Extensive File of Artists Correspondence to Douglas Volk.

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  Volk, Douglas (1856?1935). Extensive File of Artists Correspondence to Douglas Volk. Principally New York, 1890s?1930s. Approximately 100 pieces of correspondence addressed to the artist, mainly autograph letters, some multiple pages long, some with original mailing covers retained, encompassing an array of business and personal matters from the prime of the artist?s career, from a wide circle of friends and colleagues, among them many notable painters and illustrators, shedding light on numerous arts projects underway by members of the organizations and clubs in which Volk was involved, chiefly the National Academy of Design, but also the Cooper Union and other New York fine arts clubs. Including: Howard Pyle, ALS (1898), opening, ?The Lincoln Life mark came to me yesterday?and shall be regarded as one of my treasures,? and continuing to discuss the New York arts scene and current projects; Emil Carlsen, ALS (1923), originally enclosing color samples; Chauncey Ryder, ALS [2] (1925/34); Charles Courtney Curran, ALS/TLSs [9] (1900s-30s, one co-signed by Henry B. Snell), one accepting Volk?s works to be shown at the Pan-America Exposition; Edwin Howland Blashfield, ALS [4] (1920s); William H. Lippincott, ALS (1918); Robert and Marjorie Henri, ALS (1925); Kenyon Cox, ALS (1911); Ben Foster, ALS (1923); Robert Swain Gifford, ALS (1900); Alexis Jean Fournier, ALS (1899); Bruce Crane, ALS (Salmagundi Club letterhead); Erastus Dow Palmer, inscribed and signed photo of his sculpture ?The White Captive (1893); Gardner Symons, ALS (1926); Joseph S. Isidor, ALS (1934); William H. Holmes, TLS (1921); Cowles Art Schule [sic] class photo and Russell Cowles ALSs [3]; Thornton Oakley, ALS (1935); Goldene Howe Newhall, ALS; Beatrice Rawson Hubbell (Rutherford B. Hayes descendant), ALS; R.W. Lillard, ALS (1925); Cuthbert Lee, ALS (1928); J. William Fosdick, ALS (1925); Wyatt Eaton, ALS [2] (1881); Robert D. Cohn, ALS (1900); A. Edmund Hanson, TLS (1934); sympathy cards and letters from various correspondents on the death of Volk?s wife, the artist Marion Larrabee; and many others. A rich and fascinating file that should be seen.
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