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UVA History of Childhood, Parenting, and Family Building-addition 68 Midcentury Art Student's Sketchbook

 Unprocessed Material — Box: MSS 16758_NewAdditions_01, Folder: ViU-2024-0140_001
Identifier: ViU-2024-0140

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

Inventory

One sketchbook