Robert Laurent papers
name: label: Creator
content: Laurent, Robert, 1890-1970
label: Names
content: Avery, Milton, 1885-1965
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content: Barnes, Albert C. (Albert Coombs), 1872-1951
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content: Bellows, George, 1882-1925
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content: Berenson, Bernard, 1865-1959
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content: Bluemner, Oscar, 1867-1938
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content: Calder, Alexander, 1898-1976
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content: Careas, Jean
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content: Courtois, Gustave, 1852-1923
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content: Dasburg, Andrew, 1887-1979
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content: Davies, Arthur B. (Arthur Bowen), 1862-1928
label: Names
content: Field, Hamilton Easter
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content: Fiene, Ernest, 1894-
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content: Goodrich, Lloyd, 1897-1987
label: Names
content: Gross, Chaim, 1904-1991
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content: Halpert, Edith Gregor, 1900-1970
label: Names
content: Hart, George Overbury, 1868-1933
label: Names
content: Hassam, Childe, 1859-1935
label: Names
content: Henri, Robert, 1865-1929
label: Names
content: Hope, Henry R. (Henry Radford), 1905-
label: Names
content: Kuhn, Walt, 1877-1949
label: Names
content: Kuniyoshi, Yasuo, 1889-1953
label: Names
content: Lachaise, Gaston, 1882-1935
label: Names
content: Laurent, John, 1921-
label: Names
content: Lipchitz, Jacques, 1891-1973
label: Names
content: McBride, Henry, 1867-1962
label: Names
content: McFee, William
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content: Nadelman, Elie, 1882-1946
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content: Pascin, Jules, 1885-1930
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content: Prendergast, Maurice Brazil, 1858-1924
label: Names
content: Rattner, Abraham
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content: Ryder, Albert Pinkham, 1847-1917
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content: Smith, David, 1906-1965
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content: Soyer, Raphael, 1899-1987
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content: Speicher, Eugene Edward, 1883-1962
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content: Stella, Joseph, 1877-1946
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content: Sterne, Maurice, 1878-1957
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content: Stieglitz, Alfred, 1864-1946
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content: Strater, Henry, 1896-
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content: Zorach, William, 1887-1966
topic: label: Occupation
content: Etchers
label: Occupation
content: Painters
label: Occupation
content: Sculptors
label: Topic
content: Painting, Modern -- 20th century
label: Topic
content: Sculpture, Modern -- 20th century
label: Topic
content: Etching, Modern -- 20th century
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Material on reels N68-2-N68-3 was lent for microfilming 1968 by Robert Laurent; he donated material on reel 2 1966; material on reel 497 was lent for microfilming 1973 by John Laurent, son of Robert Laurent; material on reels 2063, 2065-2067 was donated 1978 by John Laurent; He donated additional material on reel 2155 and not filmed with his brother Paul in 1981.
creator: label: Creator
content: Laurent, Robert, 1890-1970
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Painter, sculptor, teacher, etcher, and writer; Brooklyn, New York & Ogunquit, Maine. Laurent studied under Hamilton Easter Field, and both were from Brooklyn, N.Y. and were involved in the summer art colony in Oguniquit, Maine.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 3.7 Linear Feet ((on 8 microfilmed reels + 1 photograph not microfilmed))
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1869-1973
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.laurrobe
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: 35mm microfilm reels N68-2-N68-3, 2, 497, 2063, 2065-2067 & 2155 available at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
originalsloc: label: Existence and Location of Originals
content: Reels N68-2-N68-3: Originals returned to Robert Laurent after microfilming.
label: Existence and Location of Originals
content: Reel 497: Originals returned to John Laurent after microfilming.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Correspondence; manuscripts and writings; lists of works of art; photographs; biographical material; gallery and foundry files; notes and speeches; financial material; scrapbook; guest book; magazines; exhibition catalogs; clippings; and printed material.
label: Scope and Contents
content: REEL N68-2: Letters from George Bellows, Bernard Berenson, Elliott Daingerfield, Arthur B. Davies, Roger Fry, John Marin, Joseph Pennell, Man Ray, John Sloan, Max Weber, J. Alden Weir, and others. Two highly detailed letters from Maurice Sterne in 1913 describe that artist's life in Bali. Also included are signatures of American artists from a guest book, and a 1966 catalog of the Hamilton Easter Field Art Foundation Collection.
label: Scope and Contents
content: REEL N68-3 Letters from Childe Hassam, Walt Kuhn, Yasuo Kuniyoshi, Gaston Lachaise, Elie Nadelman, David Smith, Alfred Stieglitz, William Zorach, Oscar Bluemner, Albert C. Barnes, Andrew Dasburg, Ernest Fiene, Pop Hart, Robert Henri, Joseph Stella, Maurice Sterne, and others. Also included are manuscripts, lists of works of art, and photographs of Laurent with Hamiltion Easter Field, Bernard Kariol and others.
label: Scope and Contents
content: REEL 2: Personal data sheet, exhibition catalogs and magazines containing articles by or about Laurent, ca. 1920-1965.
label: Scope and Contents
content: REEL 497: John Laurent's collection of 34 letters, 1902-1960, to Robert Laurent and Hamiltion Easter Field. The 6 letters to Field are from Bernhard Berenson, George Bellows, Maurice Prendergast, Pop Hart, Gustov Courtois, and John Carpenter. The 28 letters to Robert Laurent are from Albert P. Ryder, Gaston Lachaise, Raphael Soyer, Walt Kuhn, Robert Henri, Alfred Stieglitz, Arthur B. Davies, Milton Avery, Alexander Calder, Henry McBride, William McFee, Jules Pascin, Jean Careas, and two unidentified artists.
label: Scope and Contents
content: REEL 2063: Photographs, ca. 1930-1962, of Laurent, his studio, exhibitions, and works of art.
label: Scope and Contents
content: REELS 2065-2067: Biographical material; correspondence from Maurice Sterne, Yasuo Kuniyoshi, Edith Halpert, Henry Hope, Henry Strater, Lloyd Goodrich, David Smith, Walt Kuhn, William Zorach, Ernest Fiene, and Samuel Wood Gaylor; gallery and foundry files; notes, writings, and speeches; financial material; lists of works of art; blueprints; exhibition and printed material, clippings, and a scrapbook; photos of source material and works of art owned by Laurent; and material concerning Hamilton Easter Field, Laurent's teacher and friend, including correspondence, guest book signatures, financial and legal papers and Field Foundation material.
label: Scope and Contents
content: REEL 2155: Photographs of Laurent's works of art with catalog sheets listing the title, date, medium, size, ownership, and exhibition information for each work, ca. 1920-1967. Also included are photographs of Laurent in his studio and with others, including Gaston Lachaise and David Smith; a photo of Chaim Gross; and photos of the Ogunquit Museum in Maine.
label: Scope and Contents
content: UNMICROFILMED: A black and white photograph of the Field Foundation Dinner Auction-Dinner-Dance, Ogunquit, Maine. Depicted are Lloyd Goodrich, Yasuo Kuniyoshi, William Zorach, Robert Laurent, Emil Ganso and others.