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Sketches

 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Rough or summary art works; less finished than studies. Though sketches are often in the drawing medium, the term "drawings" in general implies more finished works than does "sketches."

Found in 31 Collections and/or Records:

Andrews Memorial Bookplate Collection of Irene D. Andrews Pace (Personal Bookplates)

 Collection
Call Number: BKP 2
Abstract:

The collection contains bookplates and other documentation related to the personal ex-libris designs of Irene Dwen Andrews Pace (1892-1962).

Dates: 1924-1962, bulk 1950-1960

Wilfrid Swancourt Bronson Archives

 Collection
Call Number: YPMAR.000051
Abstract:

Archies of Wilfrid S. Bronson.

Dates: 1925-1930

Lois and Louis Darling papers

 Collection
Call Number: YCAL MSS 644
Abstract: The Lois and Louis Darling Papers consist of writings, correspondence, artwork, galley proofs, mock-ups, printed material, and other papers relating to the professional lives of Lois and Louis Darling. Material relates to the Darlings' collaborative and individual publications, including Greenhead (William Morrow, 1954); The Gull's Way (William Morrow,1965); The Sea Serpents Around Us: A Complete Guide to Sea Serpentology (Little Brown, 1965); A Place in the Sun: Ecology and the Living World...
Dates: 1954-1986

Katherine S. Dreier papers / Société Anonyme archive

 Collection
Call Number: YCAL MSS 101
Abstract: The Katherine S. Dreier portion of the collection contains correspondence between Dreier and artists and friends (including Constantin Alajalov, David Burli︠u︡k, Marcel Duchamp, Wassily Kandinsky, Man Ray, and Ted Shawn); and art-related organizations (including the Arts Club of Chicago, the Brooklyn Museum, the George Walter Vincent Smith Art Museum, and the Museum of Modern Art).There is some correspondence regarding art purchases and the packaging and shipping of art, such as that...
Dates: 1818-1952, bulk 1920-1951

Collection of Gillett Griffin production materials for A Mouse’s Tale

 Collection
Call Number: AOB 116
Abstract:

The collection contains illustrations, proofs, and sketches created by Gillett Griffin for the publication of A Mouse’s Tale.

Dates: circa 1951-1965

Robert Henri papers

 Collection
Call Number: YCAL MSS 100
Abstract: Correspondence, writings, artwork, photographs, and printed material which document the life of Robert Henri. Principal correspondents include his parents, brother, first wife, George Bellows, Emilia Cimino, Randall Davey, Hartman Kuhn Harris, Helen Niles, Edward Redfield, Mary Fanton and William Carman Roberts, John Sloan, and the J.B. Lippincott Company. Henri wrote lengthy letters to his family in the 1880s and 1890s, corresponded with art colleagues, discussing his work and that of...
Dates: 1857-1958, bulk 1886-1929

Ralph Hodgson papers

 Collection
Call Number: GEN MSS 245
Abstract: Correspondence, writings, artwork, photographs, and printed material documenting the life of Ralph Hodgson. The bulk of the collection is made up of correspondence, which occupies 38 boxes. Principal correspondents include Enid Bagnold, Silvia Baker, Edmund Blunden, Bryher, T.S. Eliot, Vivienne Eliot, Norman Holmes Pearson, I. A. Richards, Siegfried Sassoon, Dorothy Hall Smith, and W. Bevan Whitney. Topics in the correspondence include the work and personal lives of other poets and authors...
Dates: 1695-1976, bulk 1914-1970

Edward Meyer Kern and Richard H. Kern papers

 Collection
Call Number: WA MSS S-2395
Abstract: The papers contain journals, notebooks, drawings and maps, documents and correspondence which document the activities of Edward and Richard Kern in the West and the Pacific from 1845-1860. A journal and a notebook document Edward Kern's participation in Fremont's third expedition to California; and a journal, a logbook, drawings, two maps and a letter document Edward's participation in the Northern Pacific Exploring Expedition in 1853-1856. A scrapbook of unsigned preliminary sketches and...
Dates: 1795-1895, bulk 1850-1860

Arnold Lobel papers

 Collection
Call Number: GEN MSS 2054
Abstract:

The collection contains original artwork, drafts, notes, proofs, dummies, mockups, mechanicals, and other material for books by children’s author and illustrator Arnold Lobel, and works of others illustrated by Lobel.

Dates: circa 1963-1987

Kenneth D. Love Papers

 Collection
Call Number: AOB 13
Abstract:

Majority of the papers consist of corporate brand identity manuals alongside design projects directed and or designed by Kenneth D. Love while employed at four design firms. Also included is a small collection of articles, correspondence, professional files, and photographs.

Dates: circa 1965-1999

Stephen Mopope drawings

 Collection
Call Number: WA MSS S-4423
Abstract: Circa 490 sheets with pencil drawings, some signed, by Stephen Mopope, circa 1932-1962. Depicted are Indigenous men, women, and children; horses, buffalo, and deer; hunting scenes; dancers (including eagle dancers and ghost dancers); tipis; and musicians. Also present are mural designs. Indigenous peoples depicted include Apache, Pueblo, and Kiowa. Most drawings are on carbon paper on which Mopope created reverse images on the versos. Many of the drawings are drafts of scenes and...
Dates: circa 1932-1962

Robert Osborn Papers

 Collection
Call Number: YCAL MSS 938
Abstract:

The Robert Osborn Papers contain drawings, paintings, posters, correspondence, collages, printed material, clippings, a sketch notebook, a wooden plate, and dolls. Drawings include drawings of Don Quijote, Charlie Chaplin, and drawings for several publications.

Dates: 1929-1994, bulk 1949-1994

Collection of bookplates by Robert Osmond

 Collection
Call Number: BKP 130
Abstract:

The collection contains bookplates by the English engraver Robert Osmond (1874-1959).

Dates: 1898-1961, bulk 1900-1930

Vincent Peranio Papers

 Collection
Call Number: YCAL MSS 1346
Abstract: The Vincent Peranio Papers consists of correspondence, legal and financial records, scripts, photographs, props, miniature set models, concept art, architectural plans, ephemera, computer media, one audiocassette, and other materials documenting the career of production designer and art director Vincent Peranio. Peranio had a close working relationship with American director John Waters, and included are materials related to the production of Waters movies such as ...
Dates: 1966-2017

Robert Beverly Price papers

 Collection
Call Number: WA MSS S-3643
Abstract: Correspondence, photographs, printed materials, drawings, and other papers, by or relating to Missouri banker, Robert Beverly Price. Includes 60 autograph and typescript letters, signed, 1860-1922, undated. Letters concern either the Boone County National Bank of Columbia or the Price family, with most letters being from Robert Beverly Price to his wife, Evaline Hockaday Price, or granddaughter, Emily Blair Henrotin. There are also newspaper articles (loose and in a scrapbook) regarding...
Dates: 1853-1942

Paul Rand papers

 Collection
Call Number: AOB 126
Abstract:

The Paul Rand papers consist of sketches and drawings, artwork, proofs, mechanical art, paste-ups, source material, book jackets, realia, photographs and negatives, textiles, and posters documenting the career of graphic designer Paul Rand. It also contains material documenting Rand's artistic process and professional relationships, including correspondence, teaching materials, published books, newspaper clippings, and research files.

Dates: 1929-2000, bulk 1940-1996

Joseph W. and Kit Reed Papers

 Collection
Call Number: YCAL MSS 843
Abstract:

The Joseph W. and Kit Reed Papers contain correpondence, writings by Joseph and Kit Reed and others, notes and research papers, personal and professional papers, financial papers, photographs, artwork, printed material, audiocassettes and videocassettes, scrapbooks, and computer disks. The papers document their personal and professional lives and artistic endeavors.

Dates: 1905-2015, bulk 1950-2008

Victoria Sackville-West papers

 Collection
Call Number: OSB MSS 222
Content Description: The collection consists of correspondence, legal papers, personal papers, photographs, and artwork by or relating to Victoria Sackville-West, Lady Sackville, her daughter Vita Sackville-West, and other members of the Sackville-West family. Correspondents include Victoria's husband Lionel Sackville-West, Edwin Lutyens, Vita Sackville-West, Harold Nicolson, and Edward VII. The collection also includes third-party letters to Vita Sackville-West, Harold Nicolson, and Nigel Nicolson. The bulk of...
Dates: 1865-1984

Drawings and Sketches of Oregon and Washington

 Collection
Call Number: WA MSS S-4527
Abstract:

Collection of pen and ink drawings as well as pencil sketches by Henry Schollhorn, approximately 1916-1917, that document sites in Oregon and Washington with a particular emphasis on Portland, Oregon, and the surrounding area.

Dates: approximately 1916-1917

William A. Speck collection of Goetheana : original artwork

 Collection
Call Number: YCGL MSS 26
Abstract: The William A. Speck Collection of Goetheana: Original Artwork is an artificial collection comprising original artwork that came to Yale from various sources, mostly during the Speck Collection's early decades. It includes some of the Collection's best-known holdings, including an anonymous silhouette made of Goethe in 1786 as well as original sketches and engravings by Goethe. Other artists represented include Wilhelm von Kaulbach, Georg Melchior Kraus, Johann Heinrich Lips, and Moritz...
Dates: 1785-1916