Sketches
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Marsh, Reginald, 1898-1954
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content: Reginald Marsh papers
physdesc: label: Extent
content: (boxes 4-5, OV 12-21; 1.4 linear feet)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1901-1954, undated
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.marsregi, Series 5
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
arrangement: label: Arrangement note
content: The Sketches series is arranged into 2 subseries: 5.1: Loose Sketches, 1921-1954, undated

5.2: Sketchbooks, 1901-1954, undated
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents note
content: Series consists of Marsh's loose sketches and sketchbooks. (The bulk of Marsh's sketchbooks are held by the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Public Library, and the Whitney Museum of American Art. These are available to view on AAA microfilm reels NRM3-NRM17.)

In his sketches, Marsh typically recorded his environment, including the sights, scenes, and people he encountered on the city streets and the subway, in the dance and burlesque halls, and at Coney Island, as well as some of his own experiences, including his various trips to Europe (one in 1925-1926 and another in 1949). The subjects that he sketched are generally reflective of those featured in his finished art work. In his sketches, Marsh also explored ideas and created studies for paintings, and certain sketches served as the basis for finished works of art. Sketches document some of the various sources for Marsh's paintings, many of the themes that recur in his paintings and illustrations, and aspects of his creative process.