MS 254
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Collection Summary | |
| Creator: | Zuniga, Francisco, 1912-1998 |
| Collection Name: | Francisco Zuniga collection, |
| Inclusive Dates: | 1945-1980 |
| Physical Description: | 1.7 linear feet |
| Abstract: | Photographs and background material that Sheldon Reich used in his book Francisco Zuniga, Sculptor, published in 1980. |
| Collection Number: | MS 254 |
| Repository: |
University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections University of Arizona PO Box 210055 Tucson, AZ 85721-0055 Phone: 520-621-6423 Fax: 520-621-9733 URL: http://speccoll.library.arizona.edu/ |
Francisco Zuniga was born in Costa Rica in 1912. As a youth he studied drawing at the School of Fine Arts of San Jose. He had intended to study in Europe but was unable to, due to the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War. Instead he went to Mexico where he was influenced by the prehispanic sculptures in the Anthropology Museum in Mexico City. In 1938 Zuniga joined the faculty of "La Esmeralda," the prestigious Mexican school of painting and sculpture of the National Institute of Fine Arts. As a sculptor and a painter, Zuniga's works consist almost exclusively of the human female figure. Over his lifetime Zuniga had over 50 individual showings and his works are owned by galleries and museums worldwide. Francisco Zuniga died August 9, 1998 in Mexico City.
Photographs and background material that Sheldon Reich used in his book Francisco Zuniga, Sculptor, published in 1980. Although most of the photographs depict figurative sculpture, some also show the preliminary crayon, pencil, and ink sketches. Other material includes eight of Zuniga's exhibition catalogs, and audio cassettes of Reich's interviews with him in 1976. Transcripts of the tapes are present, as are early drafts of the book, letters from Zuniga, essays by Zuniga and others about art, newspaper clippings about his work, and photocopies of journal articles.
Some materials in Spanish.
None.
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Francisco Zuniga collection(MS 254).Special Collections, University of Arizona Libraries.
| Series I: Materials relating to the book Francisco Zuniga, Sculptor | |||||||||||
| box | folder | ||||||||||
| 1 | 1 | Typescript of Francisco Zuniga, Sculptor | |||||||||
| 1 | 2 | Second typescript of Francisco Zuniga, Sculptor | |||||||||
| 1 | 3 | Photocopies of photographs used in Francisco Zuniga, Sculptor | |||||||||
| 1 | 4 | Transcript of interviews used in Francisco Zuniga, Sculptor | |||||||||
| 1 | 5 | Transcript of interviews used in Francisco Zuniga, Sculptor | |||||||||
| 1 | 6 | List of Zuniga photographs used in Francisco Zuniga, Sculptor | |||||||||
| 1 | 7 | Photocopy of a draft of the text of Francisco Zuniga, Sculptor | |||||||||
| 1 | 8 | Correspondence relating to Francisco Zuniga, Sculptor | |||||||||
| Series II: Exhibition Catalogs | |||||||||||
| box | folder | ||||||||||
| 2 | 1 | Exhibition catalogs of Francisco Zuniga's work | |||||||||
| 2 | 2 | Exhibition catalogs of Francisco Zuniga's work | |||||||||
| Series III: Photographs and Audio Tapes | |||||||||||
| box | folder | ||||||||||
| 2 | 3-7 | Photographs of Zuniga's work | |||||||||
| box | folder | ||||||||||
| 3 | 1-5 | Photographs of Zuniga's work | |||||||||
| 3 | Interview tapes (7) | ||||||||||
| 3 | Box of color negatives | ||||||||||
| box | folder | ||||||||||
| 4 | 1-10 | Photographs of Zuniga's work | |||||||||
| othertype | |||||||||||
| Portfolio | Oversize photographs (3) | ||||||||||