Lydia and Harry Lewis Winston papers, 1900-1965 and [undated]
Winston, Lydia,
b. 1897
d. 1989
Collector
Birmingham, Ala.
Collection size: 7.0 linear ft. (on 9 microfilm reels)
Collection Summary: Records of the Winston collection of contemporary American and European art; and a copy of the catalog of the Winston collection.
REELS D214-D221: Correspondence with museums, dealers and artists; a card file on artists in the Winston collection, giving biographical and bibliographic information; photographs; exhibition catalogs; clippings; and articles on the artists. Among the correspondents are Alexander Calder, Josef Albers, Alfred Steiglitz, Giacomo Balla, and Umberto Boccioni.
REEL 3482: A copy of the catalog of the Lydia and Harry Lewis Winston Collection, 152 p.
Biographical/Historical Note: Art collectors; Birmingham, Michigan. The collection is mainly focused on the Futurists and their successors.
Material on reels D214-D221 lent for microfilming 1966; material on reel 3482 donated 1973 by Lydia Winston Malbin.
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