American artists, authors, and collectors : the Walter Pach letters, 1906-1958

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by  Pach, Walter, Pach, Walter, Perlman, Bennard B

Walter Arensberg Bernard Berenson Van Wyck Brooks Bryson Burroughs Arthur B. Davies Katherine
Dreier Marcel Duchamp Susan Macdowell Eakins Arthur Burdett Frost Jr. Childe Hassam Robert Henri
Fiske Kimball Alice Klauber Lewis Mumford Duncan Phillips Maurice Prendergast John Quinn Abby
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The Walter Pach Letters, 1906–1958 The Walter Pach Letters, 1906–1958

Eakins Arthur Burdett Frost Jr. Childe Hassam Robert Henri Fiske Kimball Alice Klauber Lewis Mumford

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Duncan Phillips Maurice Prendergast John Quinn Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Albert Pinkham Ryder Paul
Walter Arensberg BENNARD B. PERLMAN, EDITOR M
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Bernard Berenson J. Sachs Morton L. Schamberg Charles Sheeler John Sloan Michael Stein Alfred Stieglitz Frederic C.
Sharing for the first time the life-long correspondence between Walter Pach—artist, R
Van Wyck Brooks author, art critic, art consultant, teacher, museum lecturer—and many of the most IC Torrey J. Alden Weir Walter Arensberg Bernard Berenson Van Wyck Brooks Bryson Burroughs Arthur
influential members of the literary and art worlds of his day, this book reveals Pach to A
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be one of the unsung heroes who promoted European and American modern art N B. Davies Katherine Dreier Marcel Duchamp Susan Macdowell Eakins Arthur Burdett Frost Jr. Childe
Arthur B. Davies during the first half of the twentieth century.
Included here are letters to and from such individuals as Walter Arensberg, Ber- A Hassam Robert Henri Fiske Kimball Alice Klauber Lewis Mumford Duncan Phillips Maurice Prendergast
Katherine Dreier R
nard Berenson, Van Wyck Brooks, Arthur B. Davies, Katherine Dreier, Marcel Duchamp,
T John Quinn Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Albert Pinkham Ryder Paul J. Sachs Morton L. Schamberg Charles
Marcel Duchamp Childe Hassam, Robert Henri, Fiske Kimball, Alice Klauber, Lewis Mumford, Duncan I
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Phillips, Maurice Prendergast, John Quinn, Abby Aldrich Rockefeller, Albert Pinkham
Susan Macdowell Eakins T Sheeler John Sloan Michael Stein Alfred Stieglitz Frederic C. Torrey J. Alden Weir Walter Arensberg
Ryder, Paul J. Sachs, Charles Sheeler, John Sloan, Michael Stein, and Alfred Stieglitz. S
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Arthur Burdett Frost Jr. Bernard Berenson Van Wyck Brooks Bryson Burroughs Arthur B. Davies Katherine Dreier Marcel
“This book augments an expanding arena of primary and secondary source material A
Childe Hassam and critical studies in the fields of American art and culture. With the fairly recent U
Duchamp Susan Macdowell Eakins Arthur Burdett Frost Jr. Childe Hassam Robert Henri Fiske Kimball
passing of the generations of figures represented in twentieth-century American art T
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and culture, documentation is crucial in establishing historical records that go beyond
Alice Klauber Lewis Mumford Duncan Phillips Maurice Prendergast John Quinn Abby Aldrich Rockefeller
Fiske Kimball folklore and hearsay.” O
Alice Klauber —Jeanette M. Toohey, The Cummer Museum of Art and Gardens R Albert Pinkham Ryder Paul J. Sachs Morton L. Schamberg Charles Sheeler John Sloan Michael Stein
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Lewis Mumford “Walter Pach was a significant figure in American art during the first part of this Alfred Stieglitz Frederic C. Torrey J. Alden Weir Walter Arensberg Bernard Berenson Van Wyck Brooks
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century, an important developmental time not only for American art but for interna-
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tional art as well. Pach is not generally well known except among scholars of this Bryson Burroughs Arthur B. Davies Katherine Dreier Marcel Duchamp Susan Macdowell Eakins Arthur
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Maurice Prendergast period, so these letters will be revealing to many as they demonstrate his influence
Burdett Frost Jr. Childe Hassam Robert Henri Fiske Kimball Alice Klauber Lewis Mumford Duncan
as a critic, writer, advocate, and artist.”
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—Judith Hansen O’Toole, Westmoreland Museum of American Art
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Albert Pinkham Ryder BENNARD B. PERLMAN is former Professor and Chair of the Department of Fine L Morton L. Schamberg Charles Sheeler John Sloan Michael Stein Alfred Stieglitz Frederic C. Torrey J.
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and Applied Arts at the Baltimore City Community College and has lectured
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Paul J. Sachs extensively on American art. He is the author of many books, including The Lives, Alden Weir Walter Arensberg Bernard Berenson Van Wyck Brooks Bryson Burroughs Arthur B. Davies
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Loves, and Art of Arthur B. Davies, also published by SUNY Press, and The O
Morton L. Schamberg
Immortal Eight: American Painting from Eakins to the Armory Show, 1870–1913. Katherine Dreier Marcel Duchamp Susan Macdowell Eakins Arthur Burdett Frost Jr. Childe Hassam
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Charles Sheeler
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Robert Henri Fiske Kimball Alice Klauber Lewis Mumford Duncan Phillips Maurice Prendergast John

John Sloan
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Henri Matisse
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Duchamp Susan Macdowell Eakins Arthur Burdett Frost Jr. Childe Hassam Robert Henri Fiske Kimball
Alice Klauber Lewis Mumford Duncan Phillips Maurice Prendergast John Quinn Abby Aldrich Rockefeller
Albert Pinkham Ryder Paul J. Sachs Morton L. Schamberg Charles Sheeler John Sloan Michael Stein
Alfred Stieglitz Frederic C. Torrey J. Alden Weir Walter Arensberg Bernard Berenson Van Wyck Brooks
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Walter Pach in his studio at 3 Washington Square North, New York City, ca. 1950.
Photograph by Helen G. Salomon. Collection of Raymond P. Pach.
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STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK PRESS
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Severini, Red Cross Train Passing a Village; Jacques Villon, Machine Shop; Jacques Villon, The Horse 1914 (with Duchamp); Jacques Villon, The
Parrot 1913 (with Duchamp); Jacques Villon, The Cat 1913 (with Duchamp); Jacques Villon, Torso of a Young Man 1910 (with Duchamp); Jacques
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1913 (with Villon); Marcel Duchamp, The Cat 1913 (with Villon); Marcel Duchamp, Torso of a Young Man 1910 (with Villon); Marcel Duchamp,
Seated Woman 1914 (sculpture) (with Villon); Marcel Duchamp, Seated Woman 1914 (drawing) (with Villon); Marcel Duchamp, The Chess Play-
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Perlman, Bennard B.
American artists, authors, and collectors : the Walter Pach letters, 1906–1958 / Bennard
B. Perlman.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 0-7914-5293-X (alk. paper) — ISBN 0-7914-5294-8 (pbk. : alk. paper)
1. Pach, Walter, 1883–1958—Correspondence. 2. Painters—United
States—Correspondence. 3. Art—United States—20th century—Correspondence. I. Pach,
Walter, 1883–1958. Correspondence. Selections. 2002. II. Title.
ND237.P15 A3 2002
759.13—dc21
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List of Illustrations vii
Preface xi
Acknowledgments xiii
Introduction 1
The Letters:
31 Walter C. Arensberg
53 The Armory Show:
Frederic C. Torrey
58 Bernard Berenson
93 Van Wyck Brooks
119 Bryson Burroughs
136 Arthur B. Davies
144 Katherine Dreier
150 Marcel Duchamp
158 Susan Macdowell Eakins
169 Arthur Burdett Frost Jr.
173 Childe Hassam
177 Robert Henri
183 Fiske Kimball
192 Alice Klauber
204 Lewis Mumford
226 Duncan Phillips
238 Maurice Prendergast
245 John Quinn
322 Abby Aldrich Rockefeller
334 Albert Pinkham Ryder
337 Paul J. Sachs
358 Morton L. Schamberg
366 Charles Sheeler
370 John Sloan
382 Michael Stein
389 Alfred Stieglitz
393 J. Alden Weir
Bibliography 397
Index 405
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I L L U S T R AT I O N S
Frontispiece, Walter Pach ii
Henri Matisse, Blue Nude 7
Henri Matisse, Portrait of Walter Pach 8
Marcel Duchamp, Fountain 10
Walter Pach, Untitled (Cubist Still Life) 12
Walter Pach, Sunday Night 14
John Singer Sargent, Lady Warwick and Her Son 16
Walter Pach, The Fox 18
Ripley’s Believe It or Not! 21
Philip Evergood, No Sale 22
Jacob Lawrence, Subway-Home from Work 24
Marcel Duchamp, Nude
Descending a Staircase, No. 2 32
Marcel Duchamp, Nude (Study)
Sad Young Man on a Train 45
Marcel Duchamp, The Passage from Virgin to Bride 50
Marcel Duchamp, The Chess Players 52
Michele da Verona, Madonna and Child
with the Infant Saint John the Baptist 65
Piero della Francesca, Saint Simon the Apostle 75
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Walter Pach, Portrait of Maria Modesta Martinez 89
John Singer Sargent, General Leonard Wood 105
John Quidor, The Money Diggers 110
Paul Cézanne, Colline des Pauvres 121
Walter Pach, The Fountain of the Innocents, Paris 122
Walter Pach, Portrait of a Girl 123
Jacques-Louis David, The Death of Socrates 125
Thomas Eakins, The Bohemian 129
Marcel Duchamp, Nude 153
Thomas Eakins, William Rush Carving
His Allegorical Figure of the Schuylkill 160
Thomas Eakins, Portrait of John McLure Hamilton 163
Thomas Eakins, Clara 167
Raymond Duchamp-Villon, Torso of a Young Man 187
William Merritt Chase, Portrait of Walter Pach 195
Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres,
The Valpinçon Bather 223
Théodore Géricault, The Raft of the Medusa 225
Raymond Duchamp-Villon, The Horse 228
Jacques Villon, Machine Shop 229
Eugene Delacroix, Hercules and Alcestis 233
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Raymond Duchamp-Villon, Seated Female 263
Raymond Duchamp-Villon, Seated Female Nude 264
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