China Eggs by Kay Sage
name: label: Creator
content: Sage, Kay
label: Names
content: Pound, Ezra, 1885-1972
topic: label: Occupation
content: Painters -- Connecticut -- Woodbury
label: Topic
content: Surrealism
label: Topic
content: Women artists
label: Topic
content: Women painters
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: China Eggs by Kay Sage is a photocopy  that was donated to the Archives of American Art by Henry Sage Goodwin, relative of Sage, in 1966.
creator: label: Creator
content: Sage, Kay
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content: China Eggs by Kay Sage
abstract: label: Summary
content: The memoir China Eggs by Surrealist painter Kay Sage measure 0.01 linear feet and dates from 1955. The  memoir is a photocopy of a typescript draft and it covers the period of roughly 1910-1935. Sage writes of her family; childhood years in the United States and Europe; travels; her painting; living in Italy; her marriage to Prince Ranieri di San Faustino; and her friendship with Ezra Pound. The typescript draft is edited throughout, presumably by Sage.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Kay Sage (1898-1963) was a Surrealist painter and poet who was born in Albany, New York; raised and educated in Europe; and eventually settled in Woodbury, Connecticut. She was married to Surrealist painter Yves Tanguay from 1940 to 1955. She exhibited widely and her artwork was acquired by many art museums. She died in Connecticut in 1963.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.01 Linear Feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1955
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.sagekay2
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: Due to the small size of this collection, the papers are arranged as one series.
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: The collection was processed, and a finding aid prepared by Rihoko Ueno in 2022.
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: The collection is also available on 35mm microfilm reel 685 available at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan. Microfilm title: Autobiography of Kay Sage (Mrs. Yves Tanguay)
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The memoir China Eggs by Surrealist painter and poet Kay Sage measure 0.01 linear feet and dates from 1955. The  memoir is a photocopy of a typescript draft and it covers the period of roughly 1910-1935. Sage writes of her family; childhood years in the United States and Europe; travels; her painting; living in Italy; her marriage to Prince Ranieri di San Faustino; and her friendship with Ezra Pound. The typescript draft is edited throughout, presumably by Sage.