Image

Joseph Stapleton

Sketchbook,

Description

Maker

Title

Sketchbook

Materials/Techniques

Dimensions

20.3 x 15.2 cm (8 x 6 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Inscription: in black ink, front cover (UL recto): "[ill.] 1977 Book for Bonnie R[ill.]"

Signature: in black ink, front cover (center recto): "Stapleton 1975"

Inscription: in black ink, front cover (verso): "A mish-mash kind of a book of drawings for Bonnie on her Birth- / Day 1976--no...it's 1977. / Hello 1977!.. Bye '76... / A strange book of drawings as I look at it today - 18, 1, 77. / But, another little valuable addition to Bonnie's collection / - on the occasion of her birthday in March 1977"

Inscription: in blue ink, back cover (recto): "John A. Lynch"

Type

Credit

Gift of Robert Solomon, for The Joseph F. Stapleton Drawings Collection

Object Number

2023.146.4

About

Sketchbook

Inscription: in black ink, front cover (UL recto): "[ill.] 1977 Book for Bonnie R[ill.]"

Signature: in black ink, front cover (center recto): "Stapleton 1975"

Inscription: in black ink, front cover (verso): "A mish-mash kind of a book of drawings for Bonnie on her Birth- / Day 1976--no...it's 1977. / Hello 1977!.. Bye '76... / A strange book of drawings as I look at it today - 18, 1, 77. / But, another little valuable addition to Bonnie's collection / - on the occasion of her birthday in March 1977"

Inscription: in blue ink, back cover (recto): "John A. Lynch"

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