Sketchbooks
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Daugherty, James Henry, 1889-1974
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content: James Daugherty papers
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 6.3 Linear Feet (Boxes 1-11, OVs 12-13)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1904-1974
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.daugjame, Series 5
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The bulk of the collection is comprised of 150 sketchbooks by Daugherty that span seven decades. Sketchbooks contain preparatory drawings and sketches for abstract and representational artworks, murals, and illustrations, as well mock-ups for books about Daniel Boone and Paul Bunyan, travel sketches and cityscapes, and a good deal of writing including drafts of Daugherty's stories for children. Daugherty worked in both a non-objective abstract style and in representational illustration. His illustrations depict biblical stories and familiar characters and caricatures from American folklore including Revolutionary War heroes, Native Americans, American explorers, and frontiersman. Drawings and sketches are done in charcoal, pastel, pencil, ink, and watercolor.