Weatherwax, John M. (John Martin), 1900-1984
Variant namesJohn M. Weatherwax (1900-1984) was a writer from San Francisco, Calif.
He met Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo in 1931 in San Francisco, where Rivera was working on a mural comminssion of the San Francisco Stock Exchange. At the time Weatherwax was working on an English translation of the Mayan story of creation, the Popol Vuh, entitled "Seven Times the Color of Fire" and enlisted Rivera to produce 24 watercolor illustrations for the text.
From the description of John Weatherwax papers relating to Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo, 1928-1988, bulk 1931-1933. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 83271656
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referencedIn | Weatherwax, Seema Aissen. Photographs, 1933-1993. | Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives | |
referencedIn | Dana, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, 1881-1950. Papers on Henri Barbusse and Sacco-Vanzetti, 1913-1949. | Houghton Library | |
referencedIn | Idella Purnell Stone Personal Papers and Records of, Palms, Magazine TCRC98-A24., 1922-1960 | Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center | |
creatorOf | John Weatherwax papers relating to Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera | Archives of American Art | |
creatorOf | Stone, Idella P., 1901- . Idella P. Stone Personal Papers and Records of Palms, 1922-1960. | Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center |
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correspondedWith | Dana, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, 1881-1950 | person |
associatedWith | Kahlo, Frida. | person |
associatedWith | Packard, Emmy Lou, 1914- | person |
associatedWith | Rivera, Diego, 1886-1957. | person |
associatedWith | Scheyer, Galka E. | person |
associatedWith | Sinclair, Upton, 1878-1968. | person |
associatedWith | Stone, Idella Purnell, 1901- | person |
associatedWith | Weatherwax, Seema Aissen. | person |
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Hispanic American artists |
Mayas |
Mural painting and decoration, American |
Mural painting and decoration, Mexican |
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Birth 1900
Death 1984