Mary Dill Henry papers
name: label: Creator
content: Henry, Mary, 1913-
topic: label: Occupation
content: Painters -- California
label: Occupation
content: Designers -- California
label: Occupation
content: Mosaicists -- California
label: Occupation
content: Printmakers -- California
label: Occupation
content: Painters -- Washington (State) -- Seattle
label: Topic
content: Women artists
label: Topic
content: Women painters
label: Topic
content: Women designers
label: Topic
content: Women printmakers
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Henry's friend and patron, Artemas A. Ginzton, donated the Mary Dill Henry papers to the Archives of American Art in 1992.
creator: label: Creator
content: Henry, Mary, 1913-
setName: label: See more items in
content: Mary Dill Henry papers
abstract: label: Summary
content: The scattered papers of painter, designer, and mosaicist Mary Dill Henry measure 0.3 linear feet and date from 1987-1989. Found are biographical material, correspondence, photographic material, and printed material.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Mary Dill Henry (1913-2009) was a painter, designer, and mosaicist from California and Seattle, Washington, whose work was characterized by geometric abstraction. She studied at the San Francisco Art Institute and worked at Hewlett-Packard drafting engineering renderings. Later, she created mosaics for the outside of the Hewlett-Packard offices. Henry's work is in the collections of the Seattle Art Museum, Tacoma Art Museum, Portland Art Museum, Institute of Design IIT, Microsoft, Safeco, and Hewlett-Packard, among many others.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.3 Linear Feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1987-1989
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.henrmary
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: Due to the small size of this collection the papers are arranged as one series.
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: The collection was processed, and a finding aid prepared by Jayna Josefson in 2022 with support from the Smithsonian American Women's History Initiative.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The scattered papers of painter, designer, and mosaicist Mary Dill Henry measure 0.3 linear feet and date from 1987-1989. Found are biographical material, correspondence, photographic material, and printed material.