Finding Aid to the Ernest Posey Sketchbook of Erotic Drawings Coll2014.117
Kyle Morgan
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Language of Material:
English
Contributing Institution:
ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives, USC Libraries, University of Southern California
Title: Ernest Posey sketchbook of erotic drawings
creator:
Posey, Ernest
Identifier/Call Number: Coll2014.117
Physical Description:
.1 Linear Feet
1 folder
Date (inclusive): undated
Abstract: Hardcover sketchbook of erotic drawings created by Ernest Posey, undated. Posey was an artist, teacher, business manager,
mediator-arbitrator, filmmaker, public television director, author, graphic designer, and book illustrator who spent most
of his life in Northern California.
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[Box/folder #, or item name] Ernest Posey Sketchbook of Erotic Drawings, Coll2014-117, ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives,
USC Libraries, University of Southern California.
Ernest Noel Posey was born in New Orleans on December 25, 1937. He earned a degree in Fine Arts from Louisiana State University
and a degree in Architecture from Tulane. Posey moved to New York City and had his first solo exhibition in 1966 at the Henri
Gallery in Washington, D.C. In 1968, he moved to San Francisco, where he had a solo show at the Galeria Van der Voort. Over
his career, Posey had over two dozen solo exhibitions and his work is included in a number of important collections. He taught
at the California College of Art and the San Francisco Academy of Art University where he was Chairman of the Department of
Fine Art. He was business manager for the California Federation of Art Teachers, and a mediator-arbitrator with California
Lawyers for the Arts. Mr. Posey was also a filmmaker, public television director, author, graphic designer and book illustrator.
In the late 1980s, Posey moved to Mendocino County and worked exclusively on his paintings, drawings and assemblages. Ernest
was diagnosed with a brain tumor in the fall of 2007 and passed away peacefully two months later.
Source: http://ernestposey.com/bio.html (accessed November 21, 2014)
Hardcover sketchbook of erotic drawings created by Ernest Posey, undated. The collection includes loose papers with drawings
titled "Wonderful World of Willies."
Processed by Kyle Morgan, 2014.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Donated by Trebor Healey as executor of the estate of Ernest Posey, October 2011.
Ernest Posey notebooks. 2012-10. Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender Historical Society.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Erotic drawing
Gay artists -- United States
Notebooks
Posey, Ernest
Ernest Posey sketchbook of erotic drawings undated