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Marsden Hartley in Maine ; illustrated manuscript, 1945

Catalog Data

Creator:
Ames, Polly Scribner, 1908-  Search this
Subject:
Hartley, Marsden  Search this
Young, Katie  Search this
Type:
Watercolor paintings
Graphite drawings.
Place:
Maine -- Pictorial works
Place of publication, production, or execution:
Other
Physical Description:
1 Item, (35 p.); 12 sheets with drawings
Access Note / Rights:
Use of original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C., Research Center. Microfilmed materials must be consulted on microfilm. Contact Reference Services for more information.
Summary:
Typed manuscript "Marsden Hartley in Maine (through the eyes of Katie Young of Corea, Maine)." 12 drawings, 8 in pencil and 4 in watercolor, illustrate the manuscript. The drawings mostly illustrate the house and town in Maine where Hartley spent the last years of his life. 11 drawings are titled and one is signed: Scribner Ames. Archives also owns a copy of the published work, inscribed by Ames to former curator Garnett McCoy (not microfilmed).
Citation:
Marsden Hartley in Maine ; illustrated manuscript, 1945. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Additional Forms:
35mm microfilm reel D22 available at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
Biography Note:
Painter, illustrator.
Language Note:
English .
Provenance:
Donated 1959 by Polly Scribner Ames.
Location Note:
Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, 750 9th St. NW, Washington, D.C. 20001
Topic:
Landscape painting  Search this
Theme:
Lives of artists  Search this
Record number:
(DSI-AAA_CollID)5619
(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)208453
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Theme:
Lives of artists
Data Source:
Archives of American Art
EDAN-URL:
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