Artwork
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Beach, Chester, 1881-1956
setName: label: See more items in
content: Chester Beach papers
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.3 Linear Feet (Boxes 4, 11)
unitdate: label: Date
content: circa 1900-1955
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.beacches, Series 7
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
arrangement: label: Arrangement note
content: Materials are arranged by artist and subject. Project files (Series 3) contain numerous drawings and sketches by Chester Beach, though few are finished artwork. An exception is The Legend of Archmere, with many finished, colored drawings. Among the Christmas cards (series 6) are numerous artist-designed cards, many with original artwork, received by the Beach family. Additional artwork by Chester Beach includes book plates and a place card etched for Mr. and Mrs. George Davison, found in volume 1 of the scrapbooks (Series 8).
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: This series has been scanned in its entirety.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents note
content: Artwork by Chester Beach includes drawings, sketches, and designs for a few of his Christmas cards. The sketchbook contains drawings of sculpture. Work by other artists consists of prints; several are signed, but the only completely legible signature is Ezra Winter.