GENERAL DESCRIPTION
Woodstock, New York
July 25th 1956
The Dallas Museum of Fine Arts
Dallas 26, Texas
Dear Mr. Bywaters,
At the request of Gordon Allison I am sending you a bit of information concerning the George Bellows painting “Emma in Purple Dress.” It is as follows.
“Emma in Purple Dress” 51 x 63
It is recorded in George Bellows private catagloue book C- page 7.
Painted in George Bellows summer studio Woodstock, NY.
He says, “Completed Oct. 1923, after painting 3 years on this canvas.”
It has been exhibited in
Paris
Chicago
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City, in the “George Bellows Memorial Exhibition” 1925
Worcester
Detroit
Allison Gallery, 32 East 57th Street, Ny, NY 1955
I remember the terrific struggle George had with the head. He scraped it out again and again. Finally one day he said, “get up on the model stand and I’ll have another try.” I said, “Well—you had better make it snappy. This dress will not hold out much longer.” That afternoon everything worked together for good—The head just flew on and the painting was finished. Several of his artist friends came in to see it and were most enthusiastic.
I believe it is now considered his finest portrait of me. I am delighted that the Dallas Museum has added this important Bellows to its growing collection and I hope to give myself the pleasure of coming down to see it in the near future.
For the interest and enthusiasm you and your Board of Trustees have shown, I am most appreciative.
Thanking you,
I am as ever,
Emma S. Bellows
(Mrs. George Bellows)
NOTES
If I create Emma S. Bellows as a constituent, she would be connected to these objects as a person "depicted in" the works. In that case, should this letter be applied to the constituent id number instead of the objects?- Sue said yes during routing. I linked Emma S. Bellows as the depicted individual to the three works currently in the collection and am using both the objects and the constituent id as targets for this CC.
This note has not been pushed to Google Drive so I am removing the status tags and replacing them with draft and routed. When the note is updated in GDrive and the UMO is resolved, it can be tagged complete. 1/28/2017
Update- March 7, 2017- I am removing the routed tag and adding the completed tag because all changes have been made and formatting is updated. I am not removing the %UMOpending tag because I have requested the letter be digitized to be used as an image asset. The GDoc has been moved to Queta's folders for review.
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Scan original letter to pair with the typed transcription. Letter from Mrs. Bellows to Dallas Museum of Fine Arts/ Jerry Bywaters, dated July 25, 1956. Scanned and attached to TMS record, filename 1956.58~letter.pdf. Couldn't find in Piction?
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General Description
Woodstock, New York
July 25th 1956
The Dallas Museum of Fine Arts
Dallas 26, Texas
Dear Mr. Bywaters,
At the request of Gordon Allison I am sending you a bit of information concerning the George Bellows painting “Emma in Purple Dress.” It is as follows.
“Emma in Purple Dress” 51 x 63
It is recorded in George Bellows private catagloue book C- page 7.
Painted in George Bellows summer studio Woodstock, NY.
He says, “Completed Oct. 1923, after painting 3 years on this canvas.”
It has been exhibited in
Paris
Chicago
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City, in the “George Bellows Memorial Exhibition” 1925
Worcester
Detroit
Allison Gallery, 32 East 57th Street, Ny, NY 1955
I remember the terrific struggle George had with the head. He scraped it out again and again. Finally one day he said, “get up on the model stand and I’ll have another try.” I said, “Well—you had better make it snappy. This dress will not hold out much longer.” That afternoon everything worked together for good—The head just flew on and the painting was finished. Several of his artist friends came in to see it and were most enthusiastic.
I believe it is now considered his finest portrait of me. I am delighted that the Dallas Museum has added this important Bellows to its growing collection and I hope to give myself the pleasure of coming down to see it in the near future.
For the interest and enthusiasm you and your Board of Trustees have shown, I am most appreciative.
Thanking you,
I am as ever,
Emma S. Bellows
(Mrs. George Bellows)
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Notes
If I create Emma S. Bellows as a constituent, she would be connected to these objects as a person "depicted in" the works. In that case, should this letter be applied to the constituent id number instead of the objects?- Sue said yes during routing. I linked Emma S. Bellows as the depicted individual to the three works currently in the collection and am using both the objects and the constituent id as targets for this CC.
This note has not been pushed to Google Drive so I am removing the status tags and replacing them with draft and routed. When the note is updated in GDrive and the UMO is resolved, it can be tagged complete. 1/28/2017
Update- March 7, 2017- I am removing the routed tag and adding the completed tag because all changes have been made and formatting is updated. I am not removing the %UMOpending tag because I have requested the letter be digitized to be used as an image asset. The GDoc has been moved to Queta's folders for review.
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