Gaston and Isabelle Nagle Lachaise papers
name: label: Creator
content: Lachaise, Gaston, 1882-1935
label: Creator
content: Lachaise, Isabelle Nagle, d. 1957
label: Names
content: Hartman, C. Bertram, 1882-1960
label: Names
content: Kuniyoshi, Yasuo, 1889-1953
label: Names
content: Marin, John, 1870-1953
label: Names
content: Sprinchorn, Carl, 1887-1971
label: Names
content: Stieglitz, Alfred, 1864-1946
label: Names
content: Van Vechten, Carl, 1880-1964
label: Names
content: Weber, Max, 1881-1961
topic: label: Occupation
content: Sculptors -- United States
label: Topic
content: Sculpture, American
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Lent for microfilming 1972-1974 by John Pierce, Managing Trustee, Lachaise Foundation. Pierce is the grand-nephew of Isabelle Lachaise.
creator: label: Creator
content: Lachaise, Gaston, 1882-1935
label: Creator
content: Lachaise, Isabelle Nagle, d. 1957
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Gaston Lachaise (1882-1935) was a sculptor from New York, N.Y. and Maine. Best known for his stylized monumental female nudes, dating from 1918 to the 1930s.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.8 Linear feet ((microfilmed on 4 reels))
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1903-1962
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.lachgast
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: 35mm microfilm reels 325-327 & 1034 available for use at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
originalsloc: label: Existence and Location of Originals
content: Originals returned to the Lachaise Foundation.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Correspondence; photographs; photograph albums; scrapbooks; exhibition material; and clippings.
label: Scope and Contents
content: REELS 325-327: Correspondence; photograph albums; scrapbooks; clippings; and exhibition material.
label: Scope and Contents
content: REEL 1034: Correspondence, 1925-1934, including mainly 23 letters to Lachaise from Alfred Stieglitz discussing Lachaise's exhibiting some works at the Anderson Galleries and his financial dealings with Stieglitz; letters to Isabelle Lachaise from friends and artists including Carl Van Vechten, Alfred Stieglitz, Bertram Hartman, and Carl Sprinchorn; correspondence relating to the sale of Gaston Lachaise's work; and correspondence relating to biographies of Gaston Lachaise. In addition, there are 3 photographs of paintings in the estate of Isabelle Lachaise: a drawing by Max Weber, a 1923 painting by Yasuo Kuniyoshi; and a painting by John Marin.