Chaim Gross papers, 1920-2004

Printed material provides a comprehensive survey of the numerous exhibitions, teaching opportunities, professional events, and philanthropic endeavors in which Gross participated throughout his career.

Announcements and catalogs are for solo and group exhibitions, lectures and symposia, award dinners, openings and receptions, dedications of sculpture, and other special events. Brochures and programs are for books and films by or about Gross, tours of his studio, and events at which Gross was honored or at which his artwork was presented or dedicated. Additional printed material relating to awards and honors received by Gross can be found in Series 1: Biographical Material and Series 2: Correspondence. Copies of catalogs for Sculptors Guild exhibitions from the 1930s to 2001 can also be found here.

Art school brochures are for schools in which Gross taught, including the Cumington School, the Brooklyn Museum Art School, and the New Art School, established by Gross, Raphael and Moses Soyer, and Alexander Dobkin at 567 Sixth Avenue in New York City in 1939. They also include brochures for art programs in which Gross taught or otherwise participated, and auction catalogs for auctions for which Gross contributed artwork.

Brochures and programs are for dinners and award ceremonies in which Gross was honored or at which his artwork was presented or dedicated. Also found are brochures for Gross's books and films, and brochures for tours of his studio. Copies of catalogs for Sculptors Guild exhibitions from the 1930s to 2001 can also be found here.

The series also includes a motion picture film and a video recording of the documentary A Sculptor Speaks, and video recordings of Tree Trunk to Head and an NBC broadcast of The Two Chaims, featuring an interview with Chaim Gross.

News clippings and articles provide a comprehensive survey of the publicity Gross received over the course of his career from the early 1930s to the 1990s and include multiple articles on Gross in English, Hebrew, and Yiddish newspapers, magazines, and journals.

The series includes a copy of the book The Sculpture Relief of the Ten Commandments by Gross and Rabbi Israel Mowshowitz published by International Synagogue in 1973; and Improvisations published in 1953 and 1955 for the Artists Equity Masquerade Ball with reproductions of artwork by Gross. Reproductions of artwork include two posters for a Sculptors Guild Carnival with artwork by Gross, and a holiday card designed by Chaim Gross and signed by Chaim and Renee Gross.

Printed material about others includes announcements and catalogs for Moses and Raphael Soyer and others, and printed material on African arts.