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Creator:
Read, Helen Appleton, 1897-1974  Search this
Subject:
Henri, Robert  Search this
Kent, Rockwell  Search this
Speicher, Eugene Edward  Search this
Portraits (Gallery: New York, N.Y.)  Search this
Type:
Scrapbooks
Place of publication, production, or execution:
Other
Physical Description:
1.6 Linear feet
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.
Summary:
Correspondence, biographical data, writings, lectures, articles, printed material, scrapbooks, and photographs.
REEL N736: Five volumes of the Sunday art pages of the Brooklyn Daily Eagle, 1922-1935.
REELS 3094-3096: Biographical data; correspondence with Samuel Reyburn, President of Lord and Taylor, concerning an exhibition of modern French decorative art; letters from Eugene Speicher and others and one from Rockwell Kent, 1946, discussing his relationship with Robert Henri; a transcript from the New York School Art League broadcast "Meet the Artist" in which Read discusses portrait painting; notes, lectures and articles; 4 scrapbooks containing biographical data, letters, exhibition invitations and catalogs from Portraits, Inc. and other galleries, clippings, her articles for the Brooklyn Daily Eagle, Smith College memorabilia and photographs; photographs of portraits, Read, her friends and family; and lecture announcements.
Citation:
Helen Appleton Read papers, [ca. 1920]-1974. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Additional Forms:
35mm microfilm reels N736 and 3094-3096 available at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
Location of Originals:
Reel N736: Originals in Smith College Archives.
Related Materials:
Materials of Helen Appleton Read, 1922-1972, are also located at Smith College.
Biography Note:
Art critic for the Brooklyn Daily Eagle and gallery director of Portraits, Inc., Portrait Center of America, New York, N.Y.
Language Note:
English .
Provenance:
Material on reels 3094-3096 donated by Helen Read Trent, Read's daughter, 1975. Scrapbooks on reel N736 lent for microfilming by Helen Appleton Read, 1967. Read subsequently donated them to Smith College.
Location Note:
Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, 750 9th St. NW, Washington, D.C. 20001
Topic:
Art and state  Search this
Art criticism -- New York (State) -- New York  Search this
Portrait painting, American -- New York (State) -- New York  Search this
Women art critics  Search this
Theme:
Research and writing about art  Search this
Record number:
(DSI-AAA_CollID)9184
(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)211379
AAA_collcode_readhele
Theme:
Research and writing about art
Data Source:
Archives of American Art
EDAN-URL:
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