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Creator:
Laurent, Robert, 1890-1970  Search this
Subject:
Field, Hamilton Easter  Search this
Gross, Chaim  Search this
Lachaise, Gaston  Search this
Smith, David  Search this
Courtois, Gustave  Search this
Dasburg, Andrew  Search this
Davies, Arthur B. (Arthur Bowen)  Search this
Fiene, Ernest  Search this
Goodrich, Lloyd  Search this
Halpert, Edith Gregor  Search this
Hart, George Overbury  Search this
Hassam, Childe  Search this
Henri, Robert  Search this
Hope, Henry R. (Henry Radford)  Search this
Kuhn, Walt  Search this
Kuniyoshi, Yasuo  Search this
Lipchitz, Jacques  Search this
McFee, William  Search this
Nadelman, Elie  Search this
McBride, Henry  Search this
Pascin, Jules  Search this
Prendergast, Maurice Brazil  Search this
Rattner, Abraham  Search this
Ryder, Albert Pinkham  Search this
Soyer, Raphael  Search this
Speicher, Eugene Edward  Search this
Stella, Joseph  Search this
Sterne, Maurice  Search this
Stieglitz, Alfred  Search this
Strater, Henry  Search this
Zorach, William  Search this
Laurent, John  Search this
Avery, Milton  Search this
Barnes, Albert C. (Albert Coombs)  Search this
Bellows, George  Search this
Berenson, Bernard  Search this
Bluemner, Oscar  Search this
Calder, Alexander  Search this
Careas, Jean  Search this
Place of publication, production, or execution:
Other
Physical Description:
3.7 Linear feet, (on 8 microfilmed reels + 1 photograph not microfilmed)
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; manuscripts and writings; lists of works of art; photographs; biographical material; gallery and foundry files; notes and speeches; financial material; scrapbook; guest book; magazines; exhibition catalogs; clippings; and printed material.
REEL N68-2: Letters from George Bellows, Bernard Berenson, Elliott Daingerfield, Arthur B. Davies, Roger Fry, John Marin, Joseph Pennell, Man Ray, John Sloan, Max Weber, J. Alden Weir, and others. Two highly detailed letters from Maurice Sterne in 1913 describe that artist's life in Bali. Also included are signatures of American artists from a guest book, and a 1966 catalog of the Hamilton Easter Field Art Foundation Collection.
REEL N68-3 Letters from Childe Hassam, Walt Kuhn, Yasuo Kuniyoshi, Gaston Lachaise, Elie Nadelman, David Smith, Alfred Stieglitz, William Zorach, Oscar Bluemner, Albert C. Barnes, Andrew Dasburg, Ernest Fiene, Pop Hart, Robert Henri, Joseph Stella, Maurice Sterne, and others. Also included are manuscripts, lists of works of art, and photographs of Laurent with Hamiltion Easter Field, Bernard Kariol and others.
REEL 2: Personal data sheet, exhibition catalogs and magazines containing articles by or about Laurent, ca. 1920-1965.
REEL 497: John Laurent's collection of 34 letters, 1902-1960, to Robert Laurent and Hamiltion Easter Field. The 6 letters to Field are from Bernhard Berenson, George Bellows, Maurice Prendergast, Pop Hart, Gustov Courtois, and John Carpenter. The 28 letters to Robert Laurent are from Albert P. Ryder, Gaston Lachaise, Raphael Soyer, Walt Kuhn, Robert Henri, Alfred Stieglitz, Arthur B. Davies, Milton Avery, Alexander Calder, Henry McBride, William McFee, Jules Pascin, Jean Careas, and two unidentified artists.
REEL 2063: Photographs, ca. 1930-1962, of Laurent, his studio, exhibitions, and works of art.
REELS 2065-2067: Biographical material; correspondence from Maurice Sterne, Yasuo Kuniyoshi, Edith Halpert, Henry Hope, Henry Strater, Lloyd Goodrich, David Smith, Walt Kuhn, William Zorach, Ernest Fiene, and Samuel Wood Gaylor; gallery and foundry files; notes, writings, and speeches; financial material; lists of works of art; blueprints; exhibition and printed material, clippings, and a scrapbook; photos of source material and works of art owned by Laurent; and material concerning Hamilton Easter Field, Laurent's teacher and friend, including correspondence, guest book signatures, financial and legal papers and Field Foundation material.
REEL 2155: Photographs of Laurent's works of art with catalog sheets listing the title, date, medium, size, ownership, and exhibition information for each work, ca. 1920-1967. Also included are photographs of Laurent in his studio and with others, including Gaston Lachaise and David Smith; a photo of Chaim Gross; and photos of the Ogunquit Museum in Maine.
UNMICROFILMED: A black and white photograph of the Field Foundation Dinner Auction-Dinner-Dance, Ogunquit, Maine. Depicted are Lloyd Goodrich, Yasuo Kuniyoshi, William Zorach, Robert Laurent, Emil Ganso and others.
Citation:
Robert Laurent papers, 1869-1973. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Additional Forms:
35mm microfilm reels N68-2-N68-3, 2, 497, 2063, 2065-2067 & 2155 available at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
Location of Originals:
Reels N68-2-N68-3: Originals returned to Robert Laurent after microfilming.
Reel 497: Originals returned to John Laurent after microfilming.
Biography Note:
Painter, sculptor, teacher, etcher, and writer; Brooklyn, New York & Ogunquit, Maine. Laurent studied under Hamilton Easter Field, and both were from Brooklyn, N.Y. and were involved in the summer art colony in Oguniquit, Maine.
Language Note:
English .
Provenance:
Material on reels N68-2-N68-3 was lent for microfilming 1968 by Robert Laurent; he donated material on reel 2 1966; material on reel 497 was lent for microfilming 1973 by John Laurent, son of Robert Laurent; material on reels 2063, 2065-2067 was donated 1978 by John Laurent; He donated additional material on reel 2155 and not filmed with his brother Paul in 1981.
Location Note:
Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, 750 9th St. NW, Washington, D.C. 20001
Topic:
Painting, Modern -- 20th century  Search this
Sculpture, Modern -- 20th century  Search this
Etching, Modern -- 20th century  Search this
Theme:
Lives of artists  Search this
Record number:
(DSI-AAA_CollID)9717
(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)211998
AAA_collcode_laurrobe
Theme:
Lives of artists
Data Source:
Archives of American Art
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:AAADCD_coll_211998