Ira Glackens letters to Jane Wasey
name: label: Creator
content: Glackens, Ira, 1907-1990
label: Names
content: Wasey, Jane, 1912-1992
topic: label: Occupation
content: Animal sculptors -- Maine
label: Occupation
content: Sculptors -- Maine
label: Topic
content: Women artists
label: Topic
content: Women sculptors
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Donated 1991 by Jane Wasey.
creator: label: Creator
content: Glackens, Ira, 1907-1990
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Glackens, a writer and son of painter William Glackens, was a friend and patron of Wasey, an animal sculptor, Lincolville, Maine. Glackens died in 1990.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.2 Linear Feet ((26 items))
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1985-1990
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.glacira
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: 24 letters from Ira Glackens, 1985-1990, 1 letter from his wife, Nancy Glackens, April 2, 1986, and a note from her enclosed in one of Ira's letters, November 30, 1987. Glackens praises Wasey's animal sculptures, mentions his association with her teacher Heinz Warneke, discusses his writing and his difficulty finding an appropriate publisher for his book, and personal matters.