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Archives of American Art
Charles Sheeler letter collection
Summary
- Collection ID:
- AAA.sheechls
- Creators:
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Sheeler, Charles, 1883-1965
- Dates:
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1939-1958
- Languages:
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English.
- Physical Description:
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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
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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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