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Karl Knaths papers, 1890-1973, bulk 1922-1971

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Series 1: Biographical Material , circa 1950s-1971
6 Folders
Box 1, 8

Biographical material consists of a copy of Knaths's curriculum vitae, a press release, and miscellaneous personal financial records.
Materials are arranged by document type.
This series has been partially scanned. Personal financial records have not been scanned.
Description Container Select
Curriculum Vitae, circa 1950s
1
1
Financial Records, Bank Statements, 1971
1
2
Financial Records, Estate Planning and Tax Returns, 1969-1970
1
3
Financial Records, Ledger Book, 1966-1971
Oversized material housed in Box 8, F1
1
4
Press Release, circa 1950s
1
5
Financial Records, Ledger Book, 1966-1971
Oversized materials from Box 1, F4
8
1
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Series 2: Correspondence , 1923-1971
0.5 Linear feet
Box 1

Correspondence in the collection documents Knaths's relationships with family, friends, and business associates after his move to Provincetown, Massachusetts in 1919.
The series is arranged as 2 subseries.
  • 2.1: Business, 1943-1971
  • 2.2: Personal, 1923-1970
This series has been scanned in its entirety.

2.1: Business, 1945-1970

Business correspondence documents Knaths's relationships with collectors, galleries, art museums, professional artist associations, and other professional contacts. Notable correspondents include Duncan and Marjorie Phillips and the gallery Paul Rosenberg and Co., which represented Knaths from 1945-1970.
Description Container
A, Miscellaneous, 1954-1966
1
6
American Academy of Arts and Letters, 1955-1967
1
7
Art Institute of Chicago, 1951-1955
1
8
B-F, Miscellaneous, 1948-1966
1
9
Federation of Modern Painters and Sculptors, 1953-1957
1
10
G-K, Miscellaneous, 1955-1966
1
11
L-N, Miscellaneous, 1954-1956
1
12
National Institute of Arts and Letters, 1954-1957
1
13
O-P, Miscellaneous, 1943-1955
1
14
Paul Rosenberg and Co., 1945-1949
1
15
Paul Rosenberg and Co., 1950-1954
1
16
Paul Rosenberg and Co., 1955-1959
1
17
Paul Rosenberg and Co., 1960-1964
1
18
Paul Rosenberg and Co., 1965-1969
1
19
Paul Rosenberg and Co., 1970
1
20
Phillips Memorial Gallery (Phillips, Duncan and Marjorie), 1946-1963
1
21
Q-S, Miscellaneous, 1953-1969
1
22
St. Lawrence University, 1969-1971
1
23
Syracuse University, 1965-1970
1
24
T-V, Miscellaneous, 1947-1956
1
25
W, Miscellaneous, 1956-1961
1
26
Wellfleet Art Gallery, 1966-1968
1
27
X-Z, Miscellaneous, circa 1950s
1
28

2.2: Personal, 1923-1970

Personal correspondence consists of letters, holiday cards, and postal cards received from Knaths's family and friends, including artist Joseph Meierhans.
Description Container
A-C, Miscellaneous, 1924-1965
1
29
D-M, Miscellaneous, 1925-1969
1
30
Meierhans, Joe, 1923-1929, undated
1
31
N-Z, Miscellaneous, 1925-1970
1
32
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Series 3: Writings , 1916-1968, 1890
2 Linear feet
Boxes 1-3, 8, OV 14, OV 19

Writings include three personal diaries of Knaths, notes on theoretical color and compositional approaches to painting, and essays on art written by Knaths and others. There is also one diary written by F. A. Mehler in 1890.
The series is arranged as 4 subseries.
  • 3.1: Diaries, 1890, 1916-1948
  • 3.2: Notebooks and Notes, circa 1920s-1940s
  • 3.3: Karl Knatsh, 1938-circa 1950s
  • 3.4: Others, circa 1920s-1950s
This series has been scanned in its entirety.

3.1: Diaries, 1916-1948, 1890

Diaries include three of Knaths's personal diaries labeled Allentown, Pennsylvania (1916-1918), European Travel (1919), and Provincetown, Massachusetts (1948). Also included is a diary written by F.A. Mehler in 1890.
Description Container
Diary, Allentown, Pennsylvania, 1916-1918
1
33
Diary, European Travel, 1919
1
34
Diary, Provincetown, Massachusetts, 1948
1
35
Diary, F.A. Mehler, 1890
1
36

3.2: Notebooks and Notes, circa 1920s-1940s

Notebooks and notes include lecture notes from classes that Knaths both attended and taught; 22 notebooks that explore his interest in articulating color classificatons, compositional theories of painting, and the potential intersections between music, space, and color theory; and loose notes on various artists, projects, and facets of painting.
Description Container
"Book of Analysis", circa 1940s
1
37
College Course Notes, circa 1940s
1
38
College Course Notes, Art, 1944
1
39
College Course Notes, Phillips Gallery/Bennington College, 1945
1
40
College Course Notes, Latin, circa 1920s-1940s
1
41
Lecture, Class Notes, 1943-1945
Oversized material housed in Box 8, F2
1
42
Lecture, Notes on "Trends in Modern Painting", circa 1940s
1
43
Notebooks on Facets of Painting, #1-2, circa 1920s-1940s
1
44
Notebooks on Facets of Painting, #3-4, circa 1920s-1940s
1
45
Notebook on Facets of Painting, #5, circa 1920s-1940s
1
46
Notebook on Facets of Painting, #6, circa 1920s-1940s
1
47
Notebook on Facets of Painting, #7, circa 1920s-1940s
1
48
Notebook on Facets of Painting, #8, circa 1920s-1940s
1
49
Notebook on Facets of Painting, #9, circa 1920s-1940s
1
50
Notebook on Facets of Painting, #10, circa 1920s-1940s
1
51
Notebook on Facets of Painting, #11, circa 1920s-1940s
2
1
Notebook on Facets of Painting, #12, circa 1920s-1940s
2
2
Notebook on Facets of Painting, #13, circa 1920s-1940s
2
3
Notebook on Facets of Painting, #14, circa 1920s-1940s
2
4
Notebook on Facets of Painting, #15, circa 1920s-1940s
2
5
Notebook on Facets of Painting, #16, circa 1920s-1940s
2
6
Notebook on Facets of Painting, #17, circa 1920s-1940s
2
7
Notebook on Facets of Painting, #18, circa 1920s-1940s
Oversized material housed in Box 8, F3
2
8
Notebook on Facets of Painting, #19, circa 1920s-1940s
2
9
Notebook on Facets of Painting, #20, circa 1920s-1940s
2
10
Notebook on Facets of Painting, #21, circa 1920s-1940s
2
11
Notebook on Facets of Painting, #22, circa 1920s-1940s
2
12
Notes on Art History, circa 1920s-1940s
2
13
Notes on Art Projects, circa 1940s
2
14
Notes on Artists, circa 1920s-1940s
Oversized material housed in Box 8, F4
2
15
Notes on Color Scales, circa 1920s-1940s
2
16
Notes on Facets of Painting, circa 1920s-1940s
2
17
Notes on Lines and Angles, circa 1920s
Oversized material housed in OV 19
2
18
Notes on Shapes, circa 1920s
2
19
Note Fragments, circa 1920s-1940s
2
20
Note Fragments, circa 1920s-1940s
2
21
Lecture, Class Notes, 1943-1945
Oversized material scanned with Box 1, F42
8
2
Notebook on Facets of Painting, #18, circa 1920s-1940s
Oversized material scanned with Box 2, F8
8
3
Notes on Artists, circa 1920s-1940s
Oversized material scanned with Box 2, F15
8
4
Notes on Lines and Angles, circa 1920s
Oversized material scanned with Box 2, F18
OV 19

3.3: Karl Knaths, 1938-circa 1950s

Writings by Karl Knaths include a draft of his unpublished manuscript "Ornament and Glory," and several of his completed essays on art, including "Decorative Material" and "Pictorial Analysis."
Description Container
"Ornament and Glory" Draft, circa 1950s
2
22
"Ornament and Glory" Draft, circa 1950s
Oversized material housed in OV 14
2
23
"Artist and His Model", circa 1940s
2
24
"Decorative Material", 1938
2
25
"Decorative Material" Drafts, circa 1938
Oversized material housed in Box 8, F5 and OV 19
2
26
"Decorative Material" and "Pictorial Analysis" Draft, circa 1940s
2
27
"Pictorial Analysis", circa 1940s
2
28
"Pictorial Expression", circa 1940s
2
29
"Problem of the Painter", circa 1920s
2
30
"Structure in Painting", circa 1940s
2
31
Essay Fragment, [Autobiography], circa 1940s
2
32
Essay Fragment, "Areas", circa 1940s
2
33
Essay Fragment, "Blank Space", circa 1940s
2
34
Essay Fragment, "Color", circa 1940s
2
35
Essay Fragment, "Color Patterns", circa 1940s
2
36
Essay Fragment, "Figure Composition", circa 1940s
2
37
Essay Fragment, "Form", circa 1940s
2
38
Essay Fragment, "Harmony", circa 1940s
2
39
Essay Fragment, "Plastic Arts", circa 1940s
2
40
Essay Fragment, "Reality", circa 1940s
2
41
Essay Fragment, "Scale Functions/Scheme", circa 1940s
2
42
Essay Fragment, "Space Relations", circa 1940s
2
43
Essay Fragment, "Spirit of the Time", circa 1940s
2
44
Essay Fragment, "Surface", circa 1940s
2
45
Essay Fragment, "Theory", circa 1940s
2
46
Essay Fragment on Modern Art, circa 1940s
2
47
Essay Fragments on Art History, circa 1940s
2
48
"Decorative Material" Drafts, circa 1938
Oversized material scanned with Box 2, F26
8
5
"Ornament and Glory" Draft, circa 1950s
Oversized material scanned with Box 2, F23
OV 14
"Decorative Material" Drafts, circa 1938
Oversized material scanned with Box 2, F26
OV 19

3.4: Others, circa 1920s-1950s

Writings by others consists of essays, lectures, and excerpts by 20 writers. It includes 15 lecture transcripts from courses taught by Hans Hofmann during the 1930s, Knaths's translations of essays by Piet Mondrian, Kazimir Malevitch, and Carl Einstein, and a biographical essay on Karl Knaths by Paul Mocsanyi.
Description Container
Lecture Transcript, Symposium on Modern Art, Winter Park, Florida, 1950
2
49
[Art Appeals So Strongly to the Senses], circa 1930s
2
50
Burke, Kenneth, Lecture, "Ideology and Myth", 1947
2
51
Campbell, Joseph, Notes from Lecture, "Myth and Ritual", 1947
2
52
Einstein, Carl, "Cubism," Art of the 20th Centry (Die Kunst Des 20. Jahrhunderts), Trans. by Karl Knaths and Myron Stout, circa 1920s
2
53
Einstein, Carl, "Cubism," Art of the 20th Centry (Die Kunst Des 20. Jahrhunderts), Trans. by Karl Knaths and Myron Stout, circa 1920s
2
54
Einstein, Carl, Excerpts from Art of the 20th Centry (Die Kunst Des 20. Jahrhunderts), Trans. by Karl Knaths, circa 1920s
2
55
Einstein, Carl, Excerpts from Georges Braque, circa 1940s
2
56
Estienne, Charles, "Jacques Villon", 1949
2
57
Fromm, Erich, Lecture, "The Modern Myth", 1947
2
58
Gleizes, Albert, Excerpts from History of Cubism, circa 1940s
2
59
Gris, Juan, Notes on Painting, circa 1930s-1940s
2
60
Hofmann, Hans, "Plastic Creation," Trans. by Ludwig Sander, circa 1930s
2
61
Hofmann, Hans, Lectures #3-11, circa 1930s-1940s
2
62
Hofmann, Hans, Six Lectures, 1938-1939
2
63
Hofmann, Hans, Notes, 1941-1942
3
1
Jarrell, Randall, "A Sad Day at the Supermarket", circa 1940s
3
2
Malevitch, Kazimir, "Suprematism," Trans. by Karl Knaths, circa 1920s
3
3
Mocsanyi, Paul, "Karl Knaths", circa 1950s
3
4
Mondrian, Piet, "Reply of Piet Mondrian", circa 1940s
3
5
Mondrian, Piet, "The Home--The Street--The City", 1949
3
6
Mondrian, Piet, "The New Creation" ("Die Neue Gestaltung"), Trans. by Karl Knaths, circa 1920s
3
7
Mondrian, Piet, "The New Creation" ("Die Neue Gestaltung"), Trans. by Karl Knaths, circa 1920s
3
8
Mondrian, Piet, Excerpt from "The New Creation" ("Die Neue Gestaltung"), Trans. by Karl Knaths, circa 1920s
3
9
Raynal, Maurice, Excerpts from Picasso, circa 1940s
3
10
Roman, Melvin, Presentation, "Anger and the Arts", 1968
3
11
Schrodinger, Erwin, Notes Taken on "What is Life", circa 1940s
3
12
Seuphor, Michel, "Piet Mondrian and the Origins of Neo-Plasticism", circa 1940s
3
13
Suzuki, D.T., Excerpts from "Introduction to Zen Buddhism" and "Essays in Zen, the Koan Exercise", circa 1940s
3
14
Thompson, Ralph F., "'Reality' Appraised", circa 1940s
3
15
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Series 4: Printed Material , circa 1920s-1973
10 Folders
Box 3, OV 19

Printed materials in the collection include clippings, exhibition catalogs, and programs related to Knaths's one-man exhibitions and group shows, and the books Syracuse University Centennial Collection of Art (1970) and Karl Knaths: Five Decades of Painting (1973).
Materials are arranged by document type.
The bulk of this series has been scanned. In most cases, only the cover, title page, and individual relevant pages have been scanned from published materials.
Description Container Select
Alumni Bulletin, The View from Wisconsin State University, 1967
3
16
Book, Karl Knaths: Five Decades of Painting by Isabel Patterson Eaton, 1973
3
17
Book, Syracuse University Centennial Collection of Art, 1970
3
18
Clippings, 1928-1969
3
19
Exhibition Catalogs, 1942-1959
3
20
Exhibition Catalogs, 1960-1965
3
21
Exhibition Catalogs, 1966-1972
3
22
Event Program, Portage Centennial Celebration, 1952
3
23
Miscellaneous Printed Material, circa 1920s-1970s
3
24
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Series 5: Sketchbooks , circa 1920s-1970s
4.5 Linear feet
Boxes 3-6, 9-13

132 Sketchbooks date from the 1920s to the 1970s and document Knaths's early figurative and landscape studies and later explorations of cubist style and compositional experiments with color, line, and form.
Materials are arranged in chronological order.
This series has been scanned in its entirety. Sketchbooks have been scanned in page order from the top cover to the bottom cover.
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Book #1, circa 1920s-1940s
3
25
Book #2, circa 1920s-1940s
3
26
Book #3, circa 1920s-1940s
3
27
Book #4, circa 1920s-1940s
3
28
Book #5, circa 1920s-1940s
3
29
Book #6, circa 1920s-1940s
3
30
Book #7, circa 1920s-1940s
3
31
Book #8, circa 1920s-1940s
3
32
Book #9, circa 1920s-1940s
3
33
Book #10, circa 1920s-1940s
3
34
Book #11, circa 1920s-1970s
3
35
Book #12, circa 1920s-1970s
3
36
Book #13, circa 1920s-1970s
3
37
Book #14, circa 1920s-1970s
3
38
Book #15, circa 1920s-1970s
3
39
Book #16, circa 1920s-1970s
3
40
Book #17, circa 1920s-1970s
3
41
Book #18, circa 1920s-1970s
3
42
Book #19, circa 1920s-1970s
3
43
Book #20, circa 1920s-1970s
3
44
Book #21, circa 1920s-1970s
3
45
Book #22, circa 1920s-1970s
3
46
Book #23, circa 1920s-1970s
4
1
Book #24, circa 1920s-1970s
4
2
Book #25, circa 1920s-1970s
4
3
Book #26, circa 1920s-1970s
4
4
Book #27, circa 1920s-1970s
4
5
Book #28, circa 1920s-1970s
4
6
Book #29, circa 1920s-1970s
4
7
Book #30, circa 1920s-1970s
4
8
Book #31, circa 1920s-1970s
4
9
Book #32, circa 1920s-1970s
4
10
Book #33, circa 1920s-1970s
4
11
Book #34, circa 1920s-1970s
4
12
Book #35, circa 1920s-1970s
4
13
Book #36, circa 1920s-1970s
Oversized material housed in Box 9, F1
4
14
Book #37, circa 1920s-1970s
Oversized material housed in Box 9, F2
4
15
Book #38, circa 1920s-1970s
4
16
Book #39, circa 1920s-1970s
4
17
Book #40, circa 1920s-1970s
4
18
Book #41, circa 1920s-1970s
4
19
Book #42, circa 1920s-1970s
4
20
Book #43, circa 1920s-1970s
4
21
Book #44, circa 1920s-1970s
4
22
Book #45, circa 1920s-1970s
4
23
Book #46, circa 1920s-1970s
4
24
Book #47, circa 1920s-1970s
Oversized material housed in Box 9, F3
4
25
Book #48, circa 1920s-1970s
Oversized material housed in Box 9, F4
4
26
Book #49, circa 1920s-1970s
Oversized material housed in Box 9, F5
4
27
Book #50, circa 1920s-1970s
Oversized material housed in Box 9, F6
4
28
Book #51, 1922
Oversized material housed in Box 9, F7
4
29
Book #52, 1922-1923
4
30
Book #53, 1923
Oversized material housed in Box 9, F8
4
31
Book #54, circa 1930s-1932
4
32
Book #55, circa 1930s-1932
4
33
Book #56, circa 1930s-1932
4
34
Book #57, 1936-1937
Oversized material housed in Box 10, F1
4
35
Book #58, 1938
Oversized material housed in Box 10, F2
4
36
Book #59, 1943
4
37
Book #60, 1948
4
38
Book #61, 1948
4
39
Book #62, 1948
4
40
Book #63, 1948
4
41
Book #64
4
42
Book #65, 1950-1951
4
43
Book #66, 1950-1951
4
44
Book #67, 1950-1951
4
45
Book #68, 1951
5
1
Book #69, 1951
5
2
Book #70, 1951
5
3
Book #71, 1951
Oversized material housed in Box 10, F3
5
4
Book #72, 1952
5
5
Book #73, 1952
5
6
Book #74, 1952
5
7
Book #75, 1953
5
8
Book #76, 1954
5
9
Book #77, 1954
5
10
Book #78, 1954
5
11
Book #79, 1954
5
12
Book #80, 1955
5
13
Book #81, 1955
5
14
Book #82, 1955
5
15
Book #83, 1955-1956
5
16
Book #84, 1956
5
17
Book #85, 1956
5
18
Book #86, 1956
5
19
Book #87, 1956, 1958
5
20
Book #88, 1957
5
21
Book #89, 1957
5
22
Book #90, 1958
5
23
Book #91, 1958
5
24
Book #92, 1958
5
25
Book #93, 1958
5
26
Book #94, 1958
5
27
Book #95, 1958-1959
5
28
Book #96, 1960
Oversized material housed in Box 10, F4
5
29
Book #97, 1960
Oversized material housed in Box 10, F5
5
30
Book #98, 1960-1961
Oversized material housed in Box 10, F6
5
31
Book #99, 1960-1961
Oversized material housed in Box 10, F7
5
32
Book #100, 1961
Oversized material housed in Box 10, F8
5
33
Book #101, 1961
Oversized material housed in Box 11, F1
5
34
Book #102, 1961
Oversized material housed in Box 11, F2
5
35
Book #103, 1962
5
36
Book #104, 1962
Oversized material housed in Box 11, F3
5
37
Book #105, 1962
Oversized material housed in Box 11, F4
5
38
Book #106, 1963
Oversized material housed in Box 11, F5
5
39
Book #107, 1963
Oversized material housed in Box 11, F6
5
40
Book #108, 1963
Oversized material housed in Box 11, F7
5
41
Book #109, 1963
Oversized material housed in Box 11, F8
5
42
Book #110, 1964
Oversized material housed in Box 12, F1
5
43
Book #111, 1964
Oversized material housed in Box 12, F2
5
44
Book #112, 1964-1965
Oversized material housed in Box 12, F3
5
45
Book #113, 1965
Oversized material housed in Box 12, F4
5
46
Book #114, 1966
5
47
Book #115, 1966
5
48
Book #116, 1966
5
49
Book #117, 1966
6
1
Book #118, 1966
Oversized material housed in Box 12, F5
6
2
Book #119, 1966
Oversized material housed in Box 12, F6
6
3
Book #120, 1967
6
4
Book #121, 1967
6
5
Book #122, 1967
Oversized material housed in Box 12, F7
6
6
Book #123, 1967
Oversized material housed in Box 12, F8
6
7
Book #124, 1967-1968
6
8
Book #125, 1967-1968
Oversized material housed in Box 13, F1
6
9
Book #126, 1968
6
10
Book #127, 1968
6
11
Book #128, 1968
Oversized material housed in Box 13, F2
6
12
Book #129, 1968-1969
Oversized material housed in Box 13, F3
6
13
Book #130, 1969
6
14
Book #131, 1969-1970
6
15
Book #132, 1969-1970
6
16
Oversized Sketchbooks, #36-37, #47-51, #53, circa 1920s-1970s
Oversized material scanned with Box 4, F14-15, F25-29, F31
9
1-8
Oversized Sketchbooks, #57-58, #71, #96-100, 1936-1961
Oversized material scanned with Box 4, F35-36 and Box 5, F4, F29-33
10
1-8
Oversized Sketchbooks, #101-102, #104-109, 1961-1963
Oversized material scanned with Box 5, F34-35, F37-42
11
1-8
Oversized Sketchbooks, #110-113, #118-119, #122-123, 1964-1967
Oversized material scanned with Box Box 5, F43-46 and Box 6, F2-3, F6-7
12
1-8
Oversized Sketchbooks, #125, #128-129, 1967-1969
Oversized material scanned with Box 6, F9, F12-13
13
1-3
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Series 6: Artwork , circa 1920s-1970s
1.8 Linear feet
Box 6, 13, OV 15-18, OV 20-22

Artwork includes numerous color charts and diagrams that Knaths kept to inform his painting color palette; outlines of compositional works on both graphed and regular paper; loose pencil sketches and pastels of figures, landscapes, and compositional experiments; and finished paintings and prints.
The series is arranged as 3 subseries.
  • 6.1: Color Charts, circa 1920s-1970s
  • 6.2: Drawings, circa 1920s-1970s
  • 6.3: Mixed Media, circa 1920s-1970s
This series has been scanned in its entirety.

6.1: Color Charts, circa 1920s-1970s

Color charts consists of numerous palette charts and labeled diagrams Knaths used to inform his color palette and compositional choices.
Description Container
Color Charts, circa 1920s-1970s
Oversized material housed in Box 13, F4
6
17
Color Palette, Unlabeled, circa 1959
6
18
Color Palette, Labeled, circa 1959
6
19
Color Palette, Labeled, circa 1959
6
20
Color Line Charts, Curves, circa 1960
6
21
Color Line Charts, 180 Degrees, circa 1960
6
22
Color Charts, circa 1920s-1970s
Oversized material scanned with Box 6, F17
13
4

6.2: Drawings, circa 1920s-1970s

Drawings includes loose figure drawing sketches, compositional outlines, and ideas for various interior still life and landscape paintings.
Description Container
Sketches, Figures, circa 1920s-1950s
6
23
Sketches, Figures, circa 1920s-1950s
6
24
Sketches, Figures, circa 1920s-1950s
6
25
Sketches, Figures, circa 1920s-1950s
6
26
Sketches, Figures, circa 1920s-1950s
6
27
Sketches, Figures, circa 1920s-1950s
6
28
Sketches, Figures, circa 1920s-1950s
6
29
Sketches, Figures, circa 1920s-1950s
6
30
Sketches, Figures, circa 1920s-1950s
Oversized material housed in Box 13, F5
6
31
Sketches, Miscellaneous, circa 1920s-1950s
6
32
Sketches, Outlines, circa 1920s-1970s
Oversized material housed in OV 20
6
33
Sketches, Outlines Graphed, Abstracts, circa 1920s-1970s
6
34
Sketches, Outlines Graphed, Animals, circa 1920s-1970s
6
35
Sketches, Outlines Graphed, Figures, circa 1920s-1970s
6
36
Sketches, Outlines Graphed, Still Lifes, circa 1920s-1970s
6
37
Sketches, Outlines in Color, circa 1960
6
38
Sketches, Outlines, Composition Ideas, circa 1920s-1970s
6
39
Sketches, Outlines, Composition Ideas, circa 1920s-1970s
Oversized material housed in OV 20
6
40
Sketches, Outlines, Figures and Lines, circa 1920s-1970s
Oversized material housed in Box 13, F5 and OV 20
6
41
Sketches, Outlines, Still Lifes, circa 1920s-1970s
Oversized material housed in Box 13, F5
6
42
Sketches, Outlines, Miscellaneous, circa 1920s-1970s
Oversized material housed in OV 20
6
43
Sketches, Figures, circa 1920s-1950s
Oversized material scanned with Box 6, F31 and F41-42. Includes general figures, outlined figures and lines, and outlined still lifes
13
5
Sketches, Outlines, circa 1920s-1970s
Oversized materials scanned with Box 6, F33, F40-41, F43. Includes outlined composition ideas, figures and lines, and miscellaneous sketches.
OV 20

6.3: Mixed Media, circa 1920s-1970s

Mixed media includes collages, paintings, pastels, prints, watercolors, and an etching plate depicting figures, still lifes, landscapes, and abstract art.
Description Container
Collages, circa 1920s-1970s
6
44
Paintings, circa 1920s-1970s
Oversized material housed in OV 15-17, OV 21
6
45
Pastels, Abstract, circa 1920s-1970s
6
46
Pastels, Abstract, circa 1920s-1970s
6
47
Pastels, Abstract, circa 1920s-1970s
6
48
Pastels, Abstract, circa 1920s-1970s
Oversized material housed in OV 18
6
49
Pastels, Figures, circa 1920s-1970s
Oversized material housed in OV 18
6
50
Pastels, Landscapes, circa 1920s-1970s
Oversized material housed in OV 18
6
51
Pastels, Primative, circa 1920s-1970s
6
52
Pastels, Still Lifes, circa 1920s-1970s
Oversized material housed in OV 18
6
53
Pastels, Outlines, circa 1920s-1970s
Oversized material housed in OV 18
6
54
Prints, circa 1920s-1970s
Oversized material housed in OV 22
7
1
Etching Plate, "8", circa 1920s-1970s
7
2
Watercolors, circa 1920s-1970s
7
3
Paintings, circa 1920s-1970s
Oversized materials scanned with Box 6, F45
OV 15
Paintings, circa 1920s-1970s
Oversized materials scanned with Box 6, F45
OV 16
Paintings, circa 1920s-1970s
Oversized materials scanned with Box 6, F45
OV 17
Pastels, Abstract, circa 1920s-1970s
Oversized materials scanned with Box 6, F49-51, F53-54. Includes abstracts, figures, landscapes, still lifes, and general outlines.
OV 18
Paintings, circa 1920s-1970s
Oversized materials scanned with Box 6, F45
OV 21
Prints, circa 1920s-1970s
Oversized materials scanned with Box 7, F1
OV 22

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