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Creator:
West, Charlotte Barton, 1887-  Search this
Subject:
Tarbell, Edmund Charles  Search this
Pratt, Bela Lyon  Search this
Place of publication, production, or execution:
Other
Physical Description:
36 Items, (on partial microfilm reel)
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:
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
Theme:
Art instruction and services  Search this
Record number:
(DSI-AAA_CollID)8758
(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)210939
AAA_collcode_westchar
Theme:
Art instruction and services
Data Source:
Archives of American Art
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:AAADCD_coll_210939