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Creator:
Sage, Kay, 1898-1963  Search this
Subject:
Monagan, John S.  Search this
Tanguy, Yves  Search this
Catherine Viviano Gallery  Search this
Type:
Photographs
Place of publication, production, or execution:
United States
Physical Description:
0.4 Linear feet
Arrangement:
The collection is arranged into four series: Series 1: Biographical Material and Business Records, 1925-1963, circa 1985 (Box 1; 9 folders) Series 2: Correspondence, 1945-1963 (Box 1; 5 folders) Series 3: Printed Material, circa 1930-1974 (Box 1; 4 folders) Series 4: Photographs, circa 1950-1965 (Box 1; 4 folders)
Access Note / Rights:
This collection has been digitized and is available online via AAA's website.
Summary:
The scattered papers of surrealist painter Kay Sage measure 0.4 linear feet and date from 1925 to circa 1985, with the bulk of the material dating from 1950 to 1965. Information about Sage's life as an abstract and surrealist artist and her relationship with her husband, artist Yves Tanguy are found in this small collection of biographical materials, correspondence, printed material, and photographs.
Citation:
Kay Sage papers, 1925 - circa 1985, bulk 1950-1965. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Additional Forms:
The papers of Kay Sage in the Archives of American Art were digitized in 2007, and total 443 images.
Funding:
Funding for the processing and digitization of this collection was provided by the Terra Foundation for American Art.
Use Note:
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.
Related Materials:
Also available at the Archives of American Art are the Flora Whitney Miller papers regarding Kay Sage, as well as <em>China Eggs</em>, Kay Sage's unpublished memoirs covering the period circa 1910 to 1935, available on microfilm reel 685. A game, "Fiddlesticks" given to Sage from Joseph Cornell and donated to the Archives of American Art as part of this collection was removed and transferred to the Joseph Cornell Study Center at the Smithsonian American Art Museum.
Biography Note:
Kay Sage was born Katherine Linn Sage in Albany, New York in 1898 to Ann and Henry Manning Sage, a state senator. After her parents divorced she lived in Europe with her mother from 1900 to 1914, spending most of that time in Italy. She returned to the United States for schooling from 1914 to 1919 and then returned to Italy where she worked for a short time at the Scuola Libera delle Belle Arti in Rome. In 1925 she married Prince Ranieri di San Faustino, but they divorced in 1935. Around this time Sage began to paint in an abstract style, and quickly developed an interest in surrealism. She had her first solo exhibition in Italy in 1936 and the next year moved to Paris where she met surrealist painter Yves Tanguy. Tanguy introduced her to other surrealist painters in Paris and she soon began exhibiting with them. During World War II, Sage returned to the United States. In 1940 she and Tanguy were married, and that same year she had her first American exhibition at the Pierre Matisse Gallery in New York City. In 1941 she and Tanguy settled in Woodbury, Connecticut and named their home "Town Farm". Sage and Tanguy continued to exhibit their work with great success, ultimately leading to a joint exhibition at the Wadsworth Atheneum in 1954.
Language Note:
English .
Provenance:
John S. Monagan, attorney for Kay Sage's estate loaned a portion of this collection for microfilming in 1980 and subsequently donated the same material in 1989, as well as additional materials in 1994.
Digitization Note:
The papers of Kay Sage in the Archives of American Art were digitized in 2007. The papers have been scanned in their entirety, and total 443 images.
Location Note:
Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, 750 9th St. NW, Washington, D.C. 20001
Topic:
Surrealism  Search this
Painters -- Connecticut -- Woodbury  Search this
Women artists  Search this
Women painters  Search this
Theme:
Diaries  Search this
Women  Search this
Lives of artists  Search this
Record number:
(DSI-AAA_CollID)9050
(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)211241
AAA_collcode_sagekay
Theme:
Diaries
Women
Lives of artists
Data Source:
Archives of American Art
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:AAADCD_coll_211241