Roger Selchow Drawings
name: label: Creator
content: Selchow, Roger H. (Roger Hoffman), 1911-1995
label: Donor
content: Oaklander, Christine I.
topic: label: Occupation
content: Painters -- New York (State)
label: Occupation
content: Sculptors -- New York (State)
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: This collection was donated by art historian Christine I. Oaklander in honor of William I. Homer, art historian and professor at the University of Delaware. Oaklander purchased the drawings at an art fair.
creator: label: Creator
content: Selchow, Roger H. (Roger Hoffman), 1911-1995
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Roger Selchow (1911-1994) was an illustrator, painter and sculptor in New York. After WWII, Selchow absorbed the influences of European Modernism, especially the Bauhaus, Constructivism, and Cubism in his art. Beginning in 1949, he worked in colorful abstractions, and later build "electro Sculptures" of found objects and electrical parts.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.3 Linear Feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: circa 1940
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.selcroge
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Drawings
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Drawings
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: 17 ink and paint drawings on board, including color charts and studies, typography excercises, graphic design studies, and proposals.