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Description

Title
Photographs
Contributor
Girard, Alexander
Girard, Susan Needham, 1910-1996
O'Keeffe, Georgia, 1887-1986
Abstract

Collection consists of 34 pieces of correspondence, including autograph letters, postcards, and holiday cards, from O'Keeffe to Susan and Alexander Girard, and their daughter Sansi Needham Girard Agnew. The Girards were residents of Santa Fe, New Mexico, and most letters discuss personal topics, including plans for visits to each others' homes. Also included are invitations to openings at museums exhibiting O'Keeffe's work which were sent on her behalf. The collection holds 23 snapshot photographs of O'Keeffe, the Girards, and others at events, gatherings, and on travels, and plus some scenery in New Mexico, and a portrait of O'Keeffe in an 8 by 10 inch format bearing a studio stamp of Charles Eames; the photographs date from 1963 to 1973.

With the collection is one letter from Robert Jaffie to Thomas Needham, dated March 10, 1959, discussing a recent visit with O'Keeffe.

Description
Alexander Girard (1907-1993), American designer, art collector.
Georgia O'Keeffe (1887-1986), American artist.
Purchased from William Reese Co. on the Elizabeth Wakeman Dwight Memorial Fund, 2009.
Susan Needham Girard (1910-1996), American art collector.
Extent of Digitization
This object has been completely digitized.
Language
English

Collection Information

Repository
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Call Number
YCAL MSS 209
Collection Title
Georgia O'Keeffe letters to the Girard family
Collection / Other Creator
O'Keeffe, Georgia, 1887-1986
Collection Date
1957-1983
Container / Volume
Box 1 | Folder 4

Subjects, Formats, And Genres

Format
mixed material
Genre
Photographic prints
Snapshots
Resource Type
Prints & Photographs
Subject (Name)
Girard, Alexander
Girard, Susan Needham, 1910-1996
O'Keeffe, Georgia, 1887-1986
Subject (Topic)
Artists--United States
Painters--United States

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Rights
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Citation
Georgia O'Keeffe Letters to the Girard Family. Yale Collection of American Literature, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.

Identifiers

Orbis Record
8828729
Object ID (OID)
17093392

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