Due to the collection's small size it is arranged into one series.
Access Note / Rights:
This collection is open for research. Access to original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C. Research Center.
Summary:
The collection of Morgan Russell sketches and notes measures 40 items and includes preliminary sketches, drawings and notes by Morgan Russell that he used to develop the abstract art form Synchromism. The documents date from circa 1912-1920.
Citation:
Morgan Russell sketches and notes, circa 1912-1920. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
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:
Related materials at the Archives of American Art include Microfilm of the Morgan Russell Papers, 1891-1977, and the Stanton Macdonald-Wright letters to Morgan Russell.
Biography Note:
Morgan Russell (1886-1953) was a painter and sculptor in New York City. He studied at the Art Students League and the New York School of Art with James Earle Fraser, Andrew Dasburg and Robert Henri from 1906 to 1907, before settling in Paris in 1909 where he remained for almost forty years. After meeting Stanton Macdonald-Wright in 1911, he became interested in Synchromism and studied with Canadian color theorist Ernest Tudor-Hart. In 1913 Russell produced the first abstract Synchromies and in 1917 developed a series of Synchromies entitled EIDOS.
Language Note:
Collection materials are in English and French.
Provenance:
Donated in 2021 by William C. Agee, who received the material from Russell's step daughter, Mrs. Walter Joyce.
Location Note:
Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, 750 9th St. NW, Washington, D.C. 20001
