Nat Werner papers
name: label: Creator
content: Werner, Nat, 1907?-1991
label: Names
content: Perkins, Maxwell E. (Maxwell Evarts), 1884-1947
label: Names
content: Pine, Geri, 1914-
label: Names
content: Ulmann, Doris, d. 1934
label: Names
content: Van Vechten, Carl, 1880-1964
label: Names
content: Wolfe, Thomas, 1900-1938
topic: label: Occupation
content: Sculptors -- New York (State) -- New York
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Donated 2002 by Janis Conner and Joel Rosenkranz, private dealers in American sculpture.
creator: label: Creator
content: Werner, Nat, 1907?-1991
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Sculptor; New York, New York; Southampton, N.Y. Born 1907? Died 1991.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1.6 Linear Feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1930s-1980s
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.wernnat
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Correspondence, photographs and negatives, and printed material documenting Werner's professional career as a sculptor. Of note is correspondence relating to Werner's portrait bust of Thomas Wolfe, including letters from Werner requesting photographic portraits of Wolfe and letters from Carl Van Vechten, and Wolfe's editors, Maxwell Perkins and Edward Aswell. The majority of the photographs and negatives are reproductions of sculpture; also included are images of Werner, his wife, Geri Pine, and photographs taken by Carl Van Vechten and Doris Ulman. Printed material consists of catalogs, articles, announcements, and checklists.