Elsie Driggs papers, 1924-1979
Driggs, Elsie B.,
b. 1898
d. 1992
Art critic, Curator, Painter
New York, N.Y.
Collection size: 75 items (partially microfilmed on 1 reel)
Collection Summary: Correspondence; photographs; typescripts; exhibition catalogs and announcements; and clippings.
REEL D160: Letters received from dealer Charles Daniel; from Edward Bruce, urging Driggs to write her congressman to support the Public Works of Art Project, and refusing her payment of a loan; and from Maurice Sterne, Mrs. Bruce and others commenting on her return to the town of Anticoli-Corrado, Italy, in which they had all lived during the 1920's; included is a photograph of the Anticoli group, including Sterne, Bruce, Elsa Schmid Neumann, Louise Maloney, Gertrude Tienser-Willie, Mario Topi, and other. Also included are catalogs and clippings.
UNMICROFILMED: Business and personal correspondence regarding paintings by Driggs and her husband, Lee Gatch; exhibition catalogs and announcements; photographs of Driggs and family; and two typescripts, "The Search for Piero Della Francesca," and "The Stones of Lee Gatch," written by Driggs.
Biographical/Historical Note: Painter, curator, art critic; New York, N.Y. Died 1992. Married to painter Lee Gatch; also known by married name: Elsie Driggs Gatch.
Donated 1963-1980 by Elsie Driggs.
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