Brooks Wright research material on Arthur B. Davies
name: label: Creator
content: Wright, Brooks, 1922-
label: Names
content: Davies, Arthur B. (Arthur Bowen), 1862-1928
topic: label: Occupation
content: Painters -- New York (State)
label: Topic
content: Art, American
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Donated May 1981 by Brooks Wright.
creator: label: Creator
content: Wright, Brooks, 1922-
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Author; Nyack, N.Y. Davies was a painter; New York.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 2 Linear Feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1890-1978
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.wrigbroo
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Research for Wright's biography of Arthur B. Davies, THE ARTIST AND THE UNICORN (1978) including: correspondence, 1966-1978, with Davies's daughter Ronnie Owen, Davies's model Wreath Mason and others; photocopies of letters, 1890-1967, to and from Arthur B. Davies, Davies family members and others, gathered by Wright from public and private sources; exihibition catalogs and annoucements, 1930-1978; copies of Wright's notes for his book and the first draft typescript; and a photocopy of a 5 page memoir "Arthur B. Davies" by Carl Zigrosser.