United States. Department of the Treasury. Section of Fine Arts Search this
Type:
Scrapbooks
Place of publication, production, or execution:
Other
Physical Description:
0.5 Linear feet, (200 items)
Access Note / Rights:
Use of original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C., Research Center. Contact Reference Services for more information.
Summary:
Letters, undated and 1937-1961, mostly dealing with Jones' mural in the Rome, N.Y. Post Office, done for the Section of Fine Arts; correspondence with Edward Bruce, Forbes Watson, Juliana Force, Edward Rowan, and Eugene Speicher; photographs of Jones, his family, his paintings, and of other Woodstock area artists including Philip Guston, Yasuo Kuniyoshi, Harry Burlin, Herman Cherry, Marion Greenwood, Raoul Hague, Fletcher Martin, and Dorothy Varian; a contract, 1940, for a the Post Office mural; and other business records including check stubs, vouchers and receipts.
Also included are a manuscript by Jones entitled "Article of Faith" for MAGAZINE OF ART, October, 1940; a scrapbook of clippings; and exhibition catalogs, 1957-1969, a press release, 1938, and several clippings, 1933-1948.
Citation:
Wendell Jones papers, 1933-1969. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Biography Note:
Painter and muralist; Woodstock, N.Y.; b. 1899; d. 1956.
Language Note:
English .
Provenance:
Donated 1982 and 1983 by Jane Jones widow of Wendell Jones.
Location Note:
Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, 750 9th St. NW, Washington, D.C. 20001
Topic:
Artists -- New York State -- Woodstock -- Photographs Search this