Collection Information

Size: 0.3 linear ft.

Summary: Eight sketchbooks containing pencil drawings from France and Massachusetts; a French art magazine supplement (1928); and an exhibition catalog in French (1928).

Biographical/Historical Note

Painter, lithographer; Los Angeles, California. A life-long resident of Los Angeles, Hughes studied art at the Art Students League in New York in the mid 1920s. She exhibited locally and taught art in the public schools.

Provenance

Donated 1995 by art historian Nancy Moure. She acquired the papers from Michael Tierney of La Crescenta, Calif. who purchased them at a flea market.

Restrictions on Access

Use of original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C., Research Center. Contact Reference Services for more information.

How to Cite This Collection

Daisy Marguerite Hughes sketchbooks and papers, 1928-ca. 1968. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.