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Quinn, John, 1870-1924
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Correspondence of John Quinn and Gwen John.

  • NLW Facs 975
  • File
  • 1982

Photocopies of letters, 1916-1924, to Gwen John from her American patron, John Quinn, and of copies kept by Quinn of his letters from the artist, 1910-1924.

John, Gwen, 1876-1939

John Quinn diaries and letters

The file comprises photocopies from the diary of John Quinn, 1911, a New York lawyer and patron of the arts, with references to Augustus John, and notes taken from his diaries, 1917-1923, and from his various correspondents, including [Jacob] Epstein, Iris Tree and W. B. Yeats, 1908-1923, together with a photocopy of a letter, 1911, from the artist to John Quinn.

Letters to Augustus John,

Some one hundred and twenty letters, 1907-1961, to Augustus John from various correspondents (surnames Nettleton-R), including Kit Nicholson (1) 1936, Sean O'Casey (7) 1929-1960, John Cowper Powys (4) 1955-1956, John Quinn (1) 1913, Keidrych Rhys (3) 1956-1960, Sir John Rothenstein (2) 1941-1945, William Rothenstein (9) 1907-1935, and Bertrand Russell (5) 1936-1960.

Letters to Gwen John (Q-R)

Some fifty letters, 1908-1932, to Gwen John from various correspondents (surnames Q-R), including John Quinn (38) 1911-1924 (together with typescript copies of four replies from Gwen John, 1911-1923), and Rainer Maria Rilke (4) 1908-1914.