Genth, Lillian Mathilde, 1876-1953
Painter
Size: 0.2 linear ft. (on partial microfilm reel).
Summary: Scrapbook containing resume, clippings, magazine articles, reproductions of her paintings, and typescripts of poetry by Samuel Walter Foss; a sales ledger, ca. 1904-1947; photographs, and a catalog from a memorial exhibition, 1958; a royalty contract with the Detroit Publishing Company, 1916; and a receipt for a gift of paintings to the High Museum of Art from Mrs. William H. Bender, Jr., 1955.
Painter; New York, N.Y.
The donor, Mrs. William H. Bender, was a friend of Lillian Genth, and executrix of her estate; also Mrs. Bender owned a number of Genth's paintings.
Microfilm reel 3090 available at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
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Lillian Genth papers, 1904-1958. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
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