Mary Turlay Robinson papers, 1923-1971
Robinson, Mary Turlay,
b. 1887 or 8
d. 1971
Painter, Watercolorist
New York, N.Y.
Collection size: 55 items (on 3 partial microfilm reels)
Collection Summary: Letters, printed material, and bills.
REEL N/70-40: Letters to Robinson from Adolph Block, Malvina Hoffman, Leon Kroll, and Alfred Stieglitz about an exhibition for Georgia O'Keeffe, and pertaining to art exhibitions, the provenance of 2 Albert Pinkham Ryder paintings, the sale of a Pierre Bonnard painting, and the artistic standards of the Fontainebleau School of Fine Arts; clippings and exhibition catalogs; bills; and an article on portrait painter William Allen Wall by Robinson.
REEL 101: Letters from Gifford Beal, Edwin Dickinson, Nan Greacen Faure, Leon Kroll, Elizabeth Saltonstall, Allen Townsend Terrell, Franklin Watkins, and others concern personal and professional matters.
REEL 3471: Four letters from Ella Myers, widow of Robinson's friend Frank Harmon Myers, regarding Myers' paintings, and a letter from Harold Weston; and clippings and an exhibition catalog on Myers.
Biographical/Historical Note: Painter, New York, N.Y.
Material donated by Robinson, 1970-1972.
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