[Letter to Mr. F. Hamilton Hazelhurst]
Creation: 1969-10-09
Count Contini-Bonacossi’s nephew and namesake – Alessandro Contini-Bonacossi – was an art historian employed by the Samuel H. Kress Foundation. He assisted his uncle in assembling and organizing the massive photograph collection – over 50,000 images – that the count used as a visual reference source for his art collecting activities. In this 1969 letter to Professor Hamilton Hazelhurst, he provides historical background on the collection and describes the work he did on it.
Title
[Letter to Mr. F. Hamilton Hazelhurst]
Contributor
Date
Creation: 1969-10-09
Subject
Description
Count Contini-Bonacossi’s nephew and namesake – Alessandro Contini-Bonacossi – was an art historian employed by the Samuel H. Kress Foundation. He assisted his uncle in assembling and organizing the massive photograph collection – over 50,000 images – that the count used as a visual reference source for his art collecting activities. In this 1969 letter to Professor Hamilton Hazelhurst, he provides historical background on the collection and describes the work he did on it.
Rights
Copyright; use considered fair according to the ARL Code of Best Practices in Fair Use
Format
Letters (correspondence)
Source
MSS0088, Contini-Volterra Photographic Archive, Donor File
Collection
Citation
“[Letter to Mr. F. Hamilton Hazelhurst],” Gallery, accessed June 30, 2022, https://gallery.library.vanderbilt.edu/items/show/923.