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Visual Materials
One portfolio of painting sheets entitled Box of Pictures to Paint, published by McLoughlin Bros., New York, copyright 1892. This set is comprised of 4 chromolithograph and 5 outline (black and white) plates, housed inside a wood and paperboard box. The front cover/lid of the box is decorated with a vivid chromolithograph of two boys painting together; one is seated on a chair, the other is standing on the same chair. This image, within an oval frame, is surrounded by a blue and gold chromolithographed marble pattern. The title is within a decorative fan above the boys' heads. The back cover of the box is decorated with the same marbling, and contains a centered image of a box of paints, with some water and paintbrushes, on a table. The plates are unnumbered. Some plates are duplicates of one another (one in color and the other in outline, for coloring), and others are a lone color plate or images in outline form. All of the outline plates have been colored in with watercolor. On the inside of the box's lid are printed "A Few Practical Instructions for Young Painters." "Archie F. Jones" is stamped, in blue ink, at the top of this mounted sheet.
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This collection contains approximately 700 pieces of ephemera that along with more than 500 separately cataloged books form the Diana Korzenik Collection of Art Education representing the evolution of art education in the United States from mainly 1800 to 1950. The collection was assembled by Massachusetts professor Diana Korzenik over a period of nearly three decades, and the ephemera is composed of instructional materials (e.g. art instruction manuals, art reproductions, drawing books, drawing cards, painting books, penmanship books, etc.), objects (e.g. boxed painting sets, drawing slates, models, drawing desks, colored pencils, crayons, paint, etc.) and non-instructional materials (e.g. promotional materials, scrapbooks, coursework by Korzenik's students, catalogs, etc.). With the exception of the Mabel Spofford archive, which she purchased as a whole, Korzenik pursued each item individually with the aim of assembling frequently overlooked and misunderstood material.
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One boxed set of watercolor paints entitled Pretty Pets Paint Box, manufacturer unknown, ca. 1895. The set is comprised of 28 cakes of watercolor paint, two small porcelain dishes, one paintbrush, a piece of glass, and a 5-inch paper ruler. The cakes of paint are embossed with an artist's palette design, and are contained within wooden dividers in a wooden box (no lid). This box is housed within a paperboard box (which does have a lid). Mounted onto the paperboard lid is a chromolithograph image of three girls, each painting a toy elephant. "2.00" (price) is written in ms., in pencil, in the upper right-hand corner of the image on the lid.
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One boxed watercolor paint set entitled Donald Duck Paint Box, manufactured by Transogram, Inc., New York and Walt Disney Productions, 1950. The set is comprised of 12 molded star-shaped cakes of watercolor paints and one paintbrush, housed within a decorated tin box. The paints are affixed to the bottom of the box, and printed within the center (on paper) is: "Donald Duck Paint Set, No. 1422." The underside of the hinged lid bears black, red and white images of Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck, Minnie Mouse, Pluto, Goofy and Dopey. At the bottom of the underside of the lid is printed "A Transogram Gold Medal Craft Set" and "[copyright symbol] Walt Disney Productions." "Copyright 1950 Walt Disney Productions" is printed at the bottom of the top lid illustration. Images of Donald Duck and Mickey Mouse painting feature on the top lid.
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