UVA History of Childhood, Parenting, and Family Building-addition 68 Midcentury Art Student's Sketchbook
Content Description
This addition to MSS 16758, The University of Virginia Collection on the History of Childhood, Parenting, and Family Building, contains a spiral-bound sketchbook belonging to an unnamed art student, most likely living in New York City. Page one of the sketchbook details the student’s assignment: “DUE - 300 by June 2nd, Marked Chronologically.” Traces of what may be an owner’s name and grades of “B” and “B+” are written on the cover. Each sketch is numbered in pencil and is stamped between March and June 1952. The sketchbook’s seventy leaves have drawings only on the recto. Drawings are completed in pencil, ink, and crayon. This student’s sketches are primarily figure studies of those in transit on the subway. Other scenes include a roller derby skater, pin-up figure, river traffic with a bridge, a parked car, a cat, and exotic animals.
Acquisition Type
Purchase
Provenance
Purchased from Honey and Wax Booksellers, 9 August 2024
Language of Description
English
Script of Description
Latin
Restrictions Apply
No
Dates
- Creation: March - June 1952
Extent
0.04 Cubic Feet (One legal-sized file folder)
Language of Materials
English
Metadata Rights Declarations
- License: This record is made available under an Universal 1.0 Public Domain Dedication Creative Commons license. The Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library of the University of Virginia makes its bibliographic records and the metadata contained therein available for public use under the CC0 1.0 Public Domain Designation.
Inventory
One sketchbook