Archives of American Art

Richard Wunder research material on Harriet Blackstone

Summary

Collection ID:
AAA.wundrich
Creators:
Wunder, Richard P.
Dates:
1940-1986
Languages:
English
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Physical Description:
2 Linear feet
Repository:

Scope and Contents

Scope and Contents
Papers assembled by art historian and museum director, Richard Wunder, relating to the painter, Harriet Blackstone (1864-1939). Included are: research correspondence (1972-1986); mss. drafts of paintings inventories; biographical material on Blackstone; a chronological index of Blackstone's works, with an alphabetical listing of sitters; an extensive photograph file of Blackstone's paintings and drawings: a drawings file, consisting of photocopies of drawings with attached registration sheets; writings on Blackstone by Wunder, Stell Andersen, and Esther Morgan McCullough (unpublished); and a catalog for a 1984 Blackstone exhibition at Bennington College.

Biographical / Historical

Biographical / Historical
Art historian; New York. Blackstone was a painter as well as a friend and colleague of William Merritt Chase and Thomas Wilmer Dewing.

Administration

Immediate Source of Acquisition
Donated 1998 by Richard P. Wunder.

Using the Collection

Conditions Governing Access
Use of original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C., Research Center. Contact Reference Services for more information.

Keywords

Keywords table of terms and types.
Keyword Terms Keyword Types
Blackstone, Harriet, 1864-1939 Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Andersen, Stell Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
McCullough, Esther Morgan Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid

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