Paul A. Bartlett:
An Inventory of his Drawings and Photographs of Mexican Haciendas at the Benson Latin American Collection
Descriptive Summary |
||
| Creator | Bartlett, Paul Alexander. | |
| Title | Paul A. Bartlett Drawings and Photographs of Mexican Haciendas | |
| Dates: | 1940-1973 | |
| Abstract | Pen-and-ink drawings, photographs, slides, and negatives of 300 Mexican colonial hacienda buildings (many of which no longer exist) produced by artist Paul Alexander Bartlett from 1940 to 1973. | |
| OCLC Record No. | 31795814 | |
| Extent | 903 photographs, 294 drawings, 279 negatives, and 69 slides. | |
| Language | ||
| Repository | Benson Latin American Collection,General Libraries,The University of Texas at Austin | |
Biographical Note
Artist and author. Born July 13, 1909 in Moberly, Missouri; died April 19, 1990. Graduate of Oberlin College. Studied art at the University of Arizona, the Academia de San Carlos in Mexico City, and the Universidad de Guadalajara. Bartlett's lifework focused on the haciendas of Mexico. Over a period of several decades he visited hundreds of haciendas throughout Mexico, photographing and drawing their buildings and decorative objects. Bartlett's published works include The Haciendas of Mexico: an artist's record; the novels When the Owl Cries and Adiós mi México; and many short stories.
Scope and Contents Note
Pen-and-ink drawings, photographs, slides, and negatives of Mexican colonial hacienda buildings. The images document architectural forms and details of approximately 300 haciendas, many of which no longer exist. Included are depictions of residences, chapels, furniture, statuary, and other features of the haciendas; also portrayed are things representative of hacienda operations, such as machinery, farm implements, barns, and other structures and objects. The following states (and haciendas) are covered extensively in the collection: Campeche (Castamay), Guanajuato (Puerto de Nieto), Hidalgo, Jalisco, Oaxaca (Blanca, San Felipe, Tenache), Puebla, Yucatán. Photographs and slides were made after 1941 during Bartlett's extensive travels in Mexico. An exception is a group of 13 photographs, given to Bartlett in 1954 by Ricardo Lancaster-Jones, depicting the haciendas El Cortijo (Colima) and Santa Cruz (Jalisco) from 1880 to 1940. The collection includes negatives for fewer than one-third of the photographs. Drawings were completed by 1973.
Index Terms |
||
| Subjects | ||
| Haciendas--Mexico--Views. | ||
| Architecture--Mexico--Views. | ||
| Other Authors | ||
| Lancaster-Jones, Ricardo. | ||
| Document Types | ||
| Drawings | ||
| Photographs | ||
| Slides (Photographs) | ||
| Negatives | ||
Administrative Information
Preferred Citation
Paul A. Bartlett Drawings and Photographs of Mexican Haciendas, 1940-1973, Benson Latin American Collection, General Libraries, University of Texas at Austin.
Acquisitions Information
The Paul A. Bartlett Drawings and Photographs of Mexican Haciendas were purchased by the Benson Latin American Collection from Mr. Bartlett in 1973; additional materials were purchased from him in 1975.
Processing Information
The collection was described by the Benson's Mexican Archives Project in August 1994.
Prepared by the Mexican Archives Project, November 1994.
Publications
|
The following book was based on the collection: |
||
|
Bartlett, Paul Alexander. The haciendas of Mexico: an artist's record.
|
||
Series and Container List