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Summary:
Letters received mostly from her friends, artists Edmund Tarbell and Bela Lyon Pratt of Boston, for whom she worked as a model during 1907-1908. Also included are a few clippings and a photograph of a Tarbell painting ("Girl Reading") for which West modelled.
Citation:
Charlotte Barton West letters, 1907-1940. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Additional Forms:
35mm microfilm reel 75 (frames 1034-1099) available at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
Biography Note:
Artists' model.
Language Note:
English .
Provenance:
Donated 1971 by Larry Curry, a Los Angeles art historian who collected the material from West.
Location Note:
Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, 750 9th St. NW, Washington, D.C. 20001