Overview
Collection Information
Size: 8 Linear feet
Summary: Artists' files; business files; photographs and slides; transcripts and sound recordings; printed material; and miscellany.
Biographical/Historical Note
Daniel Jacobs (1959- 2005) and Derek Mason (1927-) were art collectors based in New York City. They specialized in contemporary American ceramics, but also collected painting, sculpture, and prints. Jacobs and Mason were life partners.
Provenance
The majority of the collection was donated in 2006 by Derek Mason as part of the Nanette L. Laitman Documentation Project for Craft and Decorative Arts in America. Mason donated an additional 4 CDs of images of works of art in 2008.
Language Note
English .
