Archives of American Art

Richard Lahey papers

Summary

Collection ID:
AAA.laherich
Creators:
Lahey, Richard, b. 1893
Dates:
1919-1970
Languages:
English
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Physical Description:
120 Items
(microfilmed on 2 reels)
Repository:

Scope and Contents

Scope and Contents
A letter; postcard; illustrated notes; photographs; exhibition announcements; drawings; watercolors; lithographs; catalogs; and clippings.
Scope and Contents
REEL 284: Original works, including drawings, watercolors, lithographs and charcoal and wash drawing; photographs of Lahey and his work; catalogs; and clippings.
Scope and Contents
REEL 378: One letter and one postcard from Robert Henri, 1927, commending a Lahey etching and describing his own studio; illustrated notes from Lahey and his wife, artist Carlotta Gonzales, to her mother; Lahey's recollections of Kenneth Hayes Miller and Edward Hopper; photographs of Lahey with Robert Laurent, cartoonists Cliff Sterret and Rudolf Dirks, with Art Students League members, and of Miller in class and at work; exhibition announcements; a design for ship camouflage, with a clipping on World War I camouflage; and six drawings.

Biographical / Historical

Biographical / Historical
Painter, printmaker, lecturer; Washington, D.C.; b. 1893; d. 1979

Administration

Existence and Location of Copies
35mm microfilm reels 284 & 378 available for use at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
Existence and Location of Originals
Originals returned to Richard Lahey after microfilming.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Lent for microfilming 1972 by Richard Lahey.

Using the Collection

Conditions Governing Access
The Archives of American art does not own the original papers. Use is limited to the microfilm copy.

Keywords

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Painters -- Washington (D.C.) Occupation Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Printmakers -- Washington (D.C.) Occupation Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid

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