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Creator:
Jones, Wendell, 1899-1956  Search this
Subject:
Burlin, Paul  Search this
Cherry, Herman  Search this
Greenwood, Marion  Search this
Guston, Philip  Search this
Hague, Raoul  Search this
Kuniyoshi, Yasuo  Search this
Martin, Fletcher  Search this
Hopper, Jo N. (Josephine Nivison)  Search this
Speicher, Eugene Edward  Search this
Watson, Forbes  Search this
Bruce, Edward  Search this
Rowan, Edward Beatty  Search this
Force, Juliana  Search this
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
Theme:
Lives of artists  Search this
Record number:
(DSI-AAA_CollID)6719
(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)208844
AAA_collcode_jonewend
Theme:
Lives of artists
Data Source:
Archives of American Art
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:AAADCD_coll_208844