Guest books from the homes of Frederick W. Davis, 1928-1961

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Guest books from the homes of Frederick W. Davis, 1928-1961

1928-1961

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The collection comprises two guestbooks from the homes of Frederick W. Davis in Taxco and Mexico City, each memorializing Davis's social circle of friends, colleagues, and clients from around the globe and providing a tangible connection to the cultural milieu of early 20th-century Mexico. Both books are filled with signatures, inscriptions, and drawings from Davis's wide-ranging circle of friends and acquaintances which included artists, writers, entertainers, architects, art dealers, archaeologists, anthropologists, and other scholars, political figures, and businessmen. Guests included Rosa Rolando Covarrubias and Miguel Covarrubias, Francis Toor, Earl and Ethel Stendhal, Diego Rivera, Frida Kahlo, Jean Charlot, Jaqueline Lamba Breton, Rufino and Olga Tamayo, Clementine and Winston Churchill, Dwight and Elizabeth Marrow, Edna Ferber, Dr. Atl, Luis Barragán, Alfred Zalce, Rene d’Harnoncourt, Alice Rahon, Edith Head, Aldous Huxley, Frances and Sylvanus Griswold Morley, Frans Blom, and Olave Baden-Powell, among many other notable individuals. Befitting Davis's expat status and his role as a dealer in Mexican art objects, American visitors figure prominently throughout the pages.

2 guest books : ink, pencil ; 20.6 × 28 cm and smaller.

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