Kraft, Arthur Invitation

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The image shows an envelope with a gold sticker at the center that reads "Arthur Kraft Associates" in bold black letters. In the top left corner, there is a circular stamp from the U.S. Postal Service dated February 16, 1972. To the right of the stamp, there is a rectangular postal mark instructing to "ALWAYS USE ZIP CODE," emphasizing postal requirements of the era. The envelope, resting on a wooden surface, has a handwritten note "12.13.4" in the bottom right corner. The arrangement and design reflect a formal and professional correspondence typical of the early 1970s, capturing a glimpse of historical postal practices with its minimalist and straightforward presentation.

The image shows an envelope with a gold sticker at the center that reads "Arthur Kraft Associates" in bold black letters. In the top left corner, there is a circular stamp from the U.S. Postal Service dated February 16, 1972. To the right of the stamp, there is a rectangular postal mark instructing to "ALWAYS USE ZIP CODE," emphasizing postal requirements of the era. The envelope, resting on a wooden surface, has a handwritten note "12.13.4" in the bottom right corner. The arrangement and design reflect a formal and professional correspondence typical of the early 1970s, capturing a glimpse of historical postal practices with its minimalist and straightforward presentation.

Name/Title

Kraft, Arthur Invitation

Entry/Object ID

AM2012.13.4

Scope and Content

Kraft, Arthur Invitation sent to Mr. & Mrs. Leonard Jordan of Lee's Summit, Missouri inviting them to view original drawings of "Sounds of Fury" by Arthur Kraft on February 20, 1972 at the Community Christian Church in Kansas City, Missouri. Included in the exhibition were paintings by Arthur Kraft and Gene Hoppe, sculpture by Herb Wildman. Arthur Mayfield Kraft was a native of Kansas City, attended Southwest High School, the Kansas City Art Institute and Yale University. While at Yale, he won an Alice Kimball English Award in 1946 to study abroad. His paintings took first prize at both the Army Arts Exhibition in San Francisco in 1945 and at the Fifth Annual Audubon Artists Exhibition in New York in 1946. Mr. Kraft has four metal sculptures at the famous Northland Shopping Center in Detroit, Michigan. His works have appeared at the Salon of Jean Cocteau at the Palais Royale in Paris and in 1949 at a one-man show in New York at the Jacques Selegmann Gallery. In Kansas City, his murals are in the Muehlebach Hotel, Macy's, Pickwick Hotel, the Kansas City Public Library, Douglass School, and Security National Bank, to name a few. Arthur Kraft was named one of the Ten Outstanding Young Men of the Nation for 1956 by the United States Junior Chamber of Commerce. His is composed of brilliant colors and fantasy figures and beautiful shapes. Arthur Kraft was a patient at the St. Joseph State Hospital #2 for a short period of time.

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Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Invitation

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Request

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Other Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Art, Artists

Search Terms

Kansas City Art Institute, "Sounds of Fury" Drawings, "Sounds of Fury" Book, St. Joseph State Hospital No. 2, Glore Psychiatric Museum

Condition

Overall Condition

Good

Maintenance

Maintenance History

Date

Jun 26, 2012

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Kraft, Arthur