- Published / Created:
- 1955
- Call Number:
- JWJ MSS 4
- Collection Title:
- Beauford Delaney letters to Larry Wallrich
- Container / Volume:
- Box 1 | Folder 5
- Image Count:
- 57
- Resource Type:
- Archives or Manuscripts
- Abstract:
- 97 letters and cards. Delaney writes first from Yaddo in New York and then from Paris. Delaney's letters are primarily personal in nature with frequent comments about his philosophy of life and the value of friendship, and inquiries about mutual friends. Delaney also mentions his work, exhibits, and the sale of paintings in Wallrich's possession.
- Description:
- Beauford Delaney (1901-1979), artist, was born in Knoxville, Tennessee. In 1929 he moved to New York where he gained a reputation as a portraitist. Delaney spent the last 26 years of his life in Paris., Larry Wallrich, founder of the Phoenix Bookshop in Greenwich Village, was a close friend of Delaney's and assisted him in the sale of his paintings in the United States., and Purchased from Serendipity Books, 1994.
- Subject (Name):
- Delaney, Beauford, 1901-1979 and Wallrich, Larry
- Subject (Topic):
- African American artists, African American artists--France--Paris, African American painters, Expatriate painters--France--Paris, and Painters--United States
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Correspondence
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- Published / Created:
- 1954
- Call Number:
- JWJ MSS 4
- Collection Title:
- Beauford Delaney letters to Larry Wallrich
- Container / Volume:
- Box 1 | Folder 4
- Image Count:
- 63
- Resource Type:
- Archives or Manuscripts
- Abstract:
- 97 letters and cards. Delaney writes first from Yaddo in New York and then from Paris. Delaney's letters are primarily personal in nature with frequent comments about his philosophy of life and the value of friendship, and inquiries about mutual friends. Delaney also mentions his work, exhibits, and the sale of paintings in Wallrich's possession.
- Description:
- Beauford Delaney (1901-1979), artist, was born in Knoxville, Tennessee. In 1929 he moved to New York where he gained a reputation as a portraitist. Delaney spent the last 26 years of his life in Paris., Larry Wallrich, founder of the Phoenix Bookshop in Greenwich Village, was a close friend of Delaney's and assisted him in the sale of his paintings in the United States., and Purchased from Serendipity Books, 1994.
- Subject (Name):
- Delaney, Beauford, 1901-1979 and Wallrich, Larry
- Subject (Topic):
- African American artists, African American artists--France--Paris, African American painters, Expatriate painters--France--Paris, and Painters--United States
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Correspondence
- Published / Created:
- 1930-1965
- Call Number:
- YCAL MSS 468
- Collection Title:
- Sara and Gerald Murphy papers
- Container / Volume:
- Box 4 | Folder 85
- Image Count:
- 55
- Resource Type:
- Archives or Manuscripts
- Subject (Name):
- Léger, Fernand, 1881-1955
- Subject (Topic):
- Painters--United States
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Léger, Fernand
- Published / Created:
- 1930-1965
- Call Number:
- YCAL MSS 468
- Collection Title:
- Sara and Gerald Murphy papers
- Container / Volume:
- Box 5 | 86-87
- Image Count:
- 60
- Resource Type:
- Archives or Manuscripts
- Abstract:
- Folder 86 completely digitized.
- Subject (Name):
- Léger, Fernand, 1881-1955
- Subject (Topic):
- Painters--United States
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Léger, Fernand