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Illustrations for Winesburg, Ohio
Title
[Illustrations for Winesburg, Ohio].
Production
[Westport, Connecticut], [20th century]
Physical Description
24 drawings : dry brush watercolor on paper and artist's board ; 36 x 28 cm and smaller (in 3 boxes)
Notes
Title devised by cataloger.
Box 1 contains drawings for The Book of the Grotesque, Hands, Paper Pills, Mother, The Philosopher, Nobody Knows, Godliness, and Surrender. Box 2 contains Terror, A Man of Ideas, Adventure, Respectability, The Thinker, Tandy, The Strength of God, and The Teacher. Box 3 contains Loneliness, An Awakening, Queer, The Untold Lie, Drink, Death, Sophistication, and Departure.
Captions in English.
Provenance
Gift of Karl Anderson, 1953.
Access and use
This material is open for research.
Biographical / Historical Note
Karl Anderson (1874-1956), American painter and illustrator; he was the brother of author Sherwood Anderson (1876-1941).
Summary
Twenty-four watercolor drawings by Karl Anderson created as illustrations for Sherwood Anderson's short story collection Winesburg, Ohio. Each drawing is mounted in a window mat also painted by Anderson, and several have sketches or other drawings on their versos. Image titles identify the illustration for each story.
Format
Images
Language
English
Added to Catalog
October 03, 2014
References
Karl Anderson, Illustrations for Winesburg, Ohio. Yale Collection of American Literature, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.
Cite as
Karl Anderson, Illustrations for Winesburg, Ohio. Yale Collection of American Literature, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.
Subjects
Genre/Form
Drawings (visual works) - United States - 20th century.
Watercolors (paintings) - United States - 20th century.
Illustrations (layout features) - United States - 20th century.
Occupation
Illustrators United States 20th century.
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