Marius de Zayas Research Collection for How, When and Why Modern Art Came to New York, ca. 1910-1936 | WorldCat.org (original) (raw)

Summary:This collection, assembled by Francis M. Naumann, includes correspondence and other material relating to Marius de Zayas and his role in bringing modern art to the United States from Europe. This material was used by Naumann in preparation for How, When, and Why Modern Art Came to New Yorkı by Marius de Zayas, edited by Naumann, and published in 1996 by The MIT Press. Included in the first series is correspondence between de Zayas and various associates and friends. There is a lengthy exchange of correspondence between de Zayas and Alfred Stieglitz, as well as correspondence with others involved in the avant-garde art world, including Walter Arensberg, Alfred H. Barr, Jr., Benjamin De Casseres, Paul Haviland, Max Jacob, Walt Kuhn, Francis Picabia, Pablo Picasso, Charles Sheeler, Tristan Tzsara, Forbes Watson and Adolf Wolf. Also included is correspondence and other material relating to de Zayas's business dealings with other art dealers, financial backers, and collectors, including Walter Arensberg, Paul Guillaume, Lucien Lefebvre-Foinet, Agnes Ernst and Eugene Meyer, John Quinn, Paul Rosenberg, Ambroise Vollard, and Charles Vignier. The second series consists of correspondence and related material arranged by subject matter, and includes material relating to de Zayas's work as both artist and writer, as well as to the Modern and Photo-Secession galleries, and other subjects. The final series consists of photocopies of pages from de Zayas's scrapbook of press clippings. See series descriptions bel