Writings
Object Details
- Collection Creator
- Macdonald-Wright, Stanton, 1890-1973
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- Stanton Macdonald-Wright papers
- Sponsor
- Funding for the processing of a portion of this collection was provided by the Frederick Hammersley Foundation.
- Extent
- 4.7 Linear feet (Boxes 3-7)
- Date
- 1913-2003
- Archival Repository
- Archives of American Art
- Identifier
- AAA.macdstan, Series 4
- Type
- Archival materials
- Collection Citation
- Stanton Macdonald-Wright papers, 1890-2008. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
- Collection Rights
- The Archives of American Art makes its archival collections available for non-commercial, educational and personal use unless restricted by copyright and/or donor restrictions, including but not limited to access and publication restrictions. AAA makes no representations concerning such rights and restrictions and it is the user's responsibility to determine whether rights or restrictions exist and to obtain any necessary permission to access, use, reproduce and publish the collections. Please refer to the Smithsonian's Terms of Use for additional information.
- Scope and Contents
- Writings consist of drafts of essays, plays, and book manuscripts. There are drafts of A Treatise on Color with palettes and color wheels, The Basis of Culture, and Macdonald-Wright's autobiography Bittersweet: An Artist's Life. At the end of the series are a number of files containing photographs, printed material, and some notes that Macdonald-Wright used for various book projects.
- Collection Restrictions
- This collection is open for research. Access to original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C. Research Center. Researchers interested in accessing born-digital records or audiovisual recordings in this collection must use access copies. Contact References Services for more information.
- Record ID
- ebl-1658158800718-1658158801764-0
- Metadata Usage
- CC0