An Inventory of His Collection at the Harry Ransom Center
Creator:
Tchelitchew, Pavel, 1898-1957
Title:
Pavel Tchelitchew Collection
Dates:
1927-1952, undated
Extent:
7 boxes (2.94 linear feet)
Abstract:
Contains manuscripts, correspondence, and some personal papers of the Russian-born
surrealist painter, set designer and costume designer Pavel Tchelitchew. Incoming
correspondence dominates the collection, with letters from W. H. Auden, Richard Beard,
Cecil Beaton, Max Ernst, Leonor Fini, Charles Henri Ford, Louis Jouvet, Lincoln Kirstein,
Nicholas Magallanes, Yves Tanguy, father Fyodor Sergeyevitch Tchelitchew, Parker Tyler,
sister Alexandra Fyodorovna Zaoussailoff, and numerous others. Some letters to Tchelitchew
are also addressed to his partner, Charles Henri Ford.
Joan Sibley and Sara Saastamoinen, 2013
Note:
This finding aid replicates and replaces information previously available only in
a card catalog. Please see the explanatory note at the end of this finding aid for
information regarding the arrangement of the manuscripts as well as the abbreviations
commonly used in descriptions.
