Under Cover: Artists' Sketchbooks
August 1-October 22, 2006
List of Works in the Exhibition
All sketchbooks are in the collection of the Harvard University Art Museums unless otherwise indicated.
Accession numbers and titles for the sketchbooks refer to the page openings displayed in the exhibition.
Richard Artschwager
Sketchbook No. 27, 1986–88
Untitled, 1988
Courtesy the artist and Nolan Eckman Gallery
Jonathan Borofsky
Sketchbook page
Untitled at 3,001,422, 1987
1992.334
Louise Bourgeois
Sketchbook, 1950s–80s
Untitled, c. 1968
Collection Jerry Gorovoy, New York
Edward Burne-Jones
Sketchbook, 1870s–80s
Drapery Studies
1943.1815.15.8 verso/9 recto
Sketchbook, c. 1870–78
Sandals and Wings, for "Perseus and the Sea Nymphs"
1943.1815.18.12 recto
Sketchbook, c. 1873-88
Studies of Hands for "The Bath of Venus"
1943.1815.17.6 recto
Sketchbook: Banners, 1880s(?)
Study of "Night's" Leg, after Michelangelo
1943.1815.16.6 recto
Maria Magdalena Campos-Pons
Sketchbook page
Study for "Elevata," 2001
2004.56
Sketchbook page
Study for "Elevata," 2001
2004.57
Paul Cézanne
Sketchbook page
A Corner of the Studio, 1881
1962.24
Sketchbook page
Portrait of a Man, 1882-83
2003.40.5
Benjamin Champney
New Hampshire Sketchbook, 1859
Landscape with River, New Hampshire, 1859
1960.167.16 recto
Maine Sketchbook, 1878
Lake Mollychunkemuuk, Maine, with Boat and Fallen Tree, 1878
1960.166.20 recto
Jean Charlot
Sketchbook of Studies for University of Notre Dame Fresco, 1955
Studies for "Fresco Class in Action," University of Notre Dame: Nuns Making Mural; Nuns with Shovel and Trowel, 1955
1956.56.18 verso/19 recto
John Constable
Sketchbook page
Warwick from Priory Park, 1809
1926.33.138
Sketchbook page
The Gardens at Stourhead, October 2, 1811
1943.686
Walter Crane
Sketchbook ("Improved Patent Metallic Book"), 1865 [closed]
Caroline Miller Parker Collection of Works by Walter Crane, the gift of A. H. Parker, 1937. Department of Printing & Graphic Arts, Houghton Library, Harvard College Library (Typ 8300.65)
Sketchbook, 1866
Cawsand, Cornwall, August 7, 1866, 7:30 A.M.
Caroline Miller Parker Collection of Works by Walter Crane, the gift of A. H. Parker, 1937. Department of Printing & Graphic Arts, Houghton Library, Harvard College Library (Typ 8300.66.5)
Sketchbook, 1869
Cat, 1869
Caroline Miller Parker Collection of Works by Walter Crane, the gift of A. H. Parker, 1937. Department of Printing & Graphic Arts, Houghton Library, Harvard College Library (Typ 8300.69.5)
Sketchbook, 1888
Studies of Pigs, 1888
Caroline Miller Parker Collection of Works by Walter Crane, the gift of A. H. Parker, 1937. Department of Printing & Graphic Arts, Houghton Library, Harvard College Library (Typ 8300.88.5)
Henri-Edmond Cross
Pages from an Unbound Sketchbook, 1897
1961.79
Pages from an Unbound Sketchbook
1963.160
Pages from an Unbound Sketchbook, 1897
1964.15
Charles-François Daubigny
Sketchbook page
Sheet of Studies, c. 1848
1941.340
Jacques-Louis David
Sketchbook No. 14: Studies for "The Coronation of Napoleon I," 1805–6
Pauline Bonaparte, the Princess Borghese, 1805–6
1943.1815.12.11 recto
Sketchbook No. 20: Studies for "The Coronation of Napoleon I," 1805–24
Napoleon Raising the Crown in His Right Hand and Holding His Sword with His Left Hand; Napoleon Raising the Crown with Both Hands, 1805–7
1943.1815.13.53 verso/52 recto
Evelyn De Morgan
Sketchbook page
Study of Right Hand and Left Elbow and Arm for "The Love Potion," 1903
1992.387
Sketchbook page
Studies of Right Hand Holding a Staff and Feet of Poor Woman for "St. Christina Giving Her Father's Jewels to the Poor," 1904
1992.390
Paul Feeley
Sketchbook, 1964
Study for "Arpa," 1964
Margaret Fisher Fund
2006.30.11 recto
Lyonel Feininger
"Travel Notes" Sketchbook, 1921
Townscapes, September 17, 1921
1986.286.18 verso/19 recto
Jean-Honoré Fragonard
Sketchbook from the Italian Period, c. 1759–61
Composition Studies, c. 1759–61
1968.42.24 verso/25 recto
Rev. Sebastian Gates
Sketchbook
Beetles, Moths, Wasps, and Other Insects
Sketchbook
Moth and Butterflies: Melipotis fasciolaris, Buckeye (Precis coenia), Gulf Fritillary (Dione vanillae), White Peacock (Anartia jatrophae)
Sketchbook Page: Chinese Hat Plant (Holmskioldia sanguinea), January 15, 1921
Sketchbook Page: Bitter Melon (Momordica charantia)
Sketchbook Page: Lesser Antillean Tanager, March 1921
From the Archives of the Ernst Mayr Library of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University
Sanford Robinson Gifford
Sketchbook [closed]
2001.155
Sketchbook: Figures and Animals, c. 1845–47
Studies of Cows, c. 1845-47
2001.157.49 verso/50 recto
Sketchbook: ("1851/Northern New York"), 1851
From Maxon Mountain (New York), Southwestward, September 14, 1851
2001.158.19 recto
Sketchbook ("1852/Juniatta & Susquehanna"): Pennsylvania Landscapes, 1852
The Susquehanna River at Catawissa, Pennsylvania, August 10, 1852
2001.159.19 recto
Sketchbook: Italy, 1856–58
Studies of Albert Bierstadt Painting, Capri, Italy, 1857
2001.160.39 verso/40 recto
Sketchbook: Figures and Landscapes, 1860
Landscape Sketches (Tygarts Valley, Virginia; Frostburg, Maryland; Schoharie Kill, New York), 1860
2001.163.7 verso/8 recto
Sketchbook: Mount Desert Island, Maine, 1864
Western Mountain, Mount Desert, Maine, August 5, 1864
2001.164.16 verso/17 recto
Sketchbook: Washington and Oregon, 1874
Mountain Landscape; Mount Baker, Washington, August 22, 1874
2001.166.3 verso/4 recto
Eric Gill
Sketchbook, c. 1907–8
Buttresses, St. Pierre, Chartres, c. 1907–8
Bequest of Philip Hofer, 1984. Department of Printing & Graphic Arts, Houghton Library, Harvard College Library (MS Typ 790)
Arshile Gorky
Sketchbook page
Parthenon Horses, c. 1935
1974.70
Jan Josefsz van Goyen
Sketchbook page
River Scene with Ships, c. 1640s
1999.142
Sketchbook page
Three Studies of a Cow, c. 1650
1962.39
Sketchbook page
Landscape with Cottages and Figures, c. 1650
1962.40
George Grosz
Sketchbook: Manhattan Skyline and Mice, 1950–51
Dead Mouse in a Trap, 1950
1955.95.17 recto
Martin Johnson Heade
Sketchbook page
Two Views of Lake Champlain, 1860
1994.49
Ellsworth Kelly
Sketchbook page
Sketch of a Beach Cabana III, 1950
2001.31
Sketchbook page
Sketch of a Beach Cabana IV, 1950
2001.32
Sketchbook page
Sketch of a Beach Cabana V, 1950
2001.33
Sketchbook page
Sketch of a Beach Cabana VI, 1950
2001.34
Frederic Leighton
Sketchbook, c. 1872–73
Sketches of Figures and Trees; Sketches of Figures with Water Jugs, for "Captive Andromache"(?), c. 1872–73
1946.35.15 verso/16 recto
Lee Lozano
Sketchbook page
Untitled, c. 1967-68 (?)
1998.165
Sketchbook page
Untitled (Piece, Lace Piece, Withdrawal Piece, Transistor Radio Piece), 1969
1998.232
Édouard Manet
Sketchbook page
Study for "Interior at Arcachon," 1871
1957.59
Brice Marden
Sketchbook page
Untitled (Work Book Drawing, Page 11), 1983–84
2001.19
Sketchbook page
Untitled (Work Book Drawing, Page 2), 1983–84
2001.16
Sketchbook page
Untitled (Work Book Drawing, Page 10), 1983–84
2001.18
Sketchbook page
Untitled (Work Book Drawing, Page 14), 1983–84
2001.20
Carlo Spiridone Mariotti
Sketchbook
Seated Woman and Monk
1957.162.29 recto
Reginald Marsh
Sketchbook of Coney Island, 1950–51
Sketches at Coney Island, 1950–51
1962.251.19 verso/20 recto
Henry Moore
Sketchbook page
Ideas for Sculpture, 1940
1993.232
Sketchbook page
Three Standing Figures, 1948
1965.187
Benjamín Palencia
Sketchbook page
Study of a Cat, 1962
1979.283
Mel Pekarsky
Desert Book, 1980–86
Desert Landscape, March 1986
1995.44.109 verso/110 recto
Elena Prentice
Sketchbook: Italy and France, c. 1988
European Landscape, c. 1988
2004.183.3 recto
Sketchbook: Maine, 1991
Twilight, Maine, July 3, 1991
2004.184.4 recto
Sketchbook: Siena, Perigord, 1981
Landscape Near Siena, July 2, 1981
2004.185.4 recto
Sketchbook: Paris, 1982 [closed]
2004.186
Samuel Gillespie Prout
Sketchbook
Ruined Castle with Two People in a Boat
1962.57.19 recto
Joshua Reynolds
Sketchbook
Woman Reclining, Landscape in Background
Loan from Katharine Parsons
72.1984.1 recto
Sketchbook, c. 1786-92
Female Nude Riding on Clouds; Time Clipping Cupid's Wings, after Van Dyck, c. 1786–92
1919.560.1 recto
Auguste Rodin
Sketchbook, c. 1907–14
Study for "Cathédrales de France," c. 1907–14
Gift of Philip Hofer, 1967. Department of Printing & Graphic Arts, Houghton Library, Harvard College Library (MS Typ 554)
Sketchbook for "Cathédrales de France," c. 1907–14 [closed]
Gift of Philip Hofer, 1967. Department of Printing & Graphic Arts, Houghton Library, Harvard College Library (MS Typ 554)
Thomas Rowlandson
Sketchbook
Comparative Anatomy: Resemblances between the Countenances of Men and Beasts, c. 1822–26
Bequest of Grenville L. Winthrop, 1943. Department of Printing & Graphic Arts, Houghton Library, Harvard College Library (MS Typ 100.1)
John Singer Sargent
Sketchbook ("1871"): Alpine Travel Sketches, 1871
Mountain Landscape, Innsbruck, Austria, June 13, 1871
1937.7.5.16 recto
Sketchbook ("1871"): Travel Sketches and Copies after Artwork, 1871
Three Studies of a Child's Head; Studies of an Antique Head; Study of a Putto, 1871
1937.7.6.14 verso/15 recto
Sketchbook ("1872"): Travel Sketches, Animal and Figure Studies, 1872
Sketch of Tree; Horses Drawing a Haywagon, 1872
1937.7.7.10 verso/11 recto
Sketchbook: Animal Studies [closed]
1937.7.10
Sketchbook: Architectural Sketches, c. 1885
Schedule, c. 1885
1937.7.14.6 verso/back pastedown
Sketchbook: Studies for "Frieze of the Prophets," Boston Public Library, 1890–95
Studies for the Prophet Obadiah, Boston Public Library Murals, 1890–95
1937.7.32.3 verso/4 recto
Sketchbook: Studies for Portraits, 1892–1901
Standing Woman; Study for the Portrait of Mrs. William Marshall Cazalet and her Children (?), c. 1900–1
1937.7.11.20 verso/21 recto
Sketchbook: Sketches of Architectural Ornament, c. 1895–c. 1916
Two Studies of Lady Margaret Spicer, c. 1906
1937.7.13.18 verso/19 recto
Sketchbook ("1912?"): Sketches for "Hell" and "Judgment" Lunettes, Boston Public Library, 1895–1916
Studies for Boston Public Library Murals: Angel and Scales for "Judgment" Lunette; Studies for "Heaven" Lunette, 1895–1916
1937.7.30.13 verso/14 recto
Sketchbook ("Rouen/Dijon/Lyons"): Portrait Studies, c. 1902–5
List of Purchases, c. 1902–5
1937.7.17.1 recto
Sketchbook: Figure, Animal, and Architectural Sketches, c. 1904 [closed]
1937.7.22
Sketchbook page
Sketch of the Base of Cellini's "Perseus," Loggia dei Lanzi, Florence, c. 1909–10
1937.8.33
Sketchbook page
Rear View of the Legs and Base of Cellini's "Perseus," Loggia dei Lanzi, Florence, c. 1909–10
1937.8.35
Sketchbook ("Carrara"): Animal and Figure Studies, 1911 [closed]
1937.7.18
Julius Schmidt
Sketchbook: Studies for Sculptures, 1960–61
Studies for Sculptures, 1960–61
1990.46
Ben Shahn
Studies for the Rikers Island Penitentiary Mural, 1934–35
Sketchbook page
Seated Prisoner
TL35804.3
Sketchbook page
Judge Swearing in Defendant
TL35804.4
Sketchbook page
Prisoner
TL35804.7
Sketchbook page
Profile Study of a Prisoner
TL35804.12
Sketchbook page
Three Prisoners Working
TL35804.14
Sketchbook page
Study for "Release of Prisoners"
TL35804.17.1
David Smith
Sketchbook page
Study for "Triconstruction," c. 1941
1966.42
Sketchbook page
Studies for "Home of the Welder," 1945
1966.35
Sketchbook page
Studies for "Home of the Welder:" Wife as Locomotive Parts, 1945
1966.36
Sketchbook page
Studies for "The Billiard Player," 1945
1966.37
Sketchbook page
Study for "False Peace Spectre," 1945
1966.40
Sketchbook page
Studies for "Pillar of Sunday," 1945
1966.41
Peter Soriano
Sketchbook: January 2002
Untitled, January 2002
Collection of the artist
Raphael Soyer
Sketchbook, c. 1938
Sketches of Arshile Gorky, 1938
1983.20.17 recto
Sketchbook, 1987
Study of a Young Woman with Crossed Arms, 1987
1988.453.72 recto
Abraham van Strij
Sketchbook
Man in a Fur Hat with a Basket
Collection of Otto Naumann
Joseph Mallord William Turner
Sketchbook page
Rhine Landscape, 1843–44
1982.114
Unidentified Artist, French, 18th century
Sketchbook
Pedestal with Griffins
1955.136.54 recto
Unidentified Artist, British, 19th century
Sketchbook: Brighton, 1829 [closed]
1944.22.1
Unidentified Artist, British, 19th century
Sketchbook: Italy, 1817
View of Pisa, November 1817
1944.22.2.8 verso/9 recto
Unidentified Artist, British, 19th century
Sketchbook: Spain, Portugal, North Africa
Cathedral Doorway, Spain
1962.56.12 verso/13 recto
Unidentified Artist, German, 20th century
Sketchbook, c. 1910
Standing Nude Woman, c. 1910
1984.797.9 recto
Christopher Wilmarth
Sketchbook, 1974–75
Notes on the Writings of Matisse; Studies for Various "Slip" sculptures, 1974–75
CW2001.786.30 verso/31 recto
Sketchbook, 1975
Sketch for "Wyoming," 1975
CW2001.791.9
Sketchbook [closed]
CW2001.797
Sketchbook related to Mariners' Memorial Project, c. 1987 [closed]
CW2001.802
Artists' Suppliers Catalogues
Catalog No. 12
George Rowney & Co., Ltd.
London, 1926
Straus Center for Conservation, Harvard University Art Museums
Descriptive Catalogue: Artists' Materials, Mathematical Instruments…
Frost & Adams Co.
Boston, c. 1903
Straus Center for Conservation, Harvard University Art Museums