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Archives of American Art
Wendell Jones papers
Summary
- Collection ID:
- AAA.jonewend
- Creators:
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Jones, Wendell, 1899-1956
- Dates:
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1933-1969
- Languages:
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English.
- Physical Description:
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0.5 Linear feet(200 items)
- Repository:
Scope and Contents
Scope and Contents
Letters, undated and 1937-1961, mostly dealing with Jones' mural in the Rome, N.Y. Post Office, done for the Section of Fine Arts; correspondence with Edward Bruce, Forbes Watson, Juliana Force, Edward Rowan, and Eugene Speicher; photographs of Jones, his family, his paintings, and of other Woodstock area artists including Philip Guston, Yasuo Kuniyoshi, Harry Burlin, Herman Cherry, Marion Greenwood, Raoul Hague, Fletcher Martin, and Dorothy Varian; a contract, 1940, for a the Post Office mural; and other business records including check stubs, vouchers and receipts.
Scope and Contents
Also included are a manuscript by Jones entitled "Article of Faith" for MAGAZINE OF ART, October, 1940; a scrapbook of clippings; and exhibition catalogs, 1957-1969, a press release, 1938, and several clippings, 1933-1948.
Biographical / Historical
Biographical / Historical
Painter and muralist; Woodstock, N.Y.; b. 1899; d. 1956.
Administration
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Donated 1982 and 1983 by Jane Jones widow of Wendell Jones.
Using the Collection
Conditions Governing Access
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Keywords
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