Mark Tobey letters to Helen Freeman Corle
name: label: Creator
content: Tobey, Mark
label: Names
content: Corle, Helen Freeman
topic: label: Occupation
content: Painters -- Washington (State) -- Seattle
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Donated 2000 by Duncan McCandless, inherited them from his mother, Ruth Stout McCandless. Ruth McCandless was a friend of Corle's in Pasadena, and received the letters directly from Corle. According to McCandless, Corle left his mother a painting purported to be "The Tobey" painting and, in fact, Tobey actually did sign it through Ernst Beyeler, in Basle, Switzerland, whose gallery represented Tobey. [McCandless sold the painting to the University of Arizona Museum, Tucson.]
creator: label: Creator
content: Tobey, Mark
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Tobey was a painter; Seattle, Wash. Corle was at one time a New York City stage actress and wife of novelist, Edwin Corle. McCandless sold the painting to the University of Arizona Museum, Tucson.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 4 Items
unitdate: label: Date
content: [ca. 1935-1945]
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.tobemark
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Four letters from Mark Tobey to Helen Freeman Corle, relating to one of his paintings.