William Horace Littlefield letters and photographs to Paul Cummings
odd: label: Other Title
content: William Littlefield papers (microfilm title)
name: label: Creator
content: Cummings, Paul
label: Creator
content: Littlefield, William Horace, 1902-1969
label: Names
content: Club (New York, N.Y.)
label: Names
content: Pavia, Philip, 1915-2005
topic: label: Occupation
content: Painters -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Topic
content: Painting, American
label: Topic
content: Art -- Collectors and collecting
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Donated 1969 by Paul Cummings.
creator: label: Creator
content: Cummings, Paul
label: Creator
content: Littlefield, William Horace, 1902-1969
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Littlefield was a painter, writer and art collector; New York, N.Y. Died 1969. Cummings, an art historian, was an expert on drawings and prints
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.2 Linear Feet ((on 1 microfilm reel))
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1951-1969
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.littwmhp
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: 35mm microfilm reel N70-9 available for use at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Letters to Paul Cummings, 1964-1969; and photographs of paintings by Littlefield, 1951-1962. Letters discuss Littlefield's efforts to sell his collection of paintings by Leslie Powell, Howard Gibbs, David (Emery Abraham) Forbes, and others; Littlefield's connection with The Club, the organization of artists and writers formed by Philip Pavia in the early 1950's; and his own painting and criticism.