26 letters, most autograph letters, signed, from Mauclair to French author François Jean-Desthieux, 1916-1936 and undated, about art criticism, discussing Gustave Ricard and other artists; 2 autograph letters, signed, to Jean-Desthieux from Mauclair's wife, Marguerite Mauclair, 1916 and 1917; and 22 autograph letters, signed, from Mauclair to French author André Dezarrois, 1930-1934 and undated, about authors Robert d'Humières, Francis de Miomandre, Lucien Rolmer, Paul Valéry, and others. Letters to Jean-Desthieux are accompanied by notes and summaries made by an unidentified former owner, in French.
Description:
Camille Mauclair (1872-1945), French author, literary critic, and art critic., Letters to Dezarrois: Purchased from Les Autographes on the Edwin J. Beinecke Book Fund, 2004., and Letters to Jean-Desthieux: Purchased from Gallerie Arts et Autographes on the Edwin J. Beinecke Book Fund, 2002.
Subject (Name):
Dezarrois, André
Subject (Topic):
Art criticism--France, Art critics--France, Authors, French--20th century--Archives, Criticism--France, and Critics--France
Collection contains correspondence, writings, and other papers. Correspondence consists of letters to Dunan from writers, editors, friends, and others including Louis Artus, Jean Bouchary, Rodolphe Bringer, André Coeuroy, Paul Louis Couchoud, Henry D. Davray, Pierre Dominique, Gustave Geffroy, Henri Guilac, Maurice Hamel, Charles Hennebois, René Jouglet, René Kieffer, Albert Lantoine, Paul Laffitte, René Maran, Victor Margueritte, Jacques Natanson, Pierre Rives, Edmond Rocher, Guillermo de Torre, and Octave Uzanne. Writings consists of numerous short drafts, corrected. Other papers include a small quantity of clippings, financial records, manuscript fragments, and printed ephemera.
Description:
Purchased from Les Amazones on the Edith and Richard French Fund, 2009. and Renée Dunan, French author and poet.
Carl Van Vechten papers relating to African American arts and letters
Container / Volume:
Box 14 | 338-345
Image Count:
4
Resource Type:
Archives or Manuscripts
Abstract:
Includes typescript draft verses for God's Trombones with autograph note from Johnson to CVV (1926); color brochure of the Imperial Hotel in Tokyo, with autograph note from Johnson to CVV (1929)
Alternative Title:
[Autograph letter signed 1926] October 18, Paris [to] Carl Van Vechten, New York, N.Y
Description:
See also: Photoduplicated letters from Johnson to CVV in Box 50
26 letters, most autograph letters, signed, from Mauclair to French author François Jean-Desthieux, 1916-1936 and undated, about art criticism, discussing Gustave Ricard and other artists; 2 autograph letters, signed, to Jean-Desthieux from Mauclair's wife, Marguerite Mauclair, 1916 and 1917; and 22 autograph letters, signed, from Mauclair to French author André Dezarrois, 1930-1934 and undated, about authors Robert d'Humières, Francis de Miomandre, Lucien Rolmer, Paul Valéry, and others. Letters to Jean-Desthieux are accompanied by notes and summaries made by an unidentified former owner, in French. and 4 of 4 folders completely digitized.
Description:
Camille Mauclair (1872-1945), French author, literary critic, and art critic., Letters to Dezarrois: Purchased from Les Autographes on the Edwin J. Beinecke Book Fund, 2004., and Letters to Jean-Desthieux: Purchased from Gallerie Arts et Autographes on the Edwin J. Beinecke Book Fund, 2002.
Subject (Name):
Jean-Desthieux, F. (François), 1893-1944
Subject (Topic):
Art criticism--France, Art critics--France, Authors, French--20th century--Archives, Criticism--France, and Critics--France