Archives of American Art

Charlotte Barton West letters

Summary

Collection ID:
AAA.westchar
Creators:
West, Charlotte Barton, b. 1887
Dates:
1907-1940
Languages:
English
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Physical Description:
36 Items
(on partial microfilm reel)
Repository:

Scope and Contents

Scope and Contents
Letters received mostly from her friends, artists Edmund Tarbell and Bela Lyon Pratt of Boston, for whom she worked as a model during 1907-1908. Also included are a few clippings and a photograph of a Tarbell painting ("Girl Reading") for which West modelled.

Biographical / Historical

Biographical / Historical
Artists' model.

Administration

Existence and Location of Copies
35mm microfilm reel 75 (frames 1034-1099) available at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Donated 1971 by Larry Curry, a Los Angeles art historian who collected the material from West.

Using the Collection

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.

Keywords

Keywords table of terms and types.
Keyword Terms Keyword Types
Artists' models -- Massachusetts -- Boston Occupation Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Artists' models -- Massachusetts -- Boston Occupation Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Tarbell, Edmund Charles, 1862-1938 Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Pratt, Bela Lyon, 1867-1917 Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid

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