Moritz and Sophie Jagendorf letters from artists
name: label: Creator
content: Jagendorf, M. A. (Moritz Adolph), 1888-1981
label: Creator
content: Jagendorf, Sophie
label: Names
content: Becker, M. L.
label: Names
content: Benton, Rita P.
label: Names
content: Benton, Thomas Hart, 1889-1975
label: Names
content: Boggs, Ralph Steele, 1901-1994
label: Names
content: Fornaro, Carlo de, 1871-
label: Names
content: Hartman, C. Bertram, 1882-1960
label: Names
content: Ipcar, Dahlov, 1917-2017
label: Names
content: Macdonald-Wright, Stanton, 1890-1973
label: Names
content: Seeger, Pete, 1919-2014
label: Names
content: Starkie, Walter, 1894-1976
label: Names
content: Stella, Joseph, 1877-1946
label: Names
content: Tolgian, Manuel
label: Names
content: Weber, Max, 1881-1961
label: Names
content: Wright, Willard
label: Names
content: Zorach, Marguerite, 1887-1968
label: Names
content: Zorach, William, 1887-1966
topic: label: Occupation
content: Artists -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Occupation
content: Dentists -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Topic
content: Art -- Collectors and collecting -- New York (State) -- New York
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Donated 2016 by Andre Jagendorf, Moritz and Sophie Jagendorf's son.
creator: label: Creator
content: Jagendorf, M. A. (Moritz Adolph), 1888-1981
label: Creator
content: Jagendorf, Sophie
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Moritz Jagendorf (1888-1981) was a dentist who treated artists in New York, New York. Clients included Joseph Stella, Stanton MacDonald-Wright, William and Marguerite Zorach, Thomas Hart Benton, among others. Jagendorf became friendly with the artists and bought their artwork or received it in lieu of dental bills.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.2 Linear Feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1917-1969
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.jagemori
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Letters to Moritz and Sophie Jagendorf from artists including 111 letters from Stanton MacDonald-Wright, 1917-1969; four letters from Carlo De Fornaro, 1937-1938; three letters each from Joseph Stella, 1934-1938, Manuel Tolgian, 1935-1938; two letters each from Rita Benton, 1960-1963, Walter Starkie, 1968, Max Weber, 1930-1932 and Willard Wright (Stanton's brother), 1917; one letter each from M. L. Becker, (possibly May Lamberton Becker), undated, Thomas Hart Benton, 1933, Ralph Steele Boggs, 1966, Bertram Hartman, 1930, Pete Seeger, 1967. Also included are photocopies of several letters from William and Marguerite Zorach and their daughter Dahlov Ipcar, 1965-1967. The letters concern exhibitions, museums, galleries, works of art and other artists.