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1. [Drawings].
- Creator:
- Rickard, Greville, 1889-1956, artist
- Published / Created:
- [circa 1927-circa 1937]
- Call Number:
- GEN MSS 1212
- Container / Volume:
- Box
- Image Count:
- 6
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- The collection consists of three drawings by Greville Rickard: "Sherry-Netherland Fire" (circa 1927, crayon on paper mounted on board, 51 x 34.5 cm.), "Residence of Dr. Charles V. Paterno, Greenwich, Conn." (circa 1937, ink on card, 56 x 32 cm.), and an aerial view of Paul Martinot house, Mt. Harmony Road, Bernardsville, New Jersey (circa 1946, crayon, ink, and watercolor on paper). The drawings were signed by Rickard
- Description:
- Greville Rickard was born in Denver, Colorado, on December 8, 1889, the son of Stephen Rickard. He received a BS degree from Sheffield Scientific School at Yale University in 1912, and studied afterward at the Yale School of Architecture. Rickard practiced architecture in Colorado and, from 1923, in New York. He died in El Paso, Texas, on May 3, 1956., The fire at the Sherry-Netherland, a hotel-apartment building at 781 Fifth Avenue in New York, occurred in April 1927 while the building was under construction. The residence on the Paterno estate, "Round Hill," on John Street in Greenwich, was completed in 1940., Title devised by cataloger., and Captions in English.
- Subject (Geographic):
- United States.
- Subject (Name):
- Paterno, Charles, 1878-1946, Martinot, Paul, and Rickard, Greville, 1889-1956.
- Subject (Topic):
- Homes and haunts and Architects
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > [Drawings].
2. [Portrait drawings].
- Creator:
- Spingarn, Amy Einstein, 1883-1980, artist
- Published / Created:
- 1930-1935.
- Call Number:
- JWJ MSS 150
- Container / Volume:
- Box (Oversize)
- Image Count:
- 14
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- The collection consists of seven portrait drawings of noted African Americans and Haitians by the artist Amy Einstein Spingarn. The sitters include scientist George Washington Carver (1935) and authors Langston Hughes (1930), Zora Neale Hurston (circa 1935), James Weldon Johnson (undated), René Piquion (undated), George S. Schuyler (1933), and Philippe Thoby-Marcelin (undated). The portrait of Carver is pastel on paper; the others are charcoal and graphite on paper. Each portrait is identified by the artist's inscriptions and signature
- Description:
- Amy Einstein Spingarn was born in New York on January 29, 1883, the daughter of American businessman and manufacturer David L. Einstein (1839-1909) and Caroline Fatman Einstein (1852-1910). In 1905 she married Joel Elias Spingarn (1875-1939), a Columbia University literature professor and a founder of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). In addition to being an artist herself, Amy Einstein Spingarn was a patron of the Harlem Renaissance and supported the work of many black artists and writers; she also served on the board of directors of the NAACP for nearly forty years. Spingarn died at her home, Troutbeck, in Amenia, New York, on June 25, 1980., Title devised by cataloger., and Captions in English.
- Subject (Geographic):
- United States.
- Subject (Name):
- Carver, George Washington, 1864?-1943, Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967, Hurston, Zora Neale, Johnson, James Weldon, 1871-1938, Piquion, René, Schuyler, George S. 1895-1977 (George Samuel),, Spingarn, Amy Einstein, 1883-1980., and Thoby-Marcelin, Philippe, 1904-1975
- Subject (Topic):
- Artists
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > [Portrait drawings].
3. [Portraits of Beauford Delaney].
- Creator:
- Freeman, Don, 1908-1978, artist
- Published / Created:
- [circa 1960]
- Call Number:
- JWJ MSS 160
- Container / Volume:
- Box (Oversize)
- Image Count:
- 4
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Two undated crayon drawings by Don Freeman of African American artist Beauford Delaney. Each is signed "DF" at lower right and mounted on a sheet of blue paper. One drawing portrays Delaney seated at a table with a coffee cup and pot; the other is a bust-length portrait
- Description:
- Don Freeman (1908-1978), New York illustrator., Beauford Delaney (1901-1979), New York artist., and Title devised by cataloger.
- Subject (Geographic):
- United States.
- Subject (Name):
- Delaney, Beauford, 1901-1979 and Freeman, Don, 1908-1978.
- Subject (Topic):
- African American artists, Artists, and Illustrators
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > [Portraits of Beauford Delaney].
