Norman Holmes Pearson Collection of “Art for the Wrong Reason”
Scope and Contents
Dates
- 1833 - 1979
Creator
- Pearson, Norman Holmes, 1909-1975 (Collector)
Language of Materials
Conditions Governing Access
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Arrangement
Extent
63 Items ((6 boxes) + 14 Art)
Catalog Record
A record for this collection is available in Orbis, the Yale University Library catalog
Persistent URL
Norman Holmes Pearson (1909-1975)
Processing Information
- Artists
- Artists -- Portraits
- Authors
- Authors -- Portraits
- Boschère, Jean de, 1878-1953
- Caricatures
- Chesterton, G. K. (Gilbert Keith), 1874-1936
- Chesterton, G. K. (Gilbert Keith), 1874-1936 -- Portraits
- Clemens, Samuel Langhorne, 1835-1910
- Cummings, E. E. (Edward Estlin), 1894-1962
- Dos Passos, John, 1896-1970
- Drawings (visual works)
- Du Maurier, George, 1834-1896
- Etchings (prints)
- Grass, Günter, 1927-2015
- H. D. (Hilda Doolittle), 1886-1961
- Hefner, Hugh M. (Hugh Marston), 1926- -- Caricatures and cartoons
- Hesse, Hermann, 1877-1962
- Hugo, Victor, 1802-1885
- Jarry, Alfred, 1873-1907
- Lawrence, D. H. (David Herbert), 1885-1930
- Levertov, Denise, 1923-1997
- Lewis, Wyndham, 1882-1957
- Lindsay, Vachel, 1879-1931
- Lithographs
- Masefield, John, 1878-1967
- Miller, Henry, 1891-1980
- Miller, Henry, 1891-1980 -- Portraits
- Mitchison, J. M. -- Portraits
- Montagnola (Switzerland) -- Pictorial works
- Moore, Marianne, 1887-1972
- Oil paintings (visual works)
- Passaic River (N.J.) -- Pictorial works
- Pearson, Norman Holmes, 1909-1975
- Pearson, Norman Holmes, 1909-1975 -- Caricatures and cartoons
- Porter, Katherine Anne, 1890-1980
- Portraits
- Russell, George William Erskine, 1853-1919
- Self-portraits
- Shaw, Bernard, 1856-1950
- Shaw, Bernard, 1856-1950 -- Portraits
- Sitwell, Osbert, 1892-1969 -- Portraits
- Thackeray, William Makepeace, 1811-1863
- Valtman, Edmund S., 1914-
- Watercolors (paintings)
- Welch, Denton
- Wiens, Paul, 1922-1982
- Williams, William Carlos, 1883-1963
- Wolfe, Tom, 1930-2018
- Wylie, Elinor, 1885-1928 -- Caricatures and cartoons
Creator
- Pearson, Norman Holmes, 1909-1975 (Collector)
- Boschère, Jean de, 1878-1953 (Artist)
- Chesterton, G. K. (Gilbert Keith), 1874-1936 (Artist)
- Clemens, Samuel Langhorne, 1835-1910 (Artist)
- Cummings, E. E. (Edward Estlin), 1894-1962 (Artist)
- Dos Passos, John, 1896-1970 (Artist)
- Du Maurier, George, 1834-1896 (Artist)
- Grass, Günter, 1927-2015 (Artist)
- H. D. (Hilda Doolittle), 1886-1961 (Artist)
- Hesse, Hermann, 1877-1962 (Artist)
- Hugo, Victor, 1802-1885 (Artist)
- Jarry, Alfred, 1873-1907 (Artist)
- Lawrence, D. H. (David Herbert), 1885-1930 (Artist)
- Levertov, Denise, 1923-1997 (Artist)
- Lewis, Wyndham, 1882-1957 (Artist)
- Lindsay, Vachel, 1879-1931 (Artist)
- Masefield, John, 1878-1967 (Artist)
- Miller, Henry, 1891-1980 (Artist)
- Moore, Marianne, 1887-1972 (Artist)
- Porter, Katherine Anne, 1890-1980 (Artist)
- Russell, George William Erskine, 1853-1919 (Artist)
- Shaw, Bernard, 1856-1950 (Artist)
- Thackeray, William Makepeace, 1811-1863 (Artist)
- Valtman, Edmund S., 1914- (Artist)
- Welch, Denton (Artist)
- Wiens, Paul, 1922-1982 (Artist)
- Williams, William Carlos, 1883-1963 (Artist)
- Wolfe, Tom, 1930-2018 (Artist)
Source
- Title
- Guide to the Norman Holmes Pearson Collection of “Art for the Wrong Reason”
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- by Beinecke Staff
- Date
- 2015
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English.
Part of the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library Repository
Location
121 Wall Street
New Haven, CT 06511
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Access Information
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