Stuart Davis correspondence with Francis Henry Taylor
name: label: Creator
content: Davis, Stuart, 1892-1964
label: Creator
content: Taylor, Francis Henry, 1903-1957
label: Names
content: Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)
label: Names
content: Wehle, Harry B. (Harry Brandeis), b. 1887
topic: label: Topic
content: Painting, Modern -- 20th century -- New York (State) -- New York
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Donated by Franklin Riehlman, 1985.
creator: label: Creator
content: Davis, Stuart, 1892-1964
label: Creator
content: Taylor, Francis Henry, 1903-1957
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Stuart Davis (1892-1964) was a painter and teacher, from New York.
function: label: Function
content: Art museums -- New York (State)
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 11 Items ((on partial microfilm reel))
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1940
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.davistuc
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: 35mm microfilm reel 4909 (fr. 1090-1112) available at Archives of American Art and through interlibrary loan.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Letter, May 19, 1940, from Davis to Francis Henry Taylor, Director of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Davis writes that the "rejection of my work by the acquisitions committee of your museum, followed by Mr. Wehle's explanation of the reason for that rejection, was merely indicative of the fact that work in the style of mine is not usual here." He encloses photographs of his work so that Taylor can "review them and make his own decision ..."; 8 of the 9 photographs are annotated by Davis with title, medium, dimensions, and date. Also included is a carbon of Taylor's acknowledgement, May 22, 1940, and a note, May 23, [1940], enclosing the photos, from Taylor to Metropolitan curator Harry B. Wehle: "Herewith some curious examples of ultra-modern art."