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Dowd Illustration Research Archive Artwork Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MGHL-00034
Scope and Contents

This collection includes original artwork on paper and board in addition to related published reproductions.

Girl Cutting Her Own Hair, January 1922

 Item — Box 003: Series Series 3
Identifier: 001
Description

Cover illustration; a girl with blonde curls is framed by a round mirror. She holds a scissors in her hand, poised to cut off her hair.



Format

Painting



Medium

Watercolor and acrylic on paper

Girl on the Telephone, April 1923

 Item — Box 003: Series Series 3
Identifier: 002
Description

Cover illustration; a girl with blonde curls appears to be speaking into a candlestick telephone. A pen and a piece of paper with a note written on it sit in the lower foreground.



Format

Painting



Medium

Watercolor and acrylic on paper

The Ink Tank Archive

 Collection
Identifier: MGHL-00038
Scope and Contents

This collection includes original artwork in various formats and published materials by the artists of The Ink Tank Archive, founded in 1978 by R. O. Blechman. The collection includes original animation cells, correspondence, publications, scripts, shot lists, and audio visual materials.

It's a Big World for a Baby, ca.1920

 Item — Box 005: Series 06
Identifier: 004
Description

A woman sits in a chair holding a baby while a man stands behind an empty chair and holds back a curtain to look out the window. An empty bassinet sits next to the woman.



Format

Drawing



Medium

Ink on paper



Dimensions

17.25 x 13.5 inches

Rose O'Neill Collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MGHL-00046
Scope and Contents

The collection contains original artwork published in Good Housekeeping and Cosmopolitan. The original works of art feature mostly children and Kewpies. The collection also contains published materials in the format of books, proofs and tear sheets.

Poised Cowgirl, ca.1920

 Item — Box 005: Series 06
Identifier: 001
Description

A woman dressed in cowboy boots, pants, and a fringed vest sits on a rock looking into a compact mirror in one hand while holding lipstick in another. In the background are a group of people on horseback and to the left a cowboy gazes at her.



Format

Painting



Medium

Ink on board



Dimensions

16 x 20 inches

Portrait of a Woman, ca.1930

 Item — Box 005: Series 06
Identifier: 003
Description

A 3/4 portrait of a woman wearking a blue hat adorned with a cardinal. The woman is framed by a background of flowers and holds a muff in her ringed hand.



Format

Painting



Medium

Gouache on paper



Dimensions

13.5 x 16.5 inches

Portrait of Two Couples, 1935

 Item — Box 005: Series 06
Identifier: 002
Description An illustration of two couples, each in their own panel. The couples are from different cultures but are both posed in the same manner: a male in the front while the female stands behind him in what seems to be a show of support. Both couples are picutred standing outside in a meadow. Format Drawing Medium Ink on paper Dimensions 16.25 x...