Villon, Jacques, 1875-1963

Abstract: The Katherine S. Dreier portion of the collection contains correspondence between Dreier and artists and friends (including Constantin Alajalov, David Burli︠u︡k, Marcel Duchamp, Wassily Kandinsky, Man Ray, and Ted Shawn); and art-related organizations (including the Arts Club of Chicago, the Brooklyn Museum, the George Walter Vincent Smith Art Museum, and the Museum of Modern Art).There is some correspondence regarding art purchases and the packaging and shipping of art, such as that...

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Autograph manuscript of an English translation in an unidentified hand, possibly written by Clara Binswanger.

Leaves numbered as 3-7.

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ALS giving news of the World War.

In French.

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Twenty-four ALS, with 3 envelopes addressed to Madame Guggenheimer; ALS from Gaby Villon to "Chere Madame."

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Holograph draft, corrected, of a "préface" to an unidentified work and a black and white photogaph of Villon sitting in front of a canvas in his studio. The manuscript, in French, addresses painting and mentions Pigalle, Degas, Lautrec, and others.

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Collection contains letters by Louis Carré, Marcel Duchamp,Walter Pach, Gaby Villon, Jacques Villon, and others to Francis Steegmuller and his wife, Beatrice Stein Steegmuller, generally concerning Jacques Villon. Also included is a typescript about Villon by Lionello Venturi, several photographs of Jacques and Gaby Villon and others, and drawings done by Beatrice Stein when she was a student of Villon.