Helen Stein papers relating to Marsden Hartley
name: label: Creator
content: Stein, Helen, 1888?-1965
label: Names
content: Hartley, Marsden, 1877-1943
label: Names
content: Rosenberg, Paul, 1881-1959
topic: label: Occupation
content: Painters
label: Topic
content: Women painters
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: The papers were gathered and donated by Jay Friedline, a friend of Stein and Hartley, 1988.
creator: label: Creator
content: Stein, Helen, 1888?-1965
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Painter. Born Helen Steinberg in Odessa, Russia, Stein came to the United States at the age of two. She studied at the Art Students League with Max Weber and at Cooper Union. Her benefactor, Sir Michael Crozer-Gielberg, commissioned Le Corbusier to design a studio for her in Paris (1927-29). She met Marsden Hartley, who greatly admired her work, ca. 1930, and painted him ca. 1932. They were close friends for the last ten years of his life.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.2 Linear Feet ((on partial microfilm reel))
unitdate: label: Date
content: [undated] and 1934-1949
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.steihele
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: 35mm microfilm reel 4130 available at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Primarily letters to Helen Stein from Marsden Hartley, with typed transcriptions and 25 typed pages of anecdotes about Hartley, probably written by Stein. The letters provide intimate information about Hartley's activities, interests, and state of mind for the last 9 years of his life, revealing his thoughts about artists, dealers, artistic styles, critics, and describing his progress in painting and in sales of his paintings. (Included with a letter of September 10, 1939 is a snapshot of Hartley.) Similar information is included in the anecdotes, which recount Hartley's comments on many topics.
label: Scope and Contents
content: There are also catalogs for exhibitions of Hartley's work, a press review, and a letter from Stein to Paul Rosenberg in which she mentions the Hartley letters.