Art Work
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Inverarity, Robert Bruce, 1909-1999
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content: Robert Bruce Inverarity papers
physdesc: label: Extent
content: (Boxes 6, 12, 16, OV 21; 1.3 linear ft.)
unitdate: label: Date
content: circa 1840s-1969, undated
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.inverobe, Series 5
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
arrangement: label: Arrangement note
content: This series is arranged as 2 subseries:

5.1: By Inverarity, 1928-1969, undated

5.2: By Other Artists, circa 1840s-1964
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents note
content: Most of Inverarity's sketchbooks are in published books that were converted to sketchbooks by replacing most of the text block with tipped in sheets of drawing paper. In addition to pencil and ink drawings, and a small number of watercolors they include notes scattered throughout. Vol. 1 contains sketches of places in Washington and California, and includes designs for woodcarving. Vol. 2 contains sketches of places in Washington, Oregon, Montana, and the Midwest. Vols. 3, 4 and 5 contain sketches of places in Washington. Vols. 6 and 7 contain sketches of Alaska. Vol. 8 contains sketches of unidentified subjects. Notes of particular interest are on camouflage (Vol. 6) and artists' materials and techniques (Vol. 8).

Art work by other artists includes a gouache by Tobey, produced in his youth and said to be his first painting. Drawings include caricatures of Inverarity by Anfinson and unknown. Display panels for a small exhibit on Airbrush Stencil Prints produced by the WPA Federal Art Project include didactic text with photographs of the technique, sample stencils, prints at various stages of completion, and finished prints.

In addition, there are drawings among Inverarity's writings and notes (Series 3), among notes in subject files (Series 4) and filed with some of the WPA printed material (Series 8).