Walter and Louise Arensberg papers
name: label: Creator
content: Arensberg, Walter, 1878-1954
label: Creator
content: Arensberg, Louise S. (Louise Stevenson), 1879-1953
label: Names
content: Apollinaire, Guillaume, 1880-1918
label: Names
content: Duchamp, Marcel, 1887-1968
label: Names
content: Sheeler, Charles, 1883-1965
label: Names
content: Wood, Beatrice
topic: label: Occupation
content: Art patrons
label: Topic
content: Art -- Collectors and collecting
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Lent for microfilming 1985 by the Francis Bacon Library and Foundation, Claremont, Calif. Most, or perhaps all, of the microfilmed material was subsequently physically transferred from the Francis Bacon Foundation to the Philadelphia Museum of Art in 1996 and formally given to the Museum in 2001 by the Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery, which had received it as part of a larger gift from the Francis Bacon Foundation in 1995.
creator: label: Creator
content: Arensberg, Walter, 1878-1954
label: Creator
content: Arensberg, Louise S. (Louise Stevenson), 1879-1953
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Walter (1878-1954) and Louise Arensberg (1879-1953) were art collectors in New York, New York and Los Angeles, California. Walter Arensberg was also a poet and art critic.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 2 Microfilm reels (558 items on 2 microfilm reels)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1912-1982
label: Date
content: bulk 1917-1982
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.arenwalt
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Microfilm reels
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: 35mm microfilm reels 3570-3571 available at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
originalsloc: label: Existence and Location of Originals
content: Originals returned to lender after microfilming, and subsequently donated to the Philadelphia Museum of Art, Arensberg Archives.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The microfilmed Walter and Louise Arensberg papers contain correspondence (1917-1982) with Marcel Duchamp (1917-1968), Beatrice Wood (1952-1982), Charles Sheeler (1953-1955), and others. A few letters are illustrated or include photographs, poetry, and printed material. Some correspondence with Marcel Duchamp is in French. Also included in the papers are a list of art in the Arensberg collection (1951), compiled for a tax return; poetry and essays by the psychiatrist E. E. Southard; and notes and scripts for skits and pantomimes by Guillaume Apollinaire.
relatedmaterial: label: Related Materials
content: The Philadelphia Museum of Art, Library and Archives holds the Arensberg Archives, 1905-1957. The Huntington Library holds the Walter Arensberg letters, 1927-1954.