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  • Set of art appreciation posters created by the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

    Set of art appreciation posters created by the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

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    One set of art appreciation posters created by the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 1926. The set of 55 posters is housed within 5 large envelopes; there are 23 different posters, with duplicate copies of 9 of the 23. All of the posters contain black and white reproductions of photographs. Accompanying the posters within the first folder is a large piece of brown wrapping paper on which is written in ms.: "Mabel Spofford; from Boston Museum of Fine Arts, received April 7. 1956 art appreciation posters." The posters vary in size, but all are large. What follows is a listing of the contents of each envelope; the title at the top of the poster has been transcribed. Env. 1: English Decorative Arts; European Decorative Arts; Massachusetts Silver of the 17th and 18th Centuries; European Furniture and Interior Architecture; Objects in the Museum of Fine Arts- English History; American Furniture and Interior Architecture 1675-1800. Env. 2: Appreciation of Art. Grade IX. Aegean and Archaic Greek. Sheet VI. 1926; Appreciation of Art. Greek. Sheet VII; Appreciation of Art. Grade IX. Roman. Sheet VIII. 1926 (2 copies); Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Greek and Roman Art (13 copies) Env. 3: Appreciation of Art. Architecture. Sheet II. (7 copies) Env. 4: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Egyptian Art (7 copies); [Untitled poster of Egyptian Art] Env. 5: Appreciation of Art. Lettering. Sheet I (2 copies); Appreciation of Art. Prehistoric. Sheet II (2 copies); Appreciation of Art. Grade IX. Early Christian and Byzantine. Sheet IX. 1926; Appreciation of Art. Renaissance. Sheet XIII; Appreciation of Art. Romanesque. Sheet XI. (2 copies); Appreciation of Art. Grade IX. Gothic. Sheet XII. 1926 (2 copies); Appreciation of Art. Grade IX. Colonial. Sheet XVI. 1926; Appreciation of Art. Grade IX. Indian-Chinese-Japanese. Sheet V. 1926; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Art of the Ancient Near East; Appreciation of Art. Grade IX. Assyrian. Sheet IV. 1926. Title supplied by cataloger.

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  • The Rankin Studios, Summer 1935, School of Applied Arts

    The Rankin Studios, Summer 1935, School of Applied Arts

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    One fragment of a flyer entitled The Rankin Studios, Summer 1935, School of Applied Arts, published by Rankin Studios, New Hartford, Connecticut, 1935. This piece is a single sheet, clearly detached from the remainder of the leaflet. It appears to be an informational or promotional brochure for summer art courses.

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  • Two envelopes : Museum of Fine Arts, Division of Instruction, Boston, Mass

    Two envelopes : Museum of Fine Arts, Division of Instruction, Boston, Mass

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    Two envelopes with "Museum of Fine Arts, Division of Instruction, Boston, Mass." printed on them. There are no other markings or dates, ca. 1935. Title supplied by cataloger.

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    A Meadow Lark's View of the Berkshire Summer School of Art at Monterey, Mass

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    One single-sheet flyer for the Berkshire Summer School of Art, published by the Berkshire Summer School of Art, containing informational text about courses, methods, and faculty, an illustrated map of the campus, and three photograph illustrations. Accompanying this advertisement is a single leaf, labeled pp. 23-24 that has been removed from a book or brochure for the school.

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  • Two invitations issued by the Boston University Art Department

    Two invitations issued by the Boston University Art Department

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    Two invitations issued by the Boston University Art Department, one is for an art exhibition to be held May 29th to June 2 [1933]; the other for a demonstration "in the process of etching" to be held January 23 [1934?]. Neither invitation is dated with the year; the mailing envelope that accompanies these two invitations is postmarked May 25, 1933. The envelope is addressed, in ms., to "Miss Mabel Spofford, The High School, Gloucester, Massachusetts." Both invitations are folded cards, with original engraved illustrations on the front. The dimensions provided are for the larger of the two invitations. Title supplied by cataloger.

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  • The Browne Art Class

    The Browne Art Class

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    One flyer entitled The Browne Art Class, Privincetown-on-Cape Cod, Mass., instruction by George Elmer Browne, N.A., Provincetown, Massachusetts, 1941. Below the instructor's name on the front is: "Season of 1941. June 30th to September 1st." This advertising/informational brochure for summer art classes is 8 pages in length, including front and back covers. It describes the types of classes offered and terms, among other things, and includes several black and white illustrations, most of which are reproductions of works by George Elmer Browne.

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