Andrew Dasburg Papers
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Dasburg, Andrew, 1887-1979
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content: Andrew Dasburg and Grace Mott Johnson papers
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 6 Linear Feet (Box 1-6)
unitdate: label: Date
content: circa 1900-1980
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.dasbandr, Series 1
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
arrangement: label: Arrangement note
content: The Andrew Dasburg Papers are arranged into 7 subseries:

1.1: Biographical Material & Business Records, 1913-1980

1.2: Correspondence, circa 1906-1979

1.3: Writings, circa 1940s-1979

1.4: Printed Material, 1922-1980

1.5: Photographs, circa 1900-1978

1.6: Artwork, undated

1.7: Alfred Dasburg Papers, 1914-1980
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: The bulk of this series has been scanned in its entirety. Material not scanned includes duplicates, photographs of artwork and animals, slides, books, cancelled checks, miscellaneous financial and estate materials of limited research value, blank postcards and selected printed materials.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents note
content: This series contains the papers Andrew Dasburg, documenting both his personal life, such as his relationship with first wife, Grace Mott Johnson, and his friendships with many artists in New Mexico and New York, and to a lesser degree, his professional activities as an exhibiting artist. Found here are scattered legal, biographical, and financial documents. There is extensive correspondence with Johnson. Additional correspondence is with his son Alfred Dasburg, second wife Nancy Lane, and third wife Marina Wister, as well as numerous friends, fellow artists, scholars, galleries, universities, and museums. Notable correspondents include Mabel Dodge Luhan, Kenneth Adams, Thomas Hart Benton, George Biddle, Marsden Hartley, Ward Lockwood, Alfred Stieglitz, and Ward Lockwood, Henry Lee McFee, among many others.

Also found in Dasburg's papers are a few essays on art written by him, and writings by others about Dasburg and more general art topics. Printed material consists of published books about the Taos art community, as well as exhibition announcements, catalogs, and newsclippings about Dasburg, other artists, and the Taos and New Mexico art community. Photographs are of Dasburg while he was living in Woodstock, New York; Paris, France; and Taos, New Mexico; as well as his family, friends, models, places, and works of art. Of note are a group photograph of Birge Harrison's art class in Woodstock, New York, which includes Johnson and Dasburg, and a photograph of Dasburg with friends Konrad Cramer and John Reed. Dasburg's artwork includes three prints and two drawings.

Scattered papers of his son, Alfred Dasburg, primarily consists of correspondence with family, friends, and concerning the business affairs of his father.