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Creator:
Huppler, Dudley, 1917-1988  Search this
Extent:
0.2 Linear feet
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Drawings
Date:
1945-1956 and undated
Scope and Contents:
139 pen-and-ink stipple drawings on postcard-sized board by artist Dudley Huppler. The drawings are of mice, owls, birds, and other animals, plants, flowers, birds, and human figures, created from tiny tonal pen and ink or pencil dots. Most of the postcards are signed; some are dated and annotated. Several are photographic reproductions. Twelve postcards contain correspondence with Wendall Wilcox and his wife Esther in Chicago, Illinois. Also included is an exhibition announcement (presumably mailed in an included envelope adressed to Mrs. Esther Wilcox) with pen-and-ink stipple drawings for Huppler's postcard drawings exhibition at Wakefield-Young Books in New York, .
Biographical / Historical:
Duddley Huppler (1917-1988) was an artist active in New York, Chicago, Boulder, and Wisconsin.
Provenance:
Donated 2017 and 2019 by Tom Ray, who received them from American author and novelist Wendell Wilcox (1906-1981), who knew Huppler.
Restrictions:
Use of original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C., Research Center.
Occupation:
Artists -- Colorado -- Boulder  Search this
Artists -- Illinois -- Chicago  Search this
Artists -- New York (State) -- New York  Search this
Artists -- Wisconsin -- Madison  Search this
Genre/Form:
Drawings
Identifier:
AAA.huppdudl
Archival Repository:
Archives of American Art
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9205b10d0-ebed-4cfe-a9fe-2b2d5a67dcc1
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-aaa-huppdudl