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Walter Pach letter to Grenville Winthrop

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Creator:
Pach, Walter, 1883-1958  Search this
Names:
David, Jacques Louis, 1748-1825  Search this
Meier-Graefe, Julius, 1867-1935  Search this
Winthrop, Grenville Lindall, 1864-1943  Search this
Winthrop, Grenville Lindall, 1864-1943 -- Art collections  Search this
Extent:
2 Pages
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Pages
Date:
1933 Apr. 30
Scope and Contents:
Pach writes to Winthrop asking permission to see Winthrop's collection because it contains "certain things of particular interest for my study and my painting ... Meier-Graefe [Julius Meier-Graefe] told me of seeing a David [Jacques Louis David] at your house ... and Childe Hassam, when lunching with us, spoke with enthusiasm of what he had seen when visiting you. David is of especial interest to us."
Biographical / Historical:
Pach: Artist, critic, historian, writer, art consultant, curator; New York, N.Y. Instrumental in organizing the Armory Show, 1913. Winthrop: patron; New York, N.Y. His collection, left to Harvard University, included early American portraits, drawings by English and French artists, and Chinese sculpture.
Related Materials:
Papers of Walter Pach, 1885-1956, are also located at the Helen Farr Sloan Library & Archives.
Provenance:
Donated 1993 by Paul B. Franklin, who found the letter glued into a book he purchased which was once owned by Grenville Winthrop.
Restrictions:
Use of original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C., Research Center. Contact Reference Services for more information.
Topic:
Art, Modern -- 20th century  Search this
Art -- Collectors and collecting  Search this
Identifier:
AAA.pachwall
Archival Repository:
Archives of American Art
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw942efc542-aac2-4a46-b367-1428d66e7696
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-aaa-pachwall