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Reginald Marsh photographs, circa 1940

Catalog Data

Creator:
Harnett, Lila, 1926-  Search this
Subject:
Marsh, Reginald  Search this
Pyle, Gene  Search this
Type:
Photographs
Place of publication, production, or execution:
United States
Physical Description:
0.1 Items, linear feet (40 items)
Access Note / Rights:
Use of original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C., Research Center. Contact Reference Services for more information.
Summary:
40 photographs and negatives, many oversized, of Reginald Marsh, showing Marsh sketching at Coney Island. The photographer is not identified but is likely Gene Pyle, a Life magazine photographer.
Citation:
Reginald Marsh photographs, circa 1940. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Related Materials:
Also in the Archives of American Art are photographs taken by Gene Pyle of Marsh in Coney Island.
Biography Note:
Lila Harnett is an art collector, critic, and patron in Paradise Valley, Ariz. Harnett and her husband Joel purchased works by Reginald Marsh from the Frank K.M. Rehn Galleries in the 1960s, through director John Clancy. Among the collections in the Joel and Lila Harnett Museum of Art and the Print Study Center at the University of Richmond are several works by Marsh.
Language Note:
English .
Provenance:
Donated 2011 by Lila Harnett, who was given the photographs by John Clancy, director of the Frank K.M. Rehn Galleries.
Location Note:
Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, 750 9th St. NW, Washington, D.C. 20001
Topic:
Women art critics  Search this
Theme:
Women  Search this
Lives of artists  Search this
Record number:
(DSI-AAA_CollID)16020
(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)306079
AAA_collcode_marsregi2
Theme:
Women
Lives of artists
Data Source:
Archives of American Art
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:AAADCD_coll_306079