Archives of American Art

Life of Charles Erskine Scott Wood, a renaissance man / by his grandson Erskine Wood

Summary

Collection ID:
AAA.woodersk
Creators:
Wood, Erskine
Dates:
c1978
Languages:
English
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Physical Description:
167 Pages
(on 1 microfilm reel)
ill.
24 cm.
Repository:

Scope and Contents

Scope and Contents
Copy 439 of limited edition of 500. The book is inscribed "To my good friend Alex Parks, January 5, 1979 Erskine Wood."

Biographical / Historical

Biographical / Historical
Charles Erskine Scott Wood was a lawyer, painter, and good friend of J. Alden Weir. He painted with Childe Hassam. A Ryder painting "Jonah and the Whale," once owned by Wood is now in the Smithsonian's National Museum of American Art.

Administration

Existence and Location of Copies
35mm microfilm reel 3851 available at Archives of American Art through interlibrary loan.
Existence and Location of Originals
Original returned to National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institution after microfilming.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Microfilmed 1987 in association with the National Museum of American Art, which had borrowed the book from Mr. Alex Parks of Portland, Oregon, a senior partner in the law firm Wood started, and in which Erskine Wood practices.

Using the Collection

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

More Information

Publication, Distribution, Etc. (Imprint)

Publication, Distribution, Etc. (Imprint)
[s.l.] Wood, c1978

Keywords

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