Abstract
The Rita Deanin Abbey Exhibition Catalogs (1975-1991) are comprised primarily of exhibition catalogs featuring Abbey's art at various museums and international exhibitions including the Palm Springs Desert Museum, the University of New Mexico Art Museum, Biennale Internationale d’Email Laval, and the International Exhibition of Enamelling Art in Japan. The collection also contains invitations to Abbey's art shows at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas as well as a copy of Abbey's curriculum vitae. Also included are select issues of
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The Rita Deanin Abbey Exhibition Catalogs (1975-1991) are comprised primarily of exhibition catalogs featuring Abbey's art at various museums and international exhibitions including the Palm Springs Desert Museum, the University of New Mexico Art Museum, Biennale Internationale d’Email Laval, and the International Exhibition of Enamelling Art in Japan. The collection also contains invitations to Abbey's art shows at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas as well as a copy of Abbey's curriculum vitae. Also included are select issues of
Access Note
Collection is open for research.
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Materials in this collection may be protected by copyrights and other rights. See Reproductions and Use on the UNLV Special Collections and Archives website for more information about reproductions and permissions to publish.
Arrangement
Materials remain as they were received.
Biographical / Historical Note
Rita Deanin Abbey is a professor emeritus of art at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV). Abbey has both a bachelor of fine arts degree and a masters of arts degree from the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Abbey is a painter, printmaker, enamelist, and sculptor who taught in the Department of Art at Nevada Southern University (which became UNLV) from 1965 to 1987. At UNLV, Abbey taught classes in drawing, painting, and color theory and also developed interdisciplinary classes with the science department. Some of Abbey's art on display around Las Vegas, Nevada include: Spirit Tower, a 20-foot tall cor-ten steel sculpture at the Summerlin Library; the sixteen Isaiah Stained-Glass Windows in the main sanctuary of Temple Beth Sholom; the bust of Flora Dungan in the Humanities building at UNLV; and a plexiglass mural in one of the University Medical Center buildings on Charleston Boulevard. Abbey also made Wall of Creation, a twenty by forty foot mural made of polyester resin and fiberglass, for Temple Beth Sholom's former synagogue on Oakey Boulevard.
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"Rita Deanin Abbey." Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project, UNLV University Libraries. Accessed July 21, 2020. http://digital.library.unlv.edu/jewishheritage/people/rita-abbey
Preferred Citation
Rita Deanin Abbey Exhibiton Catalogs, 1975-1991. MS-01022. Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada.
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Acquisition Note
Materials were transferred periodically to UNLV Special Collections and Archives; accession number 2020-024.
Processing Note
Tammi Kim minimally processed the materials during accessioning in 2020. The materials were quickly reviewed to provide a general description of the contents of each box and an estimate of dates represented in the material. No further work has been performed on the materials.