[Portrait of Norman Holmes Pearson].
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16173727
Description
- Title
- [Portrait of Norman Holmes Pearson].
- Creator
- Keller, Deane, 1901-1992, artist
- Published / Created
- 1976.
- Publication Place
- United States
- Abstract
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A portrait of the American academic and editor Norman Holmes Pearson by Deane Keller. The painting is oil on canvas, and is signed at the upper right: "Deane / Keller / 1976." Included in the portrait (hanging on the wall behind Pearson) is a painting titled "Arabella!" by D. H. Lawrence, which was in Pearson's personal collection of art works created by authors; the collection, called by him "Art for the Wrong Reason," is now at Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library along with Pearson's papers
- Description
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Deane Keller (1901-1992), American artist, academic, soldier, and preservationist. He earned a BA from Yale University in 1923 and a BFA from the Yale School of Fine Arts in 1926. Keller taught for forty years at the Yale School of Fine Arts, and during World War II was an officer with the Allied Forces's Monuments, Fine Arts and Archives Section.
Norman Holmes Pearson (1909-1975, Yale 1932, 1941 PhD), professor of English and American Studies at Yale University and officer in the United States Office of Strategic Services during World War II. Pearson collaborated with Yale University Library curator Donald Gallup to develop the Yale Collection of American Literature, playing an instrumental role in the library's acquisition of the papers of H. D. and Bryher.
Title devised by cataloger. - Provenance
- Gift of Bromwell Ault Jr. (Yale 1949), 1976.
- Extent
- 1 painting : painting 76 x 66 cm, in frame 95 x 68 cm
- Extent of Digitization
- This object has been completely digitized.
- Language
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No linguistic content
Collection Information
- Repository
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
- Call Number
- YCAL MSS 1032 (Art)
- Container / Volume
- (Art)
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
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Portraits
Oil paintings (visual works) United States 20th century
Portraits United States 20th century - Material
- oil on canvas ;
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Geographic)
- United States.
- Subject (Name)
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Keller, Deane, 1901-1992.
Lawrence, D. H. 1885-1930. (David Herbert),
Pearson, Norman Holmes, 1909-1975 - Subject (Topic)
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Artists
Authors, American - Subjects
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Keller, Deane, 1901-1992
Lawrence, D. H. (David Herbert), 1885-1930
Pearson, Norman Holmes, 1909-1975 > Portraits
Artists > United States
Authors, American > 20th century > Portraits
United States > 20th century
Access And Usage Rights
- Access
- Public
- Rights
- The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.
- Citation
- Deane Keller, Portrait of Norman Holmes Pearson. Yale Collection of American Literature, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 12460427
- Object ID (OID)
- 16173727
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