H. C. L. Merillat correspondence relating to Gaston Lachaise
name: label: Creator
content: Merillat, H. C. L. (Herbert Christian Laing), 1915-
label: Names
content: Kirstein, Lincoln, 1907-
label: Names
content: Lachaise, Gaston, 1882-1935
label: Names
content: Nordland, Gerald
label: Names
content: Thacher, John
topic: label: Topic
content: Sculpture, Modern -- 20th century
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Donated by H.C.L. Merillat, 1992.
creator: label: Creator
content: Merillat, H. C. L. (Herbert Christian Laing), 1915-
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Writer, Washington, D.C.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 9 Items
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1973-1991
label: Date
content: bulk 1973
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.merih
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: 35mm microfilm reel 5124 (fr. 1399-1409) available for use at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Eight letters, 1973, concerning the sculpture of Gaston Lachaise, written in connection with Merillat's book, Modern Sculpture, the New Old Masters (1974). Included are carbons of letters from Merrillat to John Thacher, Gerald Nordland and Lincoln Kirstein, two from Kirstein to Merillat, and one from Nordland to Merillat. Merillat was interested in their opinions of whether Lachaise was aware of prehistoric fertility, figures, and what Mrs. Lachaise was like, in figure and personality.