Francis Naumann

Object Details

See more items in: Beatrice Wood papers; Beatrice Wood papers / Series 2: Correspondence

Sponsor: Funding for the processing and digitization of this collection was provided by the Terra Foundation for American Art.

Collection Citation: Beatrice Wood papers, 1906-1998, bulk 1930-1990. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

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Existence and Location of Copies: This subseries has been scanned in its entirety.

Scope and Contents note: This subseries documents Wood's professional and personal relationship with Naumann. The met in 1976 when Naumann was working on his dissertation about the Arensbergs and it continued until Wood's death in 1997. Much of the correspondence focuses on Naumann's involvement in several publications by Wood, including her autobiography I Shock Myself.

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