Lucile Blanch Papers
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Blanch, Lucile, 1895-1981
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content: Lucile Blanch papers
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.5 Linear feet (Box 1, OV 2)
unitdate: label: Date
content: circa 1898-1963
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.blanluci, Series 1
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Biographical materials include a sketch of cats by Blanch sent to her sister Beatrice and two writings. An untitled writing concerns art and another is a supplemental narrative for Blanch's application for a Guggenheim Fellowship. 

Lucile Blanch's correspondence includes letters to her sister Beatrice, as well as letters from fellow artists and friends. Notable correspondents include Edward Bruce, Stuart Edie Carson, Ernst Fiene, Ray Harris, Frida Khalo, Yasuo Kuniyoshi, Barbara Morgan, Diego Rivera, Eleanor Rixson, Dorothy Varian, and Forbes Watson. Many letters concern Blanch's application to the Guggenheim Fellowship. Blanch's letters to Beatrice Lundquist and her family are detailed and personal. Many letters describe her current artworks, memories, travel, and the art business run by Blanch and her husband Arnold. Blanch discusses visits with other artists and her own feelings of inadequacy. Additional letters are from school-aged children thanking Blanch for a lecture.

Arnold Blanch's correspondence is from Alexander Brook, Adolf Dehn, Reginald Marsh, Frank Rehn, and Katherine Schmidt. Letters from Beatrice Lunquist are to her sister and other members of their family. Scattered family letters are from Blanch's mother and brother. 

A diary fragment by Beatrice Lundquist is labeled as her last diary and was kept immediately prior to her death. 

Photographs include infant and childhood portraits of Lucile Blache, Beatrice Lundquist, and other members of the Lunquist family. Later snapshots were taken of Lucile and Beatrice in New Hope, Pennsylvania, and on various vacations. Additional photographs are of Beatrice throughout her life, and may include modeling photos.