The artist Donald Shaw MacLaughlan (1876-1938) Estate settlement documents archive

Herman A. Webster

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Approximately eighty typed and hand written letters relating to the estate settlement of the Canadian born artist Donald Shaw MacLaughlan (1876-1938) dating from 1938 to 1940. Also includes nine typed and hand written personal letters from the artist addressed to his friend the artist Herman A. Webster (1878-1970). All those letters are signed MacLaughlan. The estate letters includes the initial obituary from the New York Herald attached to the original draft letter announcement which Herman A. Webster wrote. There is a letter from the British Consulate in Marrakesh to Herman A. Webster detailing MacLaughlans illness, passing and burial at the European Cemetery in Marrakesh, Morocco. The archive includes a number of letters from Raymond Harper of the at the time well known law firm Harper, Szlapka & Harper. His letters are initially addressed in the formal, but Ray Harper must have struck up a friendship with Herman A. Webster because later letters are addressed 'Dear Webbie'. It also includes the original sketch proposal of MacLaughlan's tombstone with the original artist pallet design, presumably by Herman A. Webster. Much of the archive deals with the settlements between family members, galleries, appraisals and transportation of MacLaughlan's personal effects including engravings and art work back to the US and Canada. Herman A. Webster traveled to Paris in 1904 where he enrolled at the Académie Julian and joined the studio of Jean-Paul Laurens (18381921), the Paris academician and professor at the École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts. It was there that Webster met Donald Shaw MacLaughlan (1876 1938), a Canadian artist already established as a significant presence in the Paris art scene. MacLaughlan was a practiced printmaker of considerable skill, as well as a teacher, and it was he who first taught Webster the craft of etching. [Wikipedia]. A truly unique historical archive in very good condition that is probably best inspected in person. Please inquire for more details. Seller Inventory # 007947

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Title: The artist Donald Shaw MacLaughlan (1876-...

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Condition: Very Good