Marsden Hartley in Maine ; illustrated manuscript

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Marsden Hartley in Maine ; illustrated manuscript

1945.0

Typed manuscript "Marsden Hartley in Maine (through the eyes of Katie Young of Corea, Maine)." 12 drawings, 8 in pencil and 4 in watercolor, illustrate the manuscript. The drawings mostly illustrate the house and town in Maine where Hartley spent the last years of his life. 11 drawings are titled and one is signed: Scribner Ames. Archives also owns a copy of the published work, inscribed by Ames to former curator Garnett McCoy (not microfilmed).

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SNAC Resource ID: 8340118

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Hartley, Marsden, 1877-1943

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Marsden Hartley, one of the early modernist painters and also a poet, was born in Lewiston, Maine, in 1877. After his mother's death, he moved to Cleveland to live with his father and stepmother, attending the Cleveland Institute of Art. He then moved on to study at the New York School of Art, where he found inspiration in the works of the American transcendentalists, particularly Emerson and Whitman. Among his other influences were Emily Dickison, his friend and contemporary Hart Crane, and Ger...

Ames, Scribner, 1908-

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Painter, illustrator. From the description of Marsden Hartley in Maine ; illustrated manuscript, 1945. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 86122592 ...

Young, Katie Mae

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