Sinton, Marian W., 1894-1980
Collector
Size: 0.2 linear ft. (on partial microfilm reel)
Summary: Thirty-nine letters, mostly thank-yous, to Sinton from mainly San Francisco Bay Area artists Carlo Anderson, Bella T. Feldman, Nathan Oliviera, Henri Marie Rose, Louis Siegriest, Wayne Thiebaud, Beth Van Hoesen and others; and a clipping dated September 16, 1967, about the poetry of Kenneth Patchen.
Art collector; Hillsborough, Calif.
Donated 1985 by Ruth Steiner, daughter of Marian Sinton. The material formed part of a larger collection of prints and drawings from the estate of the late Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Sinton and donated to the Achenbach Foundation for the Graphic Arts, California Palace of the Legion of Honor (Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco).
Microfilm reel 3646 available at Archives of American Art offices on microfilm only.
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Marian W. Sinton papers, 1962-1971. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
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