Michael Brenner papers relating to the Washington Square Gallery and The Soil
Container / Volume:
Box 1 | Folder 2
Image Count:
11
Resource Type:
Archives or Manuscripts
Abstract:
The papers include undated letters to Brenner from Enriqué Cross regarding Cross's work and containing several of his poems, and letters from Cross dated 1956 Jul 23-1957 Sep 30, describing his life in Mexico and his poor health; letters from Robert J. Coady to Brenner's sister, Miriam Brenner, dated 1916 Dec 30, 1920 Mar 4, and undated, concerning her artwork, Michael Brenner's activities in Paris, and The Soil, a "magazine of art," for which Coady served as art editor and Cross served as literary editor; and partial copies of Volume I, numbers 4 and 5 (1917 April and July) of The Soil which contain reproductions of two of Brenner's drawings. In addition, there is a carte-de-visite (1910) and a snapshot (1920) of Michael Brenner; an undated portrait photograph of R. J. Coady as a young man; and two color snapshots of Enriqué Cross dated 1957.
Description:
Gift of F. T. (Mrs. Michael J.) Brenner. and Lithuanian-born sculptor who immigrated to the United States in 1890, and moved to Paris in the early 1900s. With Robert J. Coady he owned the Washington Square Gallery in New York, and acted as the gallery's European agent.
Subject (Name):
Brenner, Marian, Brenner, Michael, 1888-1976, and Washington Square Gallery
Subject (Topic):
Art galleries, Commercial--New York (State)--New York, Art--Periodicals, and Soil
Marginalen der Galerie Flechtheim, Q, Querschnitt (Berlin, Germany), Querschnitt durch ..., Querschnitt, Marginalen der Galerie Flechtheim, and Querschnitt-Buch
Description:
Most issues lack subtitle: "Marginalen der Galerie Flechtheim".
