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Gus Mager

Gus Mager was an American painter and comics artist (1878–1956). He was born at Newark.

Also recorded as Gus A. Mager; Charles A. Mager; Charles Mager; Carl Mager; Charles August Mager; Mager.

Gus Mager in brief

Born
1878
Died
1956
Known for
painter and comics artist
Place of birth
Newark
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Identity and origins

He also worked under the names Mager, Charles Augustus and Mager, Carl. The authorities additionally record the headings Gus A. Mager, Charles A. Mager, Charles Mager, Carl Mager and Charles August Mager. His recorded language was English.

Identity

What the record establishes about Gus Mager.

Wrestlers is dated 1933 and held by Whitney Museum of American Art (inventory 33.36). Whitney Museum of American Art records 1 object associated with this heading. Gus Mager is recorded with the citizenship of United States. Gus Mager is recorded as painter and comics artist.

Authority records

The identifiers under which Gus Mager may be traced in institutional catalogues.

Gus Mager is established in the international name authorities as Wikidata Q5620727.

Catalogued works

1 work under this name is catalogued by Wikidata Query Service.

Wrestlers, dated 1933, held by Whitney Museum of American Art, inventory 33.36.

In public collections

Work associated with this heading is recorded in 1 named public collection.

Whitney Museum of American Art: 1 recorded object, read from the institution's own published catalogue.

Scholarly footprint

Bibliographic registers publish measured figures for this heading: 3 language editions of the general reference literature carrying an article (Wikimedia (language editions)). A count of publications is evidence of attention, not of standing, and is given here only as a measure.

Evidence base

This article draws on 2 independent source lineages. Copies and mirrors of the same underlying record were collapsed into a single witness, so 2 means 2 genuinely separate publishers of record. 22 further registers were consulted and returned nothing for this heading.

In detail

the recorded working language is English.

Places of work recorded in the authority are Philadelphia. Employment is recorded with New York Journal-American, New York World and Outdoor Life.

Work by Gus Mager is recorded in the collections of Whitney Museum of American Art, Brooklyn Museum and The Newark Museum of Art.

Chronology

  1. 1878Gus Mager born at Newark.
  2. 1878Gus Mager was born in 1878 at Newark.
  3. 1923Gus Mager (1923) is digitised and catalogued by Open Library.
  4. 1923Gus Mager digitised by Open Library.
  5. 1933Wrestlers is dated 1933 and held by Whitney Museum of American Art (inventory 33.36).
  6. 1933Wrestlers (Whitney Museum of American Art).
  7. 1956Gus Mager died.
  8. 1956Gus Mager died in 1956.

Sources

Each source is named with the standing the house places on it, so the evidence can be weighed rather than taken on trust.

  1. 1.

    Open Library, catalogue records for “Gus Mager”

    Institutional database · Scholarly

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  2. 2.

    Wikidata, structured authority record Q5620727: Gus Mager

    reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikimedia Foundation

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  3. 3.

    “Gus Mager”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading

    reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikipedia

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