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Creator:
Chidsey, G. Alan  Search this
Subject:
Hartley, Marsden  Search this
Jackson, Martha Kellogg  Search this
McCausland, Elizabeth  Search this
Stieglitz, Alfred  Search this
Place of publication, production, or execution:
Other
Physical Description:
6.6 Linear feet, (partially microfilmed on 2 reels)
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:
Correspondence; scrapbooks; photographs; clippings; and catalogs, much of it relating to Marsden Hartley.
REEL 1708: 3 letters from Mardsen Hartley; Chidsey's correspondence with Elizabeth McCausland, Martha Jackson, E. Weyhe, Inc., Frank Noyes, Sanford Schwartz, and others regarding the Marsden Hartley Estate; appraisals and price lists of paintings; clippings; a photograph of Marsden Hartley by Alfred Steiglitz, and another of Hartley in France.
REEL N69-115: Photographs of Hartley paintings, 1908-1943, identified by their 1944 location (Rosenberg, Knoedler, or Lincoln warehouse) and, in some cases, their subsequent date of sale, purchaser, price, and estate number, going as late as 1969. A note by Alan Chidsey indicates that many of the paintings were sold before Hartley's estate was inventoried in 1951.
UNMICROFILMED: 5,800 clippings concerning twentieth century American artists; 18 Parke-Bernet auction catalogs; and 3 scrapbooks, entitled "Artists and Models," containing cartoon clippings.
Citation:
G. Alan Chidsey papers, 1920-1979. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Additional Forms:
35mm microfilm reels N69-115 and 1708 available at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
Biography Note:
Book dealer and lawyer; Plandom, N.Y. Chidsey served as trustee to the Marsden Hartley estate.
Language Note:
English .
Provenance:
Donated 1979 by Alan G. Chidsey.
Location Note:
Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, 750 9th St. NW, Washington, D.C. 20001
Topic:
Painting, Modern -- 20th century  Search this
Theme:
Lives of artists  Search this
Record number:
(DSI-AAA_CollID)7407
(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)209564
AAA_collcode_chidg
Theme:
Lives of artists
Data Source:
Archives of American Art
EDAN-URL:
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