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Finger-Painting and How I Do It

Description: One instructional book, copyright 1947, entitled Finger-Painting and How I Do It, by Ruth Faison Shaw, 47 pp., published by Art for All, Inc., New York. The book includes a short history on Shaw's finger-painting methods, basic techniques, and several black and white illustrations of Ms. Shaw and her work. Illustrated instructions and directions are given for creating images of landscapes, animals, floral pictures, and designs. On the inside of the back cover is a listing of "Art Books for All", which provides titles of books for a variety of subjects.
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1947
Call number: ephKAEE
Creator: Korzenik, Diana (1941-)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Gift of Diana Korzenik, August 1997.

Finger Painting: A Perfect Medium for Self Expression

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One book entitled Finger Painting: A Perfect Medium for Self Expression, by Ruth Faison Shaw, published by Little, Brown, and Company, Boston, copyright 1934. It is 232 pages in length, and includes an introduction by David Seabury which describes the evolution of finger painting and how it can be used in the schools and at home. It concerns finger painting in general, what the child learns from the technique, and what might be learned about the child from it. The author's signature is written, in ms., in ink, on the front flyleaf. "$3.00, cp, signed copy" is written in ms., in pencil, on the rear pastedown. Laid in are a number of receipts and papers. The book is covered by its illustrated dust jacket.

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Set of seven finger paintings, of various sizes

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Seven (7) finger paintings, of various sizes. Two of the images are framed in construction paper and labeled on the back "1948-49, Spofford." While the artwork was included among Mabel Spofford's papers, the actual creator of the finger paintings is unknown. Title supplied by cataloger.

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Juvenile Painting Gallery

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One painting book entitled Juvenile Painting Gallery, by F. I. Wetherbee, published by M.A. Donohue & Co., Chicago, copyright 1908. The subtitle on the title page reads: "Being a collection of the most artistic color schemes ever produced in an instructive painting book, teaching accuracy, harmony, beauty and color with pencil, paint and brush. Complete instructions for the little artist." This painting book is comprised of chromolithographic plates and black and white outline drawings for coloring. Descriptive, instructive and playful text accompanies each image. The lessons progress from fundamental to more complex, and include lessons on form, perspective, shape, proportion and shading. All of the images in this book are the same as those in Box 37 Env. 04. The front cover of this book is a chromolithograph of a boy at an easel outdoors painting a picture of a girl. The back cover is blank.

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The Young Artist's Painting and Drawing Book

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One drawing/painting book, ca. 1915, entitled The Young Artist's Painting and Drawing Book, by F. I. Wetherbee, published by M. A. Donohue & Co., Chicago. This book is comprised of 44 unnumbered pages of chromolithograph and outline illustrations for painting. The front cover is a chromolithograph of a seated child who is painting at an easel. "M.A. Donohue & Co., Chicago" is printed in the lower left-hand corner. The back cover illustration is of a girl on a low seat reading a book. "Directions for the Little Artist" are printed on the front pastedown, opposite the title page. A few descriptive lines are printed below the title: "Being a collection of the most artistic color schemes ever produced in an instructive painting book, teaching accuracy, harmony, beauty and color with pencil, paint and brush. Complete instructions for the little artist." Most, but not all, of the images appear in pairs, one colored and the other in outline form, for coloring. Some of the illustrations have been colored.

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Ideal Paint-Box-Book, with Easy Drawing Lessons for Young Painters

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One painting book entitled Ideal Paint-Box-Book, with Easy Drawing Lessons for Young Painters, published by the Ideal Book Builders, Publishers, Chicago, Illinois, ca. 1907. This book-length painting book contains watercolors, a small palette and paintbrush, all of which folds into a box on the inside front cover. Unnumbered pages of both chromolithograph and lithograph images for coloring comprise the rest of the book. Text in the form of rhymes and poetry accompany most images. The front cover is a chromolithograph image of a boy and a girl painting with two such painting books. Within the body of illustrations, there are several containing racial slurs. The last page is a publisher's advertisement for these and similar painting books. Many of the lithograph images have been colored in with the paints provided. "Patented in United States, Nov. 12, 1907" and "Patented in Great Britain, Dec. 10, 1907" are printed at the bottom of the front cover.

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Marine and Landscape Studies: A Painting Book

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One painting book entitled Marine and Landscape Studies: A Painting Book, published by McLoughlin Bros., New York. The front cover shows a landscape tacked to a wood frame. The inside front cover reads "a few practical directions for coloring;" and these also include directions on how to mix paints. The book contains 12 pages of images, half of which are printed in color, the other half in outline. The latter have all been filled in with colored pencil or crayon using the complementary color image as a guide.

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