Series 1 :Michael Brenner papers , 1888-1976Letters are written to family members and associates and include exchanges between Brenner's sister Miriam (Fanny) and her brothers Michael, Morris, Samuel, and Victor (Dave) Brenner concerning their health, family business, work, and other art-related activities. Several of Michael Brenner's letters mention his dissatisfaction with Robert Coady's handling of consignments, dealings with Mr. Kahnweiler, and exhibitions of colleagues Michel Kikoine and Pinchus Kremegne. Other correspondents include Alexandre Charpentier and (Louis) Oscar Roty.
Scrapbooks are comprised of material related to the life and career of Michael Brenner. The first scrapbook contains a photocopy of a letter written to Michael Brenner from Gertrude Stein where she describes her travels with Alice B. Toklas and mentions the bust Brenner made of her likeness. Other materials include a 1953 exhibition catalog for Chaim Soutine at Perls Galleries, letters written to Mrs. Michael Brenner concerning the sale of her husband's artwork, and photographs of Michael Brenner, Miriam Brenner, other family members, and works of art.
Photographs are of artwork and show Brenner family members, Victor Brenner and his studio, Michael Brenner with Chaim Soutine and pictures of Brenner's close friend, I. C. Rubin and Albert Einstein.
Art work is comprised of twenty-seven figure drawings.
Printed materials consists of clippings about Abraham Lincoln, reproductions of works of art, a bookplate for Marion Kean Lopez, and an essay entitled "Instead of an Introduction" by Sadakichi Hartmann praising the American landscape artist, Leon Dabo. Also found is an 1899 announcement for a "Seance Publique Annuelle," a photocopy of an article about Brenner by Cathy Turrill, a list of objects borrowed and photographed by Turrill in 1974, a photocopy of a photograph of Robert Coady, and the cover of an Avant-Garde catalog.
Other materials includes notes and a subject file on a life-long friend and physician, I. C. Rubin (1922-1975). There are letters from Rubin about his travels and photographs of Brenner and Rubin as young men, Brenner with his son, and Brenner with painter Isaac Pailes.
Description Container Select Letters to Miscellaneous, undated Select: Letters to Miscellaneous, undated Letters to Miriam Brenner from Victor (Dave) Brenner, undated Select: Letters to Miriam Brenner from Victor (Dave) Brenner, undated Letters to Miriam Brenner from Victor (Dave) Brenner, undated Select: Letters to Miriam Brenner from Victor (Dave) Brenner, undated Letters, 1898-1975 Select: Letters, 1898-1975 Scrapbook I, 1922-1953, undated Select: Scrapbook I, 1922-1953, undated Scrapbook II, 1922-1953, undated Select: Scrapbook II, 1922-1953, undated Scrapbook III, 1971-1976, undated Select: Scrapbook III, 1971-1976, undated Photographs, circa 1906-circa 1916, undated Select: Photographs, circa 1906-circa 1916, undated Photographs, Albert Einstein, Chaim Soutine, and Michael Brenner, undated Select: Photographs, Albert Einstein, Chaim Soutine, and Michael Brenner, undated Photographs, Sculpture by Michael Brenner, 1947 Select: Photographs, Sculpture by Michael Brenner, 1947 Artwork, 1947, undated Select: Artwork, 1947, undated Subject File for I.C. Robin, 1922-1975, undated Select: Subject File for I.C. Robin, 1922-1975, undated Printed Material, 1899, undated Select: Printed Material, 1899, undated Notes, 1974, undated Select: Notes, 1974, undated
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