Pippin, Horace, b. 1888 d. 1946
PainterFrance, West Chester, Pa. (Show Bio)
Horace Pippin notebooks and letters, circa 1920, 1943
8 items.
Notebooks containing Pippin's reminiscences of his World War I experiences; 2 letters by Pippin.
Notebooks, notebook fragments, and two letters written by African American primitive painter Horace Pippin. The three notebooks and notebook fragments contain Pippin's World War I memoirs written in the 1920s, one of which is illustrated by Pippin with six drawings of war scenes. Two letters are dated 1943 and circa 1943. One of the letters is written to "Dear Friends" and begins with "life story of art."; the other is written to dealer Robert Carlen about showing his painting Domino [Game] Players.
WWI journals were purchased from Pippin's dealer, Robert Carlen, in 1956. This collection was microfilmed on reel 138 in 1973, and scanned in 2006.
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