Havens, James Dexter, 1900-1960 : [miscellaneous ephemeral material].

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Havens, James Dexter, 1900-1960 : [miscellaneous ephemeral material].

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/199252438

The folder may include clippings, announcements, small exhibition catalogs, and other ephemeral items.

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Metropolitan Museum of Art, Thomas J. Watson Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 6983073

Metropolitan Museum of Art, Thomas J. Watson Library

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Havens, James Dexter, 1900-1960.

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Born in 1900 and diagnosed with diabetes at age 14, Rochester, New York artist James Dexter Havens was ill for much of his childhood. At age 22, he was the recipient of the first insulin injections in America when his father, a lawyer, Eastman Kodak executive and former U.S. Congressman, learned of insulin research being done in Canada and procured a supply to save his son. Havens studied with artists, developing the unique, nature-inspired style seen in his wood and linoleum prints, as well as ...