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Jacob Getlar Smith papers, 1919-1966

Catalog Data

Creator:
Smith, Jacob Getlar, 1898-1958  Search this
Subject:
Chain, Jack  Search this
Criss, Francis  Search this
Edie, Stuart  Search this
Evergood, Philip  Search this
Fiene, Ernest  Search this
Gershoy, Eugenie  Search this
Gross, Chaim  Search this
Halper, Nathan  Search this
Kuniyoshi, Yasuo  Search this
Levi, Julian E. (Julian Edwin)  Search this
Marsh, Reginald  Search this
Matulka, Jan  Search this
Scaravaglione, Concetta  Search this
Stone, Irving  Search this
Tamotsu, Ch?z?  Search this
Benton, Thomas Hart  Search this
Cadmus, Paul  Search this
Genauer, Emily  Search this
Prestopino, Gregorio  Search this
Sepeshy, Zoltan  Search this
Soyer, Moses  Search this
Soyer, Raphael  Search this
Zorach, William  Search this
American Artists' Congress  Search this
Type:
Drawings
Place of publication, production, or execution:
Other
Physical Description:
2.5 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:
Drawings, caricatures, scrapbooks, correspondence, photographs, writings, and printed material.
REELS 723-724: Two scrapbooks, 1919-1935 and 1935-1966, containing clippings, exhibition catalogs, and printed materials; and 128 letters from artists, galleries, and art organizations, including American Artists Congress, Associated American Artists Gallery, Thomas Hart Benton, Paul Cadmus, Philip Evergood, Emily Genauer, Julian Levi, Gregorio Prestopino, Zoltan Sepeshy, Moses Soyer, Raphael Soyer, William Zorach, and others.
UNMICROFILMED: Caricatures and portrait drawings by Smith of Jack Chain, Francis Criss, Stuart C. Edie, Philip Evergood, Ernest Fiene, Eugenie Gershoy, Chaim Gross, Nathan Halper, [?] Hunt, Yasuo Kuniyoshi, Julian Levi, Reginald Marsh, Jan Matulka, Concetta Scaravaglione, Irving Stone, Chuzo Tamotzu, and unidentified others. Also included is a self-portrait.
ADDITION: Ca. 40 letters; photographs, including Smith, other artists, and Woodstock, NY; draft manuscript for Smith's book, "Art and the Artist and You" (includes copy photographs of illustrations for the book); writings; exhibition catalogs and related printed material; and clippings. Ca. 35 of the letters were previously lent and microfilmed on reels 723-724.
Citation:
Jacob Getlar Smith papers, 1919-1966. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Additional Forms:
35mm microfilm reels 723-724 available at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
Location of Originals:
Reels 723-724: Originals returned to lender, David L. Smith, after microfilming. The two scrapbooks and ca. 35 letter were subsequently donated.
Biography Note:
Watercolor painter; New York, N.Y.
Language Note:
English .
Provenance:
Material on reels 723-724 lent for microfilming 1974 by David Loeffler Smith, Smith's son. He subsequently donated the 2 scrapbooks and some correspondence from the loan, along with additional unmicrofilmed material, in 1983 and 1994.
Location Note:
Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, 750 9th St. NW, Washington, D.C. 20001
Topic:
Watercolor painting  Search this
Drawing -- New York (State) -- New York  Search this
Theme:
Sketches & Sketchbooks  Search this
Lives of artists  Search this
Record number:
(DSI-AAA_CollID)7452
(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)209610
AAA_collcode_smitjaco
Theme:
Sketches & Sketchbooks
Lives of artists
Data Source:
Archives of American Art
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:AAADCD_coll_209610