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Archives of American Art
Mahonri Young sketchbook
Summary
- Collection ID:
- AAA.younmaho
- Creators:
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Young, Mahonri Mackintosh, 1877-1957
- Dates:
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1930-1937
- Languages:
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English.
- Physical Description:
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1 Volume(on partial microfilm reel)
- Repository:
Scope and Contents
Scope and Contents
Sketchbook created for Isabelle Manship, wife of sculptor Paul Manship, with an inscription dated March 16, 1930, containing sketches of animals, birds, Indians, nudes, construction workers, peasants, and other subjects, including a sketch of a Pekinese, dated February 7, 1937, which was assumed to have been added by Young during a visit to Manship.
Biographical / Historical
Biographical / Historical
Painter, sculptor, writer, instructor; New York, N.Y.; Ridgefield, Conn.
Administration
Existence and Location of Copies
35mm microfilm reel 4599 available at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
Existence and Location of Originals
Originals returned to lender after microfilming.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Lent for microfilming 1993 by Isabel Natti, granddaughter of Isabelle Manship.
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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Watercolorists. -- Connecticut -- Ridgefield | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Sketchbooks | Genre Form | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Painters -- New York (State) -- New York | Occupation | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Watercolorists -- New York (State) -- New York | Occupation | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Painters -- Connecticut -- Ridgefield | Occupation | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Manship, Isabelle | Personal Name | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
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