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Archives of American Art
Marsden Hartley in Maine ; illustrated manuscript
Summary
- Collection ID:
- AAA.amespoll
- Creators:
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Ames, Scribner, 1908-
- Dates:
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1945
- Languages:
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English.
- Physical Description:
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1 Item(35 p.); 12 sheets with drawings
- Repository:
Scope and Contents
Scope and Contents
Typed manuscript "Marsden Hartley in Maine (through the eyes of Katie Young of Corea, Maine)." 12 drawings, 8 in pencil and 4 in watercolor, illustrate the manuscript. The drawings mostly illustrate the house and town in Maine where Hartley spent the last years of his life. 11 drawings are titled and one is signed: Scribner Ames. Archives also owns a copy of the published work, inscribed by Ames to former curator Garnett McCoy (not microfilmed).
Biographical / Historical
Biographical / Historical
Painter, illustrator.
Administration
Existence and Location of Copies
35mm microfilm reel D22 available at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Donated 1959 by Polly Scribner Ames.
Using the Collection
Medium
Pencil and watercolor drawing on paper sewn to paper backing 13 x 21 cm. or smaller on sheet 22.7 x 30.5 cm.
Conditions Governing Access
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.
More Information
Bibliography
- Scribner Ames, Richard Sprague, ed., Marsden Hartley in Maine (through the Eyes of Katie Young of Corea, Maine) (Orono, Maine: University of Maine Press, 1972)
Bibliography
Keywords
Keyword Terms | Keyword Types | ||
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Landscape painting | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Maine -- Pictorial works | Geographic | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Book illustrators | Occupation | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Landscape painters | Occupation | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Painters | Occupation | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Watercolor paintings | Genre Form | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Graphite drawings. | Genre Form | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Hartley, Marsden, 1877-1943 | Personal Name | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Young, Katie | Personal Name | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
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