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One collection of reproductions of paintings, circa 250 pieces

Description: One collection of reproductions of paintings, ca. 250 pieces, ranging in date from approximately 1930-1940. Most of the reproductions are part of the Artext Junior series, published by the Art Extension Society. The reproductions cover a wide variety of subjects, painters, and time periods. This collection is housed in a paperboard box which bears a mailing label addressed to Mabel Spofford. Also included are a few printed flyers and ms. notes. Title supplied by cataloger.
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date: circa 1930-1940
Call number: ephKAEE
Creator: Korzenik, Diana (1941-)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Gift of Diana Korzenik, August 1997.; transferred from Huntington Art Reference Library, May 2000.

One boxed collection of art reproductions, circa 135 pieces

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One boxed collection of art reproductions, ca. 135 pieces, ranging in date from approximately 1920-1950. A significant portion of the represented paintings are American. The collection is comprised primarily of reproductions from Perry Pictures, The University Prints and Brown's Famous Pictures series of reproductions. A few postcards and newspaper clippings are also included in the group. The collection is housed within a paperboard box that has "Painting, American, few miscellaneous" written in ms., in pencil, on the lid. This collection was created by Mabel Spofford. Title supplied by cataloger.

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One boxed collection of photographic reproductions of an architectural nature

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One boxed collection of photographic reproductions of an architectural nature, ca. 200 pieces, ranging in date from approximately 1935 to 1950. The collection contains images of family dwellings, churches, government buildings, architectural details, stone structures (e.g. Stonehenge and the Egyptian pyramids, the Sphinx), and structures from Antiquity, including early Greek and Roman periods. The collection is comprised primarily of Perry Pictures, University Prints, Brown's Pictures, and postcards. There are an additional few original black and white photographs of front doors to several different houses. This collection was assembled by Mabel Spofford; there are ms. notes on some items. The collection is housed within a paperboard box, addressed to Miss Mabel Spofford from University Prints. Written on the lid, in ms., is: "Architecture: Egyptian, Greek, Roman, Romanesque, Byzantine, Gothic, Renaissance, Modern." Title supplied by cataloger.

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One boxed collection of reproductions of photographs of sculpture, circa 75 pieces

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One boxed collection of reproductions of photographs of sculpture, ca. 75 pieces, ranging in date from approximately 1930 to 1940. The sculptures represented range in date from B.C. era to the 20th century. Included are reproductions from The University Prints of Boston and Perry Pictures; others are newspaper clippings and cutouts from magazines or catalogs. Most stand alone, but some images are mounted on paper, with brief textual explanations. The collection is housed within a paperboard box that has "Sculpture" written in ms. on the top lid. Title supplied by cataloger.

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Art Reproductions

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One set of art reproductions from Art Extension Society. Each of these cards are from the "Artext Junior" series. There are 50 individual cards, many of which are duplicates. All of the cards are color, reproductions of works of art (primarily paintings) by artists from the United States and Europe. Printed below the image is the following information: name of series and number within; title; artist name and his or her birth and death dates; collection or museum name; country or educational 'school'; name of copyright holder, and card publisher. Some of the paintings (and artists) within this set are: "Galahad the Deliverer" by Edwin A. Abbey; "The Merchant Gisze" by Holbein; "Men Are Square" by Gerrit A. Beneker; "Dancing in a Ring" by Thoma; and "Consuelo" by Zuloaga. One use of these art reproduction cards was to introduce students to art of different cultures. The cards vary in size; they are roughly 3 x 5 in. each. Title supplied by cataloger.

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Miscellaneous boxed collections of art reproductions

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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.

Art reproductions

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One set of art reproductions of paintings and murals, published by Brown-Robertson Co., Inc., New York, ca. 1924. There are 124 individual reproduction cards within this incomplete set; many are duplicates. All of the cards are color, and include the number of the image (presumably the number within the Brown-Robertson series), the title of the painting, and the artist's name. Most cards name the collection or museum where the original resides, as well as the publisher. Some of the paintings represented in this set include: "Up the Hudson" by Bellows; "Paris Boulevarde" by Renoir; "Infanta Maria Theresa" by Velasquez; "Mona Lisa" by Da Vinci; "The Blue Boy" by Gainsborough; "Jane Seymour" by Holbein, and "Mother of the Artist" by Whistler. One use of these such cards was as a way of introducing students to art of different cultures. This set of art reproductions belonged to Mabel Spofford. Title supplied by cataloger.

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One collection of reproductions of paintings, circa 250 pieces

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