Letters relating to Max Ernst's American citizenship status
name: label: Creator
content: Ernst, Max, 1891-1976
label: Creator
content: Tanning, Dorothea, 1910-2012
label: Names
content: Frank, John Paul, 1917-
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Letters relating to Max Ernst's American citizenship status were donated to the Archives of American Art in 1982 by Jimmy Ernst, son of Max Ernst.
creator: label: Creator
content: Ernst, Max, 1891-1976
label: Creator
content: Tanning, Dorothea, 1910-2012
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content: Letters relating to Max Ernst's American citizenship status
abstract: label: Summary
content: The letters relating to painter and sculptor Max Ernst's American citizenship status measure 0.01 linear feet and date from circa 1957. Correspondence is mainly between Ernst's wife Dorothea (Tanning) and attorney John Frank regarding Max Ernst's efforts to retain American citizenship, which was jeapordized by the McCarren Act and Ernst's extended periods of residence abroad. Many of the letters provide details of Ernst's career and give a chronology of his travels. Included is one letter from Max Ernst to John Frank. All of the documents in this collection are photocopies.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Max Ernst (1891-1976) was a German Surrealist painter and sculptor. He moved to New York in 1941, and married Dorothea Tanning in California in 1946. They lived in Sedona, Arizona, until 1953, after which they primarily lived in France.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.01 Linear Feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: circa 1957
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.ernsmax
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: Due to the small size of this collection the papers are arranged as one series.

Series 1: Letters Relating to Max Ernst's American Citizenship Status, circa 1957 (0.01 linear feet; 1 folder)
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: The collection was processed, and a finding aid prepared by Rihoko Ueno in 2021.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The letters relating to painter and sculptor Max Ernst's American citizenship status measure 0.01 linear feet and date from circa 1957. Correspondence is mainly between Ernst's wife Dorothea (Tanning) and attorney John Frank regarding Max Ernst's efforts to retain American citizenship, which was jeapordized by the McCarren Act and Ernst's extended periods of residence abroad. Many of the letters provide details of Ernst's career and give a chronology of his travels. Included is one letter from Max Ernst to John Frank. All of the documents in this collection are photocopies.