Holdings Information

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• Author/Creator:Lachaise, Gaston, 1882-1935.
  
• Title:Gaston Lachaise collection, 1867-1979.
  
• Physical Description:8.96 linear feet (16 boxes) + 1 broadside folder.
  
• Links:View a description and listing of collection contents in the finding aid
  View a selection of digital images in the Beinecke Library's Digital Images Online database
  

• Yale Holdings

  Holdings Record Display

  • Location:BEINECKE (Non-Circulating)
    To request for use in the Beinecke Reading Room select a box in the finding aid
    
    
  • Call Number: YCAL MSS 434
    
  • Status:Not Checked Out
    
  • Library Has: Boxes 8-9, 12-17
    
  • Notes: Former call numbers: Za Lachaise, Za L117 +1, Za L117 +2, and Za L117 +G1
    

  • Location:LSF- BEINECKE
    To request for use in the Beinecke Reading Room select a box in the finding aid
    
    
  • Call Number: YCAL MSS 434
    
  • Status:Not Checked Out
    
  • Library Has: Boxes 1-7, 10-11.
    
  • Notes: Former call numbers: Za Lachaise, Za L117 +1, Za L117 +2, and Za L117 +G1
    

   
• Notes:In English and French.
  Gift of Isabel Lachaise, 1949 and 1951; Lincoln Kirstein, 1949; and the estate of Allys Lachaise, 1968; with additional gifts and purchases from other sources. For more information consult the appropriate curator.
  
• Organization:Organized into seven series: I. General Correspondence, 1906-1957. II. Writings, 1927-1964. III. Photographs, 1867-1944. IV. Scrapbooks, 1918-1945. V. Personal Papers, 1882-1979. VI. Allys Lachaise Correspondence, 1905-1967. VII. Lincoln Kirstein Correspondence Relating to Gaston and Isabel Lachaise, 1933-1961.
  
• Biographical / Historical note:Gaston Lachaise (1882-1935), French sculptor.
  
• Summary:Collection contains correspondence, writings, photographs, scrapbooks, and other materials documenting the life and artistic career of French sculptor Gaston Lachaise. General Correspondence consists chiefly of incoming and outgoing correspondence between Gaston Lachaise and others, including family, friends, artists and writers, art critics and patrons, and cultural institutions. The correspondence features 567 outgoing letters from Lachaise to his wife Isabel Dutaud Nagle Lachaise, dating from 1910 to 1934, and incoming correspondence from New York area artists and cultural figures of the 1920s and 1930s. There are a few pieces of writing by Lachaise and several works by others. Photographs include over 200 black-and-white images of Lachaise, family members, and friends, and of artwork by Lachaise and Pierre-Robert Christophe. Scrapbooks and printed ephemera document publicity and critical reception of Lachaise's work from the 1920s through 1970s and other materials, such as lists of Lachaise's work and the names of private owners, identify his work and document its custodial history. Third-party correspondence can be found between Gaston Lachaise's sister Allys and Lincoln Kirstein and others.
  
• Format:Archives or Manuscripts
• Indexes/Finding aids:Finding aid available.
  
• Cite as:Gaston Lachaise Collection. Yale Collection of American Literature, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.
  
• Subjects:Christophe, Pierre-Robert.
  Kirstein, Lincoln, 1907-1996.
  Lachaise, Allys.
  Lachaise, Gaston, 1882-1935.
  Lachaise, Isabel Dutaud Nagle.
  Art, Modern--20th century.
  Sculptors.
  Sculpture, French--20th century.
  Sculpture, Modern--20th century.
  
• Genre/Form:Photographic prints.
  
• Occupation:Artists.