The sketchbooks of GEORGE TOOKER (b. 1920) represent his student work in a class taught by Reginald Marsh at the Art Students League of New York in 1943. The book includes a table of anatomical proportions and Tooker's figure studies in watercolor, charcoal, and pen and ink. While his sketch of a solitary drinker suggests the socially alienated figures of his later paintings, the fluid lines and thin color washes show the early influence of Reginald Marsh.
George Tooker Sketchbook, 1943-1944, 8 x 10 in. Figure study, watercolor on paper. George Tooker Papers, Archives of American Art.
Description of George Tooker's Papers |
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| CREATOR: | Tooker, George. |
| TITLE: | George Tooker papers, 1932-1973. |
| PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: | 2.4 linear ft. (partially microfilmed on 3 reels) reels 678-679 & 692 |
| BIO/HISTORICAL NOTE: | Painter and printmaker; Hartland, Vermont. Born 1920. |
| SUMMARY: | Correspondence; sketches and sketchbooks; photographs; 3 volumes of vocal scores; exhibition catalogs and announcements; clippings; printed material; and miscellany. |
| REELS 678-679: | Correspondence, 1932-1973, from Monroe Wheeler, Edward Laning, Isabel Bishop, Margaret French, Theodoros Stamos, Lincoln Kirstein, Paul Cadmus, Ralph Ginzburg, Xavier Gonzalez, William Christopher, Bernard Perlin, and others; 199 sketches done for a Reginald Marsh class, ca. 1944; 11 sketchbooks; 64 exhibition catalogs and announcements; magazine articles and other printed material; and clippings. Also included are papers relating to THE SAINT OF BLEEKER STREET, an opera by Gian Carlo Menotti for which Tooker designed sets (including 3 v. of vocal scores, 1954, which were not microfilmed); and miscellany. |
| REEL 692: | 209 photographs, mostly of George Tooker, Paul Cadmus, William Christopher, Jared and Margaret French. Included are photographs taken by George Platt Lynes. |
| RESTRICTIONS: | Microfilmed portion must be consulted on microfilm. Use of unmicrofilmed portion requires an appointment and is limited to Washington, D.C. storage facility. Authorization to publish, quote or reproduce must be obtained from: George Tooker, Hartland, Vt. 05048. |
| PROVENANCE: | Donated 1973 by George Tooker. |
| ADDITIONAL FORMS: | 35mm microfilm reels 678-679 & 692 available for use at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan. |
