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Walter Stein illustrations

 Collection
Identifier: KA-0040-01

Summary

Painter and illustrator Walter Stein (1924-1981) taught at Parsons School of Design from 1973 until his death. The collection consists of Stein's matted original watercolor illustrations, primarily depicting animals and plants, for the book, For Love of Her: Poems by Emily Dickinson, 1974.

Dates

  • 1972 - 1978

Creator

Extent

1.4 Cubic Feet (2 oversize boxes)

Language of Materials

English

Scope and Contents of Collection

Consists of 28 watercolor illustrations depicting plants, animals, women, and small, inanimate objects, such as a ball of yarn and bones. The illustrations were published alongside poems by Emily Dickinson in For Love of Her (Clarkson N. Potter, 1974). In the forward to the book, Stein discusses the process by which he selected subjects to accompany the poems. Stein initialled and dated most of the illustrations; however, inexplicably, some post-date the publication of the book in which they appear.

Some of the illustrations were exhibited at Gimbel Library in the months of October and November, 1975.

Conditions Governing Access

Collection is open for research use. Please contact archivist@newschool.edu for appointment.

Use Restrictions

To publish images of material from this collection, permission must be obtained in writing from the New School Archives. Please contact: archivist@newschool.edu.

Biographical note

Walter Stein was born in New York in 1924. He studied at the Art Students League, Cooper Union, the New School for Social Research, and New York University -- all in New York -- and the Academy of Fine Arts in Florence. He was a faculty member of the Foundation Program at Parsons School of Design, where he taught life drawing to first-year students. Stein died in 1981.

Custodial History

Illustrations were exhibited in Gimbel Library during the months of October and November 1975.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Bequeathed by the Estate of Walter Stein to the Adam and Sophie Gimbel Library of Parsons School of Design in 1983, and later transferred to the New School Archives.

Title
Guide to the Walter Stein illustrations
Status
Completed
Author
New School Archives and Special Collections Staff
Date
August 19, 2010
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin