Archives of American Art

Charles Sheeler letter collection

Summary

Collection ID:
AAA.sheechls
Creators:
Sheeler, Charles, 1883-1965
Dates:
1939-1958
Languages:
English
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Physical Description:
19 Items
(on partial microfilm reel)
Repository:

Scope and Contents

Scope and Contents
Letters assembled from various sources written by Charles Sheeler. Included are four letters and a postcard to Dr. Helen W. Boignon, a collector and owner of a Sheeler painting; four, 1957-58, to George M. Craven, a graduate student in art history; and ten, 1939-1957 and undated, to the poet William Carlos Williams, a friend of Sheeler.
Scope and Contents
In the letters to Boignon, Sheeler thanks her for praising his work, and briefly describes projects he's working on, such as the commission for General Motors with the architect Eero Saarinen. He writes Craven in response to a research paper on photography in the 1930s (also included) which Craven had sent earlier, and regarding his exhibitions. In the more lengthy letters to Williams, he discusses poetry, his work, and activities, mentioning in one his stay in Maine at John Marin's house where Herbert Seligmann was a neighbor.

Biographical / Historical

Biographical / Historical
Painter, lithographer, photographer; Irvington-on-Hudson, N.Y.

Administration

Existence and Location of Copies
35mm microfilm reel NY59-5 available at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
Existence and Location of Originals
Originals returned to lenders, Boignon, Craven, and Williams, after microfilming.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Lent for microfilming, 1958.

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

Keywords table of terms and types.
Keyword Terms Keyword Types
Art -- Collectors and collecting Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Artists -- United States Occupation Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Poets Occupation Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Painters -- New York (State) -- Irvington-on-Hudson Occupation Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Boignon, Helen W. Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Craven, George M., 1929- Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Williams, William Carlos, 1883-1963 Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid

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