Artists’ Papers
1636-2007 (bulk 1800s-1980s)
Marc Chagall (1887-1985) Delacroix, Eugène (1798-1863) Winslow Homer (1836-1910) Georgia O'Keeffe (1877-1986) John Singer Sargent (1856-1925) J. M. W. Turner (1775-1851)
More than six hundred artists are represented in this collection of correspondence and other documents from American and European artists, including Marc Chagall, Eugene Delacroix, Winslow Homer, Georgia O’Keeffe, John Singer Sargent, and J.M.W. Turner. The material ranges in content from dinner invitations to discussions of the Royal Academy to analyses of specific works of art. In addition to the correspondence, the collection includes some sketches, photographic portraits, engravings, and obituaries.
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Holograph and typescript correspondence, drawings, printed papers, black and white photographic prints, engravings, and ephemera.