Correspondence, photographs, and an incomplete catalog raisonné related to the work of artist Charles Demuth, which Richard W. C. Weyand collected and compiled from 1940 to 1955, as well as auction catalogs related to Weyand's estate, 1957-1976. Correspondence in the collection documents artwork created by Demuth and owned by different persons and institutions, while circa 125 photographs document work created by Demuth, circa 1906-1934.
Description:
Charles Demuth (1883-1935) was an American watercolor artist who turned to oils late in his career and developed a modern art movement known as Precisionism., Folio 303 is missing., Gift of Ann Grether Hill, 1988., and Richard W. C. Weyand (1905-1956), born Richard Conklin Weyand, was the son of Edwin Stanton Weyand (1863-1913) and Wilhelmina Thompson Weyand (1873-1943). He had two sisters, Dorothy Adams Weyand Grether (1897-1982) and Louise Victoria Weyand White (1899-1924), as well as two brothers, Edwin Stanton Weyand (1903-1973) and William Rodgers Weyand (1908-1970). Weyand served in the United States Navy during World War II, 1942-1945. Weyand and Robert Evans Locher (1888-1956), a close friend of artist Charles Demuth, operated an antique store and lived in the former home of Demuth in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, 1943-1956.
Subject (Name):
Demuth, Charles, 1883-1935, Demuth, Charles, 1883-1935--Catalogs, Demuth, Charles, 1883-1935--Pictorial works, Locher, Robert Evans, 1888-1956, O'Keeffe, Georgia, 1887-1986, Stettheimer, Florine, 1871-1944, and Weyand, Richard W. C., 1905-1956
Subject (Topic):
Artists--Pennsylvania--Lancaster, LGBTQ resource, and Precisionism--Pennsylvania--Lancaster
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. and 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., and Susan Needham Girard (1910-1996), American art collector.
Subject (Name):
Girard, Alexander, Girard, Susan Needham, 1910-1996, and O'Keeffe, Georgia, 1887-1986
Subject (Topic):
Artists--United States and Painters--United States
Embossed: "Photograph by Carl Van Vechten". and Stamped verso: "Photograph by Carl Van Vechten / 101 Central Park West / Cannot be reproduced without permission".
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. and 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., and Susan Needham Girard (1910-1996), American art collector.
Subject (Name):
Girard, Alexander, Girard, Susan Needham, 1910-1996, and O'Keeffe, Georgia, 1887-1986
Subject (Topic):
Artists--United States and Painters--United States
