Elizabeth S. Navas papers
name: label: Creator
content: Navas, Elizabeth S., 1885-1979
label: Names
content: Wichita Art Museum
label: Names
content: Bacon, Peggy, 1895-1987
label: Names
content: Bouché, Louis, 1896-1969
label: Names
content: Brice, William, 1921-2008
label: Names
content: Burchfield, Charles Ephraim, 1893-1967
label: Names
content: Burlin, Paul, 1886-1969
label: Names
content: Callahan, Kenneth, 1905-1986
label: Names
content: Copley, John Singleton, 1738-1815
label: Names
content: Cowles, Russell, 1887-1979
label: Names
content: Curry, John Steuart, 1897-1946
label: Names
content: Davis, Stuart, 1892-1964
label: Names
content: De Creeft, José, 1884-1982
label: Names
content: Dehn, Adolf, 1895-1968
label: Names
content: Dehner, Walt, 1898-
label: Names
content: Demuth, Charles, 1883-1935
label: Names
content: Dove, Arthur Garfield, 1880-1946
label: Names
content: Eakins, Thomas, 1844-1916
label: Names
content: Glackens, William J., 1870-1938
label: Names
content: Gleitsmann, Raphael, 1910-
label: Names
content: Grosz, George, 1893-1959
label: Names
content: Heliker, John, 1909-2000
label: Names
content: Homer, Winslow, 1836-1910
label: Names
content: Hopper, Edward, 1882-1967
label: Names
content: James, Alexander, 1890-1946
label: Names
content: Kinigstein, Jonah, 1923-
label: Names
content: Kirsch, Frederick D. (Frederick Dwight), b. 1899
label: Names
content: Kuhn, Walt, 1877-1949
label: Names
content: Kuniyoshi, Yasuo, 1889-1953
label: Names
content: Lachaise, Gaston, 1882-1935
label: Names
content: Lechay, James
label: Names
content: Marin, John, 1870-1953
label: Names
content: Marsh, Reginald, 1898-1954
label: Names
content: Mattson, Henry E. (Henry Elis), 1887-1971
label: Names
content: Morris, Carl, 1911-1993
label: Names
content: Morris, George L. K., 1905-1975
label: Names
content: Moyer, Roy, 1921-2007
label: Names
content: Murdock, Louise Caldwell, 1858-1915
label: Names
content: Murdock, Roland P. -- Art collections
label: Names
content: Oscar, Charles, 1923-
label: Names
content: Penney, James, 1910-1982
label: Names
content: Poor, Anne, 1918-
label: Names
content: Poor, Henry Varnum, 1887-1970
label: Names
content: Pène Du Bois, Guy, 1884-1958
label: Names
content: Ryder, Albert Pinkham, 1847-1917
label: Names
content: Schnakenberg, H. E. (Henry Ernest), 1892-1970
label: Names
content: Shahn, Ben, 1898-1969
label: Names
content: Sheeler, Charles, 1883-1965
label: Names
content: Sloan, John, 1871-1951
label: Names
content: Smith, Houghton Cranford, 1887-1983
label: Names
content: Sparhawk-Jones, Elizabeth, 1885-1968
label: Names
content: Watkins, Franklin Chenault, 1894-1972
label: Names
content: Weber, Max, 1881-1961
label: Names
content: Williamson, Clara McDonald, 1875-1976
label: Names
content: Zerbe, Karl, 1903-1972
label: Names
content: Zorach, William, 1887-1966
topic: label: Occupation
content: Artists -- United States
label: Occupation
content: Art patrons
label: Occupation
content: Painters
label: Topic
content: Art, American -- Kansas -- Witchita
label: Topic
content: Art -- Collectors and collecting
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Donated 1963 by Elizabeth S. Navas.
creator: label: Creator
content: Navas, Elizabeth S., 1885-1979
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Elizabeth S. Navas (1885-1979) was an art collector and patron in New York City. Navas was designated to assemble the Roland P. Murdock Collection of the Wichita Art Museum under the terms of the will of her friend, Louise Caldwell Murdock (1858-1915), widow of Roland P. Murdock.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.4 Linear Feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1939-1963
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.navaeliz
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: 35mm microfilm reel D251 available at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Correspondence, photographs, clippings, magazines and statements by 20th century artists on their works bought for the Roland P. Murdock Collection of the Wichita Art Museum, Wichita, Kansas, by Navas.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Artists represented include: Peggy Bacon, Louis Bouche, William Brice, Charles E. Burchfield, Paul Burlin, Kenneth Callahan, John S. Copley, Russell Cowles, John S. Curry, Stuart Davis, Jose de Creeft, Adolf Dehn, Walt Dehner, Charles Demuth, Arthur Dove, Guy Pène du Bois, Thomas Eakins, William Glackens, Raphael Gleitsmann, George Grosz, John E. Heliker, Winslow Homer, Edward Hopper, Alexander R. James, Jonah Kinigstein, Frederick D. Kirsch, Walt Kuhn, Yasuo Kuniyoshi, Gaston Lachaise, James Lechay, John Marin, Reginald Marsh, Henry E. Mattson, Carl Morris, George L. K. Morris, Roy Moyer, Charles Oscar, James Penney, Anne Poor, Henry V. Poor, Albert Pinkham Ryder, Henry E. Schnakenberg, Ben Shahn, Charles Sheeler, John Sloan, Houghton C. Smith, Elizabeth Sparhawk-Jones, Franklin C. Watkins, Max Weber, Clara M. Williamson, Karl Zerbe, and William Zorach.