CLOSED TODAY

Tickets

Visual Materials

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

1 of 6
Description
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.
Type
Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date
1926
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.
purchased from Mike Kaplan, October 2000.
Associated people
Korzenik, Diana, (1941-)
Abbott, Jacob, (1803-1879,)
Abbott, John S. C. (1805-1877,)
Bartholomew, William N. (1822-1898,)
Coe, Benjamin H. (1799-1883,)
Coe, E. M. (1862-1944,)
Cross, Anson K. (1818-1894,)
Hodgman, Carolyn S., (1803?-1887,)
Knudsen, Carl Wilhelm, (1882-1942,)
Morgan, Lucius B., (1807-)
Nutting, B. F. (1887-1969,)
Sarg, Tony, (1836-1886,)
Schuster, Sigismond,
Shaw, Ruth Faison,
Smith, Walter,
Spofford, Mabel,
Spofford, Mabel,
Wright, Wynna,
Associated organizations
Faber-Castell (Firm)
American Crayon Company.
Binney & Smith Co.
D. Appleton and Company.
D. Lothrop & Company.
F.W. Devoe & C.T. Raynolds Company.
Eberhard Faber Pencil Company.
Ginn and Company.
Grout & Putnam.
Ivison & Phinney.
J.L. Hammett Co.
J.W. Schermerhorn & Co.
Joseph Dixon Crucible Company.
L. Prang & Co.
Little, Brown and Company.
McLoughlin Bros.
Milton Bradley & Co.
P.P. Caproni & Brother.
Prang Company.
Raphael Tuck & Sons.
Saalfield Pub. Co.
Transogram Company.
Wadsworth, Howland & Co.
Weber Costello Company.
Winsor & Newton.
Koh-i-noor Hardtmuth AG.
Find out more
View in the Huntington Digital Library(Opens in new tab)
View in the Library catalog(Opens in new tab)

You might also be interested in

  • Ephemera from Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

    Ephemera from Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

    Visual Materials

    One group of 4 (with 2 duplicates) pieces of ephemera issued by the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, relating to courses and lectures on the teaching of Ancient art: a schedule of lantern slide talks for 1934-1935 (and a duplicate); an "Outline for Teachers' Course in Ancient Art" schedule for 1934-1935; a lecture reservation form (and a duplicate); and an informational sheet about use of the museum's lantern slides. Title supplied by cataloger.

    ephKAEE

  • Three WPA Art Project, Chicago, Illinois, posters promoting art classes for children and an exhibition of art by children

    Three WPA Art Project, Chicago, Illinois, posters promoting art classes for children and an exhibition of art by children

    Visual Materials

    Three (3) posters, 2 promoting art classes for children and 1 promoting an exhibition of art by children. Env. (Folder) 01: Exhibition of Art by Children, E.T., WPA Art Project, Chicago, Illinois, ca. 1938, 14 x 22 in. Env. (Folder) 02: Art Classes for Children, REK, WPA Art Project, Chicago, Illinois, ca. 1938, 14 x 22 in. Env. (Folder) 03: Art Classes for Children, Anonymous, WPA Art Project, Chicago, Illinois, 1940, 14 x 22 in.

    ephKAEE

  • Set of 13 original drawings created by Emma Barnes, circa 1915

    Set of 13 original drawings created by Emma Barnes, circa 1915

    Visual Materials

    One set of 13 original drawings created by Emma Barnes, ca. 1915. The first 6 drawings (Env. 45-50) are charcoal drawings of geometric solids; the next 3 (Env. 51-53) are also charcoal drawings, the first two are of a statue face, the third of a bowl; the next 2 (Env. 55-56) are colored chalk drawings, and the last envelope (Env. 57) is a two-sided leaf of ms. notes, in pencil. The fist 5 drawings are signed "E. Barnes." Title supplied by cataloger.

    ephKAEE

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

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

    Visual Materials

    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.

    ephKAEE

  • Three portfolios of paper art samples from Germany

    Three portfolios of paper art samples from Germany

    Visual Materials

    Three portfolios of samples from Germany which represent various forms of art with paper: paperweaving, sewing cards and paper-cutting and folding. The first set, in Env. 1, is entitled Flecht -u.-Ausuäh Schule; the second, in Env. 2, Versdur-u.-Buchzeichen Schule (Stringing and Bookmarking School); and the third, in Env. 3, Falt-u.-Ausscheide Schule (Folding and Cutouts School). The name "Louise Chur" is stamped at the bottom of the front cover of each of the three portfolios. The first portfolio contains 24 numbered (in ms.) samples of paper weaving, each labeled "Blott" and has "Louise Chur" written in ms., in ink, in the upper right-hand corner. Each sheet measures 5 3/4 in. W x 8 3/4 in. H ; 14.5 cm. W x 22.2 cm. H. The second portfolio contains a total of 23 samples of artwork; the first 11 of which are completed sewing cards; the next 2 are yarn tracings, and the last 10 are examples of paper weaving and folding. The sizes of the pieces vary. The third portfolio contains 20 examples of paper folding and paper cutouts, mounted onto cardstock. Much of the paper folding samples are reminiscent of origami. Each completed, mounted piece measures 8 in. W x 10 3/8 in. H ; 20.3 cm. W x 26.4 cm. H Title supplied by cataloger.

    ephKAEE

  • The University Prints Special 1917 Announcement: A New System of Picture Study for the Grades

    The University Prints Special 1917 Announcement: A New System of Picture Study for the Grades

    Visual Materials

    One publisher's advertisement entitled The University Prints Special 1917 Announcement: A New System of Picture Study for the Grades, published by The University Prints, Newton, Massachusetts, 1917. This item is a single sheet folded once to create a 4-page leaflet. Illustrated with examples from the Picture Study Program, this advertisement promotes The University Prints' method of teaching art development to children. The interior two pages of this leaflet organize the series of grouped images by grade level. For example: "List II - Grade I. Animals about the Home; Grade II. Children of Other Lands; Grade III. Angels; Grade IV. Occupations; Grade V. The Seasons; Grade VI. Interiors and Furnishings; Grade VII. Interesting Costumes; Grade VIII. Mural Decorations of the Congressional Library." Titles of ten different art works are listed within each category.

    ephKAEE