Creator:

Bess, Forrest, 1911-1977  Search this

Place of publication, production, or execution:

Other

Physical Description:

22 Items, (on 1 microfilm reel)

Access Note / Rights:

The Archives of American art does not own the original papers. Use is limited to the microfilm copy.

Summary:

Correspondence with Mrs. Wanda K. Sivells, Director, J. M. Hodges Learning Center, Wharton County Junior College, Wharton, Texas, regarding Bess' paintings and the donation of his personal library to Wharton Library.

Citation:

Forrest Bess letters, 1966-1972. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Additional Forms:

35mm microfilm reel 3458 available for use only at Museum of Fine Arts Houston; and through interlibrary loan.

Loan:

Loan

Biography Note:

Painter.

Language Note:

English .

Provenance:

Microfilmed as part of the Archives of American Art's Texas project. Donated 1981 by Suzy Thompson, acquaintance of Forrest Bess. Photocopies discarded after microfilming.

Location Note:

Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, 750 9th St. NW, Washington, D.C. 20001

Topic:

Art, American  Search this

Painting, American  Search this

Theme:

Lives of artists  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)10460

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)213871

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Theme:

Lives of artists

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_coll_213871