sepeshy, is mainly in Hungarian, untranslated.
Arrangement
This collection is arranged chronologically.
Acquisition
Gift of Ron Povlich on October 14, 1991.
Processing History
Processed by Cheri Y. Gay, 2014.
Creator
- Papp, Josef (Person)
- Sepeshy, Zoltan, 1898-1974 (Person)
- Title
- Guide to the Josef Papp Papers
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Finding aid written by Cheri Y. Gay.
- Date
- 2014
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Edition statement
- Resource record created by Laura MacNewman.
Repository Details
Part of the Cranbrook Archives, Cranbrook Center for Collections and Research Repository