Victoria Hutson Huntley papers, circa 1931-1999

Huntley, Victoria Hutson, b. 1900 d. 1971
Printmaker, Teacher
New York, N.Y.

Collection size: 1.3 linear feet

Collection Summary: Writings, works of art, correspondence, photographs, printed material and price lists, and awards relating to Victoria Huntley.

Writings include a hand bound book Victoria Hutson Huntley by F. A. Whiting Jr.; drafts by Huntley including (3z(BAn Artist Explores the Everglades(3y (Bwith a hand-drawn map, and (3z(BOn Making a Lithograph(3y(B; one typed biography written by Norman Kent, editor of American Artist, and one autobiography written for the National Society of Mural Painters. Works of art include 10 sketchbooks by Huntley, some annotated with notes.

Correspondence is with museums. Also included are condolence letters to Ralph Huntley, Huntley's husband, at the time of her death. Photographs are of works of art, Huntley, and her studio. Printed material includes exhibition announcements, catalogs, periodicals, newspaper clippings, and prints.

Biographical/Historical Note: Painter, muralist, printmaker; New York, N.Y., Chatham, N.J.; b. 1900; d. 1971 After her first marriage to William K. Hutson, Huntley married Ralph Huntley and assumed his name as hers, professionally. In 1930, Huntley produced a series of lithographs depicting industrial and factory sites entitled, (3z(BSteam and Steel(3y(B, which gained national attention. During the 1940s she produced a series of lithographs based on the birds and plants in and around the Florida Everglades.

Donated 2009 by Derek Cocovinis, who owns the Huntley estate.

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