Paul Jenkins letter to Deborah Black
name: label: Creator
content: Jenkins, Paul, 1923-2012
topic: label: Occupation
content: Painters -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Occupation
content: Playwrights -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Occupation
content: Painters -- France -- Paris
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Donated 2023 by Deborah Black.
creator: label: Creator
content: Jenkins, Paul, 1923-2012
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Paul Jenkins (1923-2012) was an painter and playwright in New York, New York, and Paris, France.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 2 Items
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1977
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.jenkpaul1
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: A March 10, 1977 letter and corresponding envelope from artist Paul Jenkins to Deborah Black. Jenkins writes about his agreement that watercolor may be influencing twentieth century artists as well as Charles Birchfield and the Archives of American Art. The letter was in response to Black's letter she wrote to Jenkins while working on her honors thesis at Cornell University.
relatedmaterial: label: Related Materials
content: Also found in the Archives of American Art's holdings are the Paul Jenkins papers, circa 1915-2010; Paul Jenkins diaries, 1964-1971 on microfilm; a 1969 interview with Paul Jenkins; and a 1968 oral history interview conduted by Colette Roberts for the Archives of American Art.