Lachaise, Gaston, b. 1882 d. 1935

Gaston and Isabelle Nagle Lachaise papers, 1903-1962

0.8 linear ft. (microfilmed on 4 reels)
Reel(s): 325-327 & 1034

Correspondence; photographs; photograph albums; scrapbooks; exhibition material; and clippings.

REELS 325-327: Correspondence; photograph albums; scrapbooks; clippings; and exhibition material.

REEL 1034: Correspondence, 1925-1934, including mainly 23 letters to Lachaise from Alfred Stieglitz discussing Lachaise's exhibiting some works at the Anderson Galleries and his financial dealings with Stieglitz; letters to Isabelle Lachaise from friends and artists including Carl Van Vechten, Alfred Stieglitz, Bertram Hartman, and Carl Sprinchorn; correspondence relating to the sale of Gaston Lachaise's work; and correspondence relating to biographies of Gaston Lachaise. In addition there are 3 photographs of paintings in the estate of Isabelle Lachaise: a drawing by Max Weber, a 1923 painting by Yasuo Kuniyoshi; and a painting by John Marin.

Location of Originals: Originals returned to the Lachaise Foundation.

Lent for microfilming 1972-1974 by John Pierce, Managing Trustee, Lachaise Foundation. Pierce is the grand-nephew of Isabelle Lachaise.

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