Creator:

Mason, Lauris  Search this

Names:

Albright, Ivan, 1897-1983  Search this

Bellows, George, 1882-1925  Search this

Ludman, Joan  Search this

Morgan, Charles H. (Charles Hill), 1902-1984  Search this

Extent:

0.02 Linear feet

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Date:

1976-2012

Summary:

The Lauris Mason research material on George Bellows dates from 1976-2012 and measures 0.02 linear feet. Records document research conducted by Mason for her book The Lithographs of George Bellows: A Catalogue Raisonné; Lauris Mason; Joan Ludman; Charles H. Morgan (Millwood, N.Y.: KTO Press, 1977), through correspondence, a draft of the catalog, and printed material.

Scope and Contents:

The Lauris Mason research material on George Bellows dates from 1976-2012 and measures 0.02 linear feet. Records document research conducted by Mason for her book The Lithographs of George Bellows: A Catalogue Raisonné; Lauris Mason; Joan Ludman; Charles H. Morgan (Millwood, N.Y.: KTO Press, 1977). Records include correspondence with Charles H. Morgan and others discussing inquiries for information on Bellows and his lithographs, and progress on the catalog. Correspondents include museums and galleries such as Allison Gallery, Amon Carter Museum, Kennedy Galleries, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and others. Other documentation includes a draft introduction for the catalog written by Morgan and related correspondence, and letters concerning a dispute with Jean Bellows Booth, daughter of George Bellows, over permissions to access her father's record book and publish his lithographs. Also found is a pamphlet announcing the publication, copies of two reviews of the catalog raisonné, and unrelated 1978 correspondence with Ivan Albright related to Mason's request to purchase prints by Albright.

Biographical / Historical:

Coral Gables, Florida, author, editor, and art historian Lauris Mason authored several anthologies and bibliographies on printmaking. Her publications include a catalog raisonné of the lithographs of New York painter and printmaker George Bellows, which she co-authored with Joan Ludman (1932-2015), an art historian with expertise in prints, and Charles Hill Morgan (1902-1984), an educator and art historian from Amherst, Massachusetts. Mason and her husband Daniel J. Mason are also collectors of pop-up books and related ephemera.

Provenance:

The collection was donated to the Archives of American Art by Lauris Mason in 1989 and 2023.

Restrictions:

This collection is open for research. Access to original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C. Research Center.

Rights:

The Archives of American Art makes its archival collections available for non-commercial, educational and personal use unless restricted by copyright and/or donor restrictions, including but not limited to access and publication restrictions. AAA makes no representations concerning such rights and restrictions and it is the user's responsibility to determine whether rights or restrictions exist and to obtain any necessary permission to access, use, reproduce and publish the collections. Please refer to the Smithsonian's Terms of Use for additional information.

Occupation:

Authors -- Florida -- Coral Gables  Search this

Editors -- Florida -- Coral Gables  Search this

Art historians -- Florida -- Coral Gables  Search this

Topic:

Women art historians  Search this

Identifier:

AAA.masolaur

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Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9241331a2-2497-4db0-a8f7-5f88576a9933

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-masolaur