Lauris Mason research material on George Bellows
name: label: Creator
content: Mason, Lauris
label: Names
content: Albright, Ivan, 1897-1983
label: Names
content: Bellows, George, 1882-1925
label: Names
content: Ludman, Joan
label: Names
content: Morgan, Charles H. (Charles Hill), 1902-1984
topic: label: Occupation
content: Authors -- Florida -- Coral Gables
label: Occupation
content: Editors -- Florida -- Coral Gables
label: Occupation
content: Art historians -- Florida -- Coral Gables
label: Topic
content: Women art historians
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: The collection was donated to the Archives of American Art by Lauris Mason in 1989 and 2023.
creator: label: Creator
content: Mason, Lauris
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content: Lauris Mason research material on George Bellows
abstract: label: Summary
content: The Lauris Mason research material on George Bellows dates from 1976-2012 and measures 0.02 linear feet. Records document research conducted by Mason for her book The Lithographs of George Bellows: A Catalogue Raisonné; Lauris Mason; Joan Ludman; Charles H. Morgan (Millwood, N.Y.: KTO Press, 1977), through correspondence, a draft of the catalog, and printed material.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Coral Gables, Florida, author, editor, and art historian Lauris Mason authored several anthologies and bibliographies on printmaking. Her publications include a catalog raisonné of the lithographs of New York painter and printmaker George Bellows, which she co-authored with Joan Ludman (1932-2015), an art historian with expertise in prints, and Charles Hill Morgan (1902-1984), an educator and art historian from Amherst, Massachusetts. Mason and her husband Daniel J. Mason are also collectors of pop-up books and related ephemera.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.02 Linear Feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1976-2012
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.masolaur
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: The collection was processed and a finding aid prepared by Stephanie Ashley in 2022 and 2023.
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: A portion of the collection was digitized in 2022 and is available on the Archives of American Art website.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The Lauris Mason research material on George Bellows dates from 1976-2012 and measures 0.02 linear feet. Records document research conducted by Mason for her book The Lithographs of George Bellows: A Catalogue Raisonné; Lauris Mason; Joan Ludman; Charles H. Morgan (Millwood, N.Y.: KTO Press, 1977).

Records include correspondence with Charles H. Morgan and others discussing inquiries for information on Bellows and his lithographs, and progress on the catalog. Correspondents include museums and galleries such as Allison Gallery, Amon Carter Museum, Kennedy Galleries, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and others.

Other documentation includes a draft introduction for the catalog written by Morgan and related correspondence, and letters concerning a dispute with Jean Bellows Booth, daughter of George Bellows, over permissions to access her father's record book and publish his lithographs. Also found is a pamphlet announcing the publication, copies of two reviews of the catalog raisonné, and unrelated 1978 correspondence with Ivan Albright related to Mason's request to purchase prints by Albright.