Correspondence, photographs, and an incomplete catalog raisonné related to the work of artist Charles Demuth, which Richard W. C. Weyand collected and compiled from 1940 to 1955, as well as auction catalogs related to Weyand's estate, 1957-1976. Correspondence in the collection documents artwork created by Demuth and owned by different persons and institutions, while circa 125 photographs document work created by Demuth, circa 1906-1934.
Description:
Charles Demuth (1883-1935) was an American watercolor artist who turned to oils late in his career and developed a modern art movement known as Precisionism., Folios 203, 207, 209-10, 213, 216, 218, 220, 227-229, 244, 250-260, 272-276, 287-289, 291-292, and 298 are missing., Gift of Ann Grether Hill, 1988., and Richard W. C. Weyand (1905-1956), born Richard Conklin Weyand, was the son of Edwin Stanton Weyand (1863-1913) and Wilhelmina Thompson Weyand (1873-1943). He had two sisters, Dorothy Adams Weyand Grether (1897-1982) and Louise Victoria Weyand White (1899-1924), as well as two brothers, Edwin Stanton Weyand (1903-1973) and William Rodgers Weyand (1908-1970). Weyand served in the United States Navy during World War II, 1942-1945. Weyand and Robert Evans Locher (1888-1956), a close friend of artist Charles Demuth, operated an antique store and lived in the former home of Demuth in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, 1943-1956.
Subject (Name):
Demuth, Charles, 1883-1935, Demuth, Charles, 1883-1935--Catalogs, Demuth, Charles, 1883-1935--Pictorial works, Locher, Robert Evans, 1888-1956, Stieglitz, Alfred, 1864-1946, and Weyand, Richard W. C., 1905-1956
Subject (Topic):
Artists--Pennsylvania--Lancaster, LGBTQ resource, and Precisionism--Pennsylvania--Lancaster
Correspondence, photographs, and an incomplete catalog raisonné related to the work of artist Charles Demuth, which Richard W. C. Weyand collected and compiled from 1940 to 1955, as well as auction catalogs related to Weyand's estate, 1957-1976. Correspondence in the collection documents artwork created by Demuth and owned by different persons and institutions, while circa 125 photographs document work created by Demuth, circa 1906-1934.
Description:
Charles Demuth (1883-1935) was an American watercolor artist who turned to oils late in his career and developed a modern art movement known as Precisionism., Folio 303 is missing., Gift of Ann Grether Hill, 1988., and Richard W. C. Weyand (1905-1956), born Richard Conklin Weyand, was the son of Edwin Stanton Weyand (1863-1913) and Wilhelmina Thompson Weyand (1873-1943). He had two sisters, Dorothy Adams Weyand Grether (1897-1982) and Louise Victoria Weyand White (1899-1924), as well as two brothers, Edwin Stanton Weyand (1903-1973) and William Rodgers Weyand (1908-1970). Weyand served in the United States Navy during World War II, 1942-1945. Weyand and Robert Evans Locher (1888-1956), a close friend of artist Charles Demuth, operated an antique store and lived in the former home of Demuth in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, 1943-1956.
Subject (Name):
Demuth, Charles, 1883-1935, Demuth, Charles, 1883-1935--Catalogs, Demuth, Charles, 1883-1935--Pictorial works, Locher, Robert Evans, 1888-1956, O'Keeffe, Georgia, 1887-1986, Stettheimer, Florine, 1871-1944, and Weyand, Richard W. C., 1905-1956
Subject (Topic):
Artists--Pennsylvania--Lancaster, LGBTQ resource, and Precisionism--Pennsylvania--Lancaster
Collection consists of correspondence (boxes 1-3), photographs, and printed and other materials relating to Irene and William ("Billy") R. Rose. Correspondents include African-American artists and cultural figures such as Beauford Delaney, Elton C. Fax, Charles Holland, Frederick O'Neal, and Vereda Pearson, among others. Other noteworthy correspondents include Brooks Atkinson and Eleanor Olson. There are photographs (box 4) of Irene and Billy Rose, family, and friends, including Delaney and Holland. Printed materials (box 4) relate to correspondents in the collection and, more generally, to the experience of African-Americans in the middle decades of the twentieth century. For example, there is ephemera relating to events, including performances and exhibitions, to organizations such as the N.A.A.C.P., and to social justice issues, including the Civil Rights movement. In addition, there is one autograph poem to Delaney, signed, by Alfred Stieglitz
Description:
Chiefly in English; some material in French.
Subject (Geographic):
United States. and United States
Subject (Name):
Atkinson, Brooks, 1894-1984., Delaney, Beauford, 1901-1979., Fax, Elton C., Olson, Eleanor., O'Neal, Frederick, 1905-1992., Pearson, Vereda., Irene Rose., Rose, W. R., Stieglitz, Alfred, 1864-1946., and National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.
Subject (Topic):
African Americans, Civil rights, Social conditions, and Civil rights movements
Collection consists of correspondence (boxes 1-3), photographs, and printed and other materials relating to Irene and William ("Billy") R. Rose. Correspondents include African-American artists and cultural figures such as Beauford Delaney, Elton C. Fax, Charles Holland, Frederick O'Neal, and Vereda Pearson, among others. Other noteworthy correspondents include Brooks Atkinson and Eleanor Olson. There are photographs (box 4) of Irene and Billy Rose, family, and friends, including Delaney and Holland. Printed materials (box 4) relate to correspondents in the collection and, more generally, to the experience of African-Americans in the middle decades of the twentieth century. For example, there is ephemera relating to events, including performances and exhibitions, to organizations such as the N.A.A.C.P., and to social justice issues, including the Civil Rights movement. In addition, there is one autograph poem to Delaney, signed, by Alfred Stieglitz
Description:
Chiefly in English; some material in French.
Subject (Geographic):
United States. and United States
Subject (Name):
Atkinson, Brooks, 1894-1984., Delaney, Beauford, 1901-1979., Fax, Elton C., Olson, Eleanor., O'Neal, Frederick, 1905-1992., Pearson, Vereda., Irene Rose., Rose, W. R., Stieglitz, Alfred, 1864-1946., and National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.
Subject (Topic):
African Americans, Civil rights, Social conditions, and Civil rights movements