Collection of Material by Arthur Wesley Dow and Students of the UCLA Dow Association, ca. 1886-1937

Processed by by Dan Luckenbill, Jaime Lara, and Lilace Hatayama; machine-readable finding aid created by Caroline Cubé.

UCLA Library Special Collections

Room A1713, Charles E. Young Research Library

Box 951575

Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575

Email: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu

URL: http://www.library.ucla.edu/libraries/special/scweb/

Descriptive Summary

Title: Collection of Material by Arthur Wesley Dow and Students of the UCLA Dow Association

Date (inclusive): ca. 1886-1937

Collection number: 557

Creator: Dow, Arthur W. (Arthur Wesley), 1857-1922 University of California, Los Angeles. Arthur Wesley Dow Association.

Extent: 3 boxes (1.5 linear ft.) 2 oversize boxes.

Abstract: Arthur Wesley Dow (1857-1922) was a artist and author. He taught at the Pratt Institute (1895-1904), the Art Students' League in New York (1897-1903), and Teachers College, Columbia University (1904- ). The collection consists of prints done by Arthur Wesley Dow and work of students at UCLA.

Repository: University of California, Los Angeles. Library Special Collections.

Los Angeles, California 90095-1575

Physical location: Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact the UCLA Library Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information.

Administrative Information

Restrictions on Access

Open for research. STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact UCLA Library Special Collections for paging information.

Restrictions on Use and Reproduction

Property rights to the physical object belong to UCLA Library Special Collections. Literary rights, including copyright, are retained by the creators and their heirs. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds the copyright and pursue the copyright owner or his or her heir for permission to publish where The UC Regents do not hold the copyright.

Provenance/Source of Acquisition

University Archives backlog transfer, ca.1997, 2001.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Collection of Material by Arthur Wesley Dow and Students of the UCLA Dow Association (Collection 557). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.

UCLA Catalog Record ID

UCLA Catalog Record ID: 4232951

Biography

The Arthur Wesley Dow Association was founded at UCLA in 1922 to promote the ideas and teachings of artist and educator Arthur Wesley Dow (1857-1922). Dow, a native of Ipswich, Mass., studied painting at the Acade'mie Julien in Paris and Brittany. He returned to the United States to paint and teach, establishing the Ipswich Summer School which offered classes in arts and crafts. His exposure to a book of prints by the Japanese woodblock artist Hokusai profoundly influenced his ideas on art and aesthetics. He rejected many of the traditions he had been taught and immersed himself in the study of world cultures. In his textbook, Composition (1899) he outlined the principles of teaching art synthesized from his studies--namely line, "notan" and color. He described "notan" as "... a Japanese word meaning 'dark,light' ... the quantity of light reflected, or the massing of tones of different values". The ideas expressed in Composition influenced many generations of young artists and expanded the traditional views of art education and expression. Many of Dow's students taught in colleges and universities throughout the country and a number of them held positions of prominence in California. Upon his death in 1922, the Arthur Wesley Dow Association was formed at UCLA "... to unite for more effective service, those who wish to preserve and advance the underlying philosophy of Mr. Dow's teaching. We believe with Mr. Dow that 'The true purpose of art teaching is the education of the whole people for appreciation'."

Chronology

1922	Association founding - Founded 1922, George W. Cox? "Originally founded at the University of Los Angeles at Los Angeles, ten years ago, it has been, during the past six years, a national society with over 150 members." From: Los Angeles Museum Art News, June 1932 Exhibits, 557/box2/f.46)
[1923 May?]	Arthur Wesley Dow Memorial Library - Miss Gere "suggested the founding of a [sic] Arthur Wesley Daw [sic] Memorial Library, to be in the hands of the alumni, and located at the University." (557/box2/f. 51)
1923 November 22	Name change - Recommendation "That the name of this organization shall be changed from 'Art Alumni Association of the University of California, Southern Branch,' to the [sic] "The Dow Art Club of California," or any other suggested by the association's members." (557/box 2/f. 51)
1924 November 24	Name change - "After much discussion on Article I, the Name, 'The Arthur Wesley Dow associated [sic] of the University of Calif.' was adopted because it expresses the character of the organization: The world 'Alumni' was not used because it would have meant the supervision of the funds by the University of California." {557/box 2/f. 51)
1925 October 24	Name change - "It was unanimously carried to change the name of the organization to The Arthur West[sicl]ly Dow Association." (557/box 2/f. 51)
1925 November 21	Dow Asso. Bookplate - "Moved and carried to use Mr. Dow's design the 'Four Seasons' as the Association's book plate." (557/box 2/f. 51)
1925 December 12	Dow Asso. Bookplate - "Miss Gere told us of receiving a letter from Mrs. Dow in which she says to use the Book Plate design by all means." (557/box 2/f. 51)
1927 September 24	Prints from Mr. Dow's blocks - "Mrs. Smith made an announcement concerning the print from Mr. Dow's blocks and promised that it would be ready in the very near future." (557/box2/f. 53)
no date	Gift of nine paintings from Mrs. Dow - "At this time the announcement was made that Mrs. Dow had tendered a gift to the Arthur Wesley Dow Ass'n; consisting of nine of Mr. Dow's paintings. These have been selected by Miss Gere and Miss Chandler." (557/box 2/f. 53)
1930 October 7	Dark and Light name change - "There was a discussion relative to changing the name of the Dark-and-Light. This name, it was suggested, did not portray to persons outside the Association, the contents of the magazine. Miss Jessie Sherwood Smith suggested that the name be changed to 'Art and Education'. It was moved, seconded and unanimously voted that the name of the official organ be 'Art and Education' instead of Dark-and-Light. It was decided to publish on the title page of the magazine each month for ayear, the new name and the words 'formerly Dark-and-Light'." (557/box2/f. 53)
1931 May 16	Death of Mrs. Dow - "Mrs. Wyckoff again told of the death of Mrs. Dow ... " (557/box/f. 53)
[1932]	Name change - Mimeographed letter with "'Four Seasons" logo. "By majority vote at the last business meeting of the ARTHUR WESLEY DOW ASSOCIATION the name of the organization was changed to the ART ASSOCIATION OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT LOS ANGELES. This was done because it seemed wise to identify this group more definitely with the Art Department which has fostered it for so long. / The purpose has not been changed nor have its ideals been modified from their statement in the creed as given in Article II of our constitution .../ signed Berly Kirk Smith, President ... " (557/box2/f. 53)

Scope and Content

The collection consists of files of the Arthur Wesley Dow Association, including minutes of meetings, membership lists, various activities of the association, issues of the organization's publication, Light and dark, as well as samples of student work. There are also fine examples of Dow's woodblock prints and his experimentation with color, which were given to the Association by Mrs. Dow.

Organization and Arrangement

The collection was unarranged when received from University Archives. It has subsequently been organized into the following series:

Arthur Wesley Dow Association files
Arthur Wesley Dow Association [student work]
Prints by Arthur Wesley Dow.

Processing Note

Illustration portfolios published by the Arthur Wesley Dow Association (now in box 4) processed by Dan Luckenbill and Jaime Lara, June 1998. The bulk of material was processed by Lilace Hatayama, October 2002.

Indexing Terms

The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.

Subjects

Dow, Arthur W. (Arthur Wesley), 1857-1922--Archives.

University of California, Los Angeles. Arthur Wesley Dow Association--Archives.

Art teachers--United States--Archival resources.

Artists--United States--Archival resources.

Genres and Forms of Material

Prints.

Other Index Terms Related to this Collection

Dow, Arthur W. (Arthur Wesley), 1857-1922.

Arthur Wesley Dow Association files

Salt Marshes, poems by Everett Stanley Hubbard, pictures by Arthur Wesley Dow 1908

Note

copy #14. Given to Rare Books for cataloging. See Orion2 catalog.

Salt Marshes, poems by Everett Stanley Hubbard, pictures by Arthur Wesley Dow 1908

Note

copy #131. Given to Rare Books for cataloging. See Orion2 catalog.

Salt Marshes, poems by Everett Stanley Hubbard, pictures by Arthur Wesley Dow 1908

Note

copy #132 to deaccession. Copies #14 and #131 given to Rare Books for cataloging.

Box 2, Folder 32

Arthur Wesley Dow seal undated

Scope and Content Note

Monochrome print (orange ink on tan paper) with Dow's name, hills and tree silhouette in a circle. 2-15/16" x 3-3/8".

Box 2, Folder 33

[Haystacks] undated

Physical Description: Color print. 2 copies.

Box 2, Folder 45

[Program for memorial exhibition, "Paintings and Color Prints [by] Arthur Wesley Dow"] undated

Scope and Content Note

"Shown at the Los Angeles Museum, Exposition Park." Annotated with print numbers and titles in an unidentified hand.

Box 2, Folder 46

"Arthur Wesley Dow Association - Previous years" 1924-1933

Scope and Content Note

Includes annotated list of officers 1932-1933, forms, exhibition programs, "Directory of A.W.D. Material in the S. Closet, of the Gallery".

Also includes undated mimeographed letter re name change of the Dow Association to Art Association of the University of California at Los Angeles.

Box 2, Folder 47

Officers of the Arthur Wesley Dow Association 1932-1933

Physical Description: Carbon copy.

Box 2, Folder 48

Constitution of the Arthur Wesley Dow Association undated

Physical Description: Typescript draft with corrections and annotations and a typescript(carbon) copy of a later version.

Box 2, Folder 49

"Arthur Wesley Dow notes" ca. 1934-1935

Scope and Content Note

Correspondence and a clipping re exhibited material. With carbon copy of letter dated 30 October 1934 from "NHG / Associate Professor of Fine Arts" to Mrs. Wilton Putnam re 9 Dow paintings which the Association has.

Box 2, Folder 50

[Letter from Miss Hannah C. Bynon and reply from Beryl Kirk Smith] 1933 October

Scope and Content Note

Re name change of the Arthur Wesley Dow Association and implications re membership.

Box 2, Folder 51

[Minutes of meetings of the Alumni of the Art Department of the University of California, Southern Branch] ca. 1923-1926

Scope and Content Note

Includes discussion of establishment of an Arthur Wesley Dow Memorial Library and various name changes of the Association.

Box 2, Folder 52

Art Association of U.C.L.A. [List of members] 1934 April 3

Scope and Content Note

With letter from Milton Evans Ecke to Mrs. Smith, no date.

Box 2, Folder 53

[Minutes and constitution of the Arthur Wesley Dow Association] 1926-1937 and no date

Box 3, Folder 1

Arthur Wesley Dow Association members undated

Scope and Content Note

With unrelated Psychology 1A quiz material from 1940.

Box 3, Folder 2

Dark and Light 1927 June

Scope and Content Note

vol. 5, no. 6. 19 copies.

Box 3, Folder 3

Dark and Light receipt book 1924

Box 3, Folder 4

Active membership undated

Box 3, Folder 5

Mailing list of former A.W. Dow Association membership undated

Box 3, Folder 6

Arthur Wesley Dow Association [paid membership] 1930-1931, 1931-1932

Box 3, Folder 7

Arthur Wesley Dow Association [membership] 1929-1930

Box 3, Folder 8

[Letter to Mrs. Evadna Krauss Perry (Arthur Wesley Dow Association) from H.H. Dunbar] 1932

Scope and Content Note

Re California Federation of Civil Service Associations.

Box 3, Folder 9

The Library of the Arthur Wesley Dow Association bookplates undated

Arthur Wesley Dow Association files [student prints]

[Narrow Street with Buildings] undated

Note

black and white print, 17 copies to deaccession. 2 retained for collection.

[Kachinas?] undated

Note

Black and white prints, 310 copies to deaccession. 2 copies retained for collection.

[Man Stoking Furnace] undated

Note

Black and white prints, 58 copies to deaccession. 2 copies retained for collection.

[Industrial scene]. Attributed to Winona Wenzlick undated

Note

Black and white prints, 87 copies to deaccession. 2 copies retained for collection.

[Three women in robes]. Attributed to Margaret Strouse undated

Note

Black and white prints, 222 copies to deaccession. 2 copies retained for collection.

"Shop" undated

Note

Black and white prints, 191 copies to deaccession. 2 copies retained for collection.

[Horses?] undated

Note

Black and white prints, 70 copies to deaccession. 2 retained for collection.

[Prints by Adelaide Morris (female figure at edge of lotus pond) in various stages] undated

Note

"7th best". 75 copies to deaccession. 2 copies retained for collection.

[Prints by Adelaide Morris (female figure at edge of lotus pond) in various stages] undated

Note

"6th best". 22 copies to deaccession. 2 copies retained for file.

Linocut by Paul Williams undated

Note

1 copy to deaccession. 2 copies retained for collection.

[Prints by Adelaide Morris (female figure at edge of lotus pond) in various stages] undated

Note

"8th best". 84 copies to deaccession. 2 copies retained for collection.

Box 2, Folder 34

Linoleum cut by Paul Williams (larger figure looming over 2 smaller figures) undated

Physical Description: Black and white print. 2 copies.

Box 2, Folder 35

Shop undated

Physical Description: Black and white print. 2 copies.

Box 2, Folder 36

[Prints by Adelaide Morris (female figure at edge of lotus pond) in various stages] undated

Note

"6th best". Black and white print. 2 copies.

Box 2, Folder 37

[Prints by Adelaide Morris (female figure at edge of lotus pond) in various stages] undated

Note

"7th best". Black and white print. 2 copies.

Box 2, Folder 38

[Prints by Adelaide Morris (female figure at edge of lotus pond) in various stages] undated

Note

"8th best". Black and white print. 2 copies.

Box 2, Folder 39

[Horses] undated

Physical Description: Black and white print. 2 copies.

Box 2, Folder 40

[Three women in robes] undated

Scope and Content Note

Attributed to Margaret Strouse. Black and white print. 2 copies.

Box 2, Folder 41

[Man stoking furnace] undated

Physical Description: Black and white print. 2 copies.

Box 2, Folder 42

[Industrial scene] undated

Scope and Content Note

Attributed to Winona Wenzlick. Black and white print. 2 copies.

Box 2, Folder 43

[Narrow street/alley with buildings] undated

Physical Description: Black and white print. 2 copies.

Box 2, Folder 44

[Kachinas] undated

Physical Description: Black and white print. 2 copies.

Box 4, Folder 10

Illustration, Portfolio Number 1 [1923-1925, or 1926]

Scope and Content Note

"By Art Students at U.C.L.A." "Used by C.M. (Henson '27 Art) Manley with H.S. Art Classes as illustrations." Stamped "Catherine M. Henson" on cover. Most of the drawings are in poor condition with broken corners, tape marks and stains.

Scope and Content Note

Illustrations by Louise Guthrie, Lucille Brown, Beatrice P. Rand, Annie C.B. McPhail, Michi Hashimoto, Margaret Gilmore. This copy lacks title page.

Box 4, Folder 11

Illustration, Portfolio Number 1 [1923-1925, or 1926]

Scope and Content Note

Stamped "Faculty Publications" on cloth binding, with "Chandler, Helen C." written in pencil. With title page listing illustrations. Fabric ties on the portfolio are missing.

Prints by Arthur Wesley Dow

Rain in May [landscape] undated

Scope and Content Note

Color print, 7-3/4" x 10-5/8", pencilled 'seal' "9 Arthur W. Dow" lower right corner. Mounted on pasteboard. Glue residue has stained paper. Green smudges on lower left and right sides. Similar to #34, Ipswich Marshes retained in collection.

[Along the Shoreline] undated

Physical Description: Sepia print, 9-1/8" x 6-9/16".

[Along the Shore] undated

Physical Description: Sepia print, 9" x 6-1/2". Fold marks upper right and lower left corners. Wrinkling along type edge.

[Along the Shoreline] undated

Physical Description: Sepia print, 9-1/8" x 6-9/16". Slight discoloration on left side.

[Along the Shoreline] undated

Physical Description: Sepia print, 9" x 6-1/2". Wrinkling along left side and lower right corner.

[Along the Shoreline] undated

Physical Description: Sepia print, 8-7/8" x 6-1/2". Fold mark lower left corner.

[Along the Shore] undated

Physical Description: Sepia print, 8-151/16" x 6-1/2". Fold marks along upper and lower right corners, wrinkling along the top edge.

[Along the Shoreline] undated

Physical Description: Sepia print, 9-1/8" x 6-9/16".

[Along the Shore] undated

Physical Description: Sepia print, 9-1/4" x 7". Mounted on pasteboard.

Side of the Moraine undated

Physical Description: Color print, 4-3/8" x 5-7/8". Smudge in lower left corner. Mounted on paper and matted with paper, loose in 3 corners.

Side of the Moraine undated

Physical Description: Green smudge along middle right side.

Scope and Content Note

Color print, 4-5/8" x 6-5/8", signed "Arthur W. Dow, No. 5" lower left corner. Mounted on pasteboard and matted. With label from Panama-Pacific International Exposition on verso of loose mat, "Arthur Wesley Dow, 501 W. 120th St., New York City..."

[Pudd'n Street] undated

Physical Description: Black and white print, 8-5/8" x 7-3/8", with "AWD" in lower left corner (part of the block image).

The Lost Boat undated

Physical Description: Color print, 5-3/8" x 7", signed "Arthur Wesley Dow" lower right corner. Red smudges at top border of print.

Sagamore Hill undated

Physical Description: Color print, 7-3/4" x 4-1/8", signed "Arthur Wesley Dow" lower left corner. Green smudges on left side. Mounted on pasteboard and matted.

Rain in May undated

Physical Description: Verse by Everett S. Hubbard with color decoration by Arthur Wesley Dow, 6-1/4" x 8-3/8", with Dow's seal in red lower left corner. Fold mark and wrinkling in upper left corner. Broken lower right corner. Wrinkling along right side.

Gray Sky undated

Physical Description: Color print, 4-7/16" x 6-15/16", "6" pencilled in lower left corner, "G r [?] 6 - 5 pale" pencilled in lower right corner. Mounted on pasteboard and matted. General foxing of paper.

[Haystacks] undated

Physical Description: Color prints, 244 copies. 2 copies retained for collection. 10-1/8" (h) x 13-1/2" (w).

Sagamore Hill in Ipswich Marshes undated

Physical Description: Color print, 7-3/4" x 4-1/4", signed "Arthur W. Dow" lower left corner. Fold mark in upper right corner. Stain along lower left edge.

[The High Tide] 1916

Physical Description: Color print, 8-1/4" x 6-7/8", signed "Arthur W. Dow, 1916" lower right corner.

Village Roofs c1901

Scope and Content Note

The High Tide 1916

Physical Description: Color print, 8-3/8" x 6-5/8", signed "Arthur W. Dow" lower left corner. Mounted on pasteboard and matted.

Village Roofs c1901

Scope and Content Note

Village Roofs c1901

Scope and Content Note

Sepia print, 8" x 7". With print caption in lower left corner, "Village Roofs, Ink painting, Ipswich Prints, Series K, Print 1, Copyright 1901 by Arthur W. Dow, Ipswich Mass." Both lower left and right corners broken.

Village Roofs undated

Scope and Content Note

[Where Breezes Blow] undated

Physical Description: Color print, 4-13/16" x 7-1/4", signed "Arthur Wesley Dow" lower left corner. Some color bleeding along upper edge.

The High Tide undated

Physical Description: Color print, 8-3/8" x 7-1/4".

[End papers for Salt Marsh] undated

Physical Description: Sepia print, 6-3/4" x 9".

[End papers for Salt Marsh] undated

Physical Description: Sepia print, 6-3/4" x 9". Fold marks along upper edge and left corner. Fade mark along right side.

[End papers for Salt Marsh] undated

Physical Description: Sepia print, 6-3/4" x 9". Lower left corner broken off, fold marks along lower left and right corners.

The High Tide undated

Scope and Content Note

Color print, 9-1/8" x 7-3/8", signed "Arthur Wesley Dow" lower left corner. Mounted on pasteboard and matted.

Box 0, Folder 0

[Moonrise, Ipswich] undated

Scope and Content Note

Color print, 7-1/2" x 5". Fold mark in upper right corner. Signed "Arthur W. Dow" lower right corner.

Box 0, Folder 0

[Moonrise, Ipswich] undated

Scope and Content Note

Color print, 8-1/16" x 5-3/8", signed "Arthur W. Dow" lower left corner. Wrinkling throughout.

Box 1, Folder 1

[Unidentified - river scene with church with steeple in background] undated

Scope and Content Note

Color print, 3-1/4" x 6-1/4", mounted on pasteboard.

Box 1, Folder 2

Gay Head undated

Physical Description: Black and white print with color pencil shading, 9-1/4" x 7-1/2".

Box 1, Folder 3

Gay Head undated

Physical Description: Black and white print with color gouache, 9-7/8" x 8-1/4", signed "Arthur W. Dow" lower right corner.

Box 1, Folder 4

Gay Head, sketch undated

Physical Description: Watercolor?, 6" x 9", signed "Arthur Wesley Dow" lower right corner. Mounted on pasteboard and matted. Glue residue on all edges, particularly heavy on top edge.

Box 1, Folder 5

Gay Head undated

Physical Description: Black and white print with gouache(?), 8-3/8" x 6-5/8", signed "Arthur Wesley Dow" lower right corner. Mounted on pasteboard and matted.

Box 1, Folder 6

The High Tide undated

Physical Description: Color print, 8-5/8" x 6-3/4", signed "Arthur W. Dow" lower left corner. Mounted on pasteboard and matted.

Box 1, Folder 7

[Marsh Islands] undated

Physical Description: Color print, 7-1/8" x 4-3/4", signed "Arthur Wesley Dow" lower left corner. Matted. Right and top sides of the backing is stuck directly on the print with glue.

Box 1, Folder 8

Marsh Islands undated

Physical Description: Color print, 7-1/2" x 4-3/4", signed "Arthur W. Dow" lower left corner. Mounted on pasteboard and matted.

Box 1, Folder 9

Marsh Islands undated

Physical Description: Color print, 7-7/8" x 5-1/4", signed "Arthur Wesley Dow" lower left corner. Mounted on pasteboard and matted.

Box 1, Folder 10

[Marsh Islands] undated

Physical Description: Color print, 8" x 5-3/8", signed "Arthur Wesley Dow" lower left corner. Fold mark in upper left corner and upper right corner. Some foxing along lower edge.

Box 1, Folder 11

[In the Pasture] undated

Physical Description: Color print, 9-3/8" x 6-3/4", signed "Arthur Wesley Dow" lower left corner. Mounted on pasteboard and matted.

Box 1, Folder 12

In the Pasture, April undated

Physical Description: Color print, 8-1/8" x 5-3/8", signed "Arthur Wesley Dow" lower left corner. Foxing along lower left bottom edge and some wrinking through the center.

Box 1, Folder 13

[In the Pasture] undated

Physical Description: Color print, 7-7/8" x 4-7/8", signed "Arthur Wesley Dow" lower left corner. Mounted on pasteboard.

Box 1, Folder 14

Winter undated

Physical Description: Color print, 8" x 5". Mounted on pasteboard with exhibition label on verso, "Winter, Arthur W. Dow, Vanderbilt Ave., Brooklyn, N.Y., artist."

Box 1, Folder 15

Moonrise, Ipswich undated

Physical Description: Color print, 7-3/8" x 4-3/4", signed "Arthur W. Dow" lower right corner. Mounted on pasteboard and matted.

Box 1, Folder 16

Ipswich Marshes undated

Physical Description: Color print, 7-5/8" x 10-1/2", with Dow's "seal" in pencil lower right corner. Mounted on pasteboard and matted.

Box 1, Folder 17

Rain in May undated

Scope and Content Note

Verse by Everett S. Hubbard with color decoration by Arthur Wesley Dow, 6-5/8" x 8-3/8", with Dow's seal in red lower left corner. Smudging over the word "faint". Mounted on pasteboard and matted.

Box 1, Folder 18

Sagamore Hill undated

Physical Description: Color print, 7-5/8" x 3-5/8", signed "Arthur W. Dow" lower left corner. Mounted on pasteboard and matted.

Box 1, Folder 19

Sagamore Hill undated

Physical Description: Color print, 8-1/4" x 4-3/8". Mounted on pasteboard and matted.

Box 1, Folder 20

Sagamore Hill undated

Physical Description: Color print, 7-1/4" x 3-5/8". Blue smudges along lower left side.

Box 1, Folder 21

Moonlight undated

Physical Description: Color print, 8" x 5-1/8", signed lower left corner. Mounted on pasteboard and matted.

Box 1, Folder 23

The Desert undated

Physical Description: Color print, 5-1/2" x 3-3/8", signed "Arthur W. Dow" lower right corner. Mounted on pasteboard and matted. Glue stain in upper right corner.

Box 1, Folder 24

The Desert undated

Physical Description: Color print, 4-7/8" x 3-1/8", signed "Arthur Wesley Dow" lower left corner and lower right corner. Mounted on pasteboard and matted. Glue stain in upper right corner.

Box 1, Folder 25

Lily Panel undated

Physical Description: Color print, 4" x 10-5/8", "3rd" pencilled lower right edge. Blue smudging along lower right side. Mounted on pasteboard and matted.

Box 1, Folder 26

Lily Panel undated

Physical Description: Color print, 3-1/4" x 9-7/8", green smudging along lower left edge. Mounted on pasteboard and matted. Wrinkling along upper right side.

Box 1, Folder 27

[Lily Panel] undated

Physical Description: Color print, 3-1/4" x 9-3/4". With paper mat.

Box 1, Folder 28

The Lost Boat undated

Physical Description: Color print, 5-3/8" x 7", signed "Arthur Wesley Dow" lower right corner. Mounted on pasteboard and matted.

Box 1, Folder 29

The Lost Boat undated

Physical Description: Color print, 5-5/8" x 7", signed "Arthur Wesley Dow" lower right left corner. Mounted on pasteboard and matted.

Box 1, Folder 30

[Newbury Willows] undated

Physical Description: Color print, 6-7/8" x 4-3/16".

Box 1, Folder 31

Newbury Willows undated

Physical Description: Color print, 8-7/8" x 6-1/8", with pencil seal (A.W. Dow, 13) in lower left corner. Green smudge near lower left corner. Mounted on pasteboard. Print is completely glued to the pasteboard.

Box 1, Folder 32

Newbury Willows undated

Physical Description: Color print, 8-3/4" x 6-1/8", with pencil "seal" (A.W. Dow, 7) in lower left corner. All edges of the print have been folded.

Box 1, Folder 33

Pudd'n Street, Ipswich undated

Physical Description: Black and white print, 8-5/8" x 7-3/8", with "AWD" in lower left corner (part of the block image). Mounted on pasteboard and matted.

Box 1, Folder 34

[Pudd'n Street] undated

Physical Description: Black and white print, 8-5/8" x 7-3/8", with "AWD" in lower left corner (part of the block image).

Box 1, Folder 35

Along the Shore undated

Physical Description: Sepia print, 9" x 6-1/2". Print is loose from its original mat.

Box 1, Folder 36

[Along the Shore] undated

Physical Description: Sepia print, 8-15/16" x 6-1/2". Fold mark lower right corner.

Box 1, Folder 37

[Along the Shoreline] undated

Physical Description: Sepia print, 9-1/16" x 6-5/16". Wrinkle running up right third of the paper.

Box 1, Folder 38

Side of the Moraine undated

Physical Description: Color print, 5-1/4" x 6-7/8", signed "Arthur W. Dow" lower left corner. Mounted on pasteboard and matted. "2" in lower right corner.

Box 1, Folder 39

Side of the Moraine undated

Physical Description: Color print, 4-3/4" x 6-5/8". Smudges in upper left, lower left and lower right corners.

Box 1, Folder 40

Yellow Sky undated

Physical Description: Color print, 3-7/8" x 6-1/4", with pencilled "seal" in lower left corner, "A.W. Dow" and "17." Mounted on pasteboard and matted. General foxing of paper.

Scope and Content Note

Same image as "Gray Sky" (54, 54a) & "Fish Houses Along the Shore (54b) but different palettes/tones.

Box 1, Folder 41

[Gray Sky] undated

Physical Description: Color print, 3" x 5-3/4". Mounted on pasteboard. Glue residue in upper left and right corners.

Box 1, Folder 43

Near the Wharf undated

Physical Description: Color print, 3-3/16" x 5-7/8". Mounted pasteboard, completely glued down and matted. Glue residue on all borders.

Box 1, Folder 44

Emerson House undated

Physical Description: Color print, 3-1/2" x 6-1/8", signed "Arthur W. Dow, No. 6" lower left corner. Pencilled "No. 6" in lower right corner. Mounted on pasteboard and matted.

Box 2, Folder 1

Emerson House undated

Physical Description: Color print, 3-1/2" x 6-3/8". Green and blue smudging along left edge.

Box 2, Folder 2

A Hill Street undated

Physical Description: Color print, 2-3/4" x 5-5/8". Mounted on pasteboard and matted.

Box 2, Folder 5

On Ipswich River undated

Physical Description: Color print, 3" x 5-5/8". Mounted on pasteboard and matted. Smudging along right edge.

Box 2, Folder 6

The Big Sky undated

Physical Description: Color print, 4-5/8" x 3", signed "Arthur Wesley Dow" lower left corner. Mounted on pasteboard and matted. Smudging on upper portion of the print itself.

Box 2, Folder 7

The Big Sky undated

Physical Description: Color print, 4-3/4" x 3-1/8". Mounted on pasteboard and matted.

Box 2, Folder 8

The Big Sky undated

Physical Description: Color print, 4-3/4" x 3-1/8". Mounted on pasteboard and matted. Smudging along right side. Dark smudging on the print itself lower right area.

Box 2, Folder 9

Houses on Ipswich River undated

Physical Description: Color print, 4-7/8" x 3-1/8". Mounted on pasteboard and matted.

Box 2, Folder 10

Houses on Ipswich River undated

Physical Description: Color print, 4-3/4" x 3-1/8". Mounted on pasteboard and matted. Glue residue in upper left and right corners.

Box 2, Folder 11

[Houses on Ipswich River] - The Yellow House undated

Physical Description: Color print, 4-3/4" x 3". Print has detached from original mount, labelled "The Yellow House." 4 small holes along top border.

Box 2, Folder 12

[Houses on Ipswich River] undated

Physical Description: Color print, 5-1/16" x 3-1/8".

Box 2, Folder 13

[Houses on Ipswich River] undated

Physical Description: Color print, 5-1/16" x 3-1/8".

Box 2, Folder 14

[Houses on Ipswich River] undated

Physical Description: Color print, 4-3/4" x 3-1/8". Fold marks diagonally across entire print and upper left corner. Stain in lower right corner.

Box 2, Folder 15

[The Old Bridge, Ipswich] undated

Physical Description: Color print, 4-5/16" x 2-5/8". Signed "Arthur W. Dow" in lower left corner.

Box 2, Folder 16

[The Old Bridge, Ipswich] undated

Physical Description: Color print, 4-3/4" x 3-1/8".

Box 2, Folder 17

Above the Old Bridge undated

Physical Description: Color print, 2-5/8" x 5-3/8", signed "Arthur W. Dow" in lower right corner. Mounted on pasteboard and matted. Smudge in upper left corner.

Box 2, Folder 18

Above the Old Bridge undated

Physical Description: Color print, 2-15/16" x 5-9/16". Mounted on pasteboard and matted.

Box 2, Folder 19

Impressions from the blocks "Above the Old Bridge" undated

Physical Description: 6 black and white prints mounted on a tri-folded panel, each print is approximately 3-3/4" x 6-1/2". Pinholes in upper left and right corners.

Box 2, Folder 20

Along Ipswich River, color-prints by Arthur W. Dow undated

Physical Description: 6 color prints mounted in a fan-fold book, cover illustration printed on silk. Boards measure 4-1/2" x 9-7/8", with chipping at all corners. Prints are numbered 36, 25, 15, 24, 13, 19. Stain under Dow's name on cover.

Box 2, Folder 21

[End papers for Salt Marsh] undated

Physical Description: Sepia print, 6-3/4" x 9". Fold mark in upper right corner, wrinkling in upper left corner. Discoloration along all edges.

Box 2, Folder 22

Roofs from Old High Street undated

Physical Description: Color print, 4" x 6-1/8". Mounted on pasteboard. Glue residue in upper left and right corners.

Box 2, Folder 25

[The Gay Little Tree, but in unfinished state] undated

Physical Description: Color print, 4-3/4" x 3-3/8". Fold mark upper left corner, wrinkling diagonally across print left to right.

Box 2, Folder 26

The Long Road undated

Physical Description: Color print, 8-1/2" x 6-3/8", signed "Arthur W. Dow, No. 18" in lower right corner.

Box 2, Folder 27

Where Breezes Blow undated

Physical Description: Color print, 4-7/8" x 7-3/8", signed "Arthur Wesley Dow" lower left corner. Fold mark upper left corner. Faint color bleeding upper right and right side of print.

Box 2, Folder 28

Village Roofs c1901

Physical Description: Sepia print, 8" x 7". With print caption in lower left corner, "Village Roofs, Ink painting, Ipswich Prints, Series K, Print 1, Copyright 1901 by Arthur W. Dow, Ipswich Mass."

Box 2, Folder 29

Along Ipswich River, Prints by Arthur W. Dow 1894

Physical Description: Color print, 6-3/8" x 8-1/8".

Box 2, Folder 30

California Ipswich undated

Physical Description: Color print, 6-1/4" x 4-3/8". Fold marks lower left corner.

Box 2, Folder 31

California Ipswich undated

Physical Description: Color print, 6-1/8" x 4-3/8". Fold marks lower left corner.

Box 4, Folder 1

[Looking Down Upon Ipswich River] undated

Physical Description: Color print, 9" x 11-1/8". Foxing along upper portion of print and lower right area. See also print #91. Box 4 is an oversize flat box, 15-1/2" x 19-1/2".

Box 4, Folder 2

The High Tide undated

Physical Description: Color print, 10-3/4" x 8-3/4", signed "Arthur Wesley Dow" lower left corner. Mounted on paper and matted.

Box 4, Folder 3

Plum Island Willows undated

Physical Description: Color print, 13-5/8" x 11", signed "Arthur W. Dow" in lower left corner, "AWD" seal in lower right corner. Mounted on pasteboard and matted. Wrinkling along left side. Glue residue at upper left and right corners.

Box 4, Folder 4

[Plum Island Willows] undated

Physical Description: Color print, 13-5/8" x 1-15/16", signed "Arthur W. Dow" in lower left corner and with "AWD" seal in red in lower right corner. Tears along right side. Fold marks in upper left, lower left, right corners.

Box 4, Folder 5

[Plum Island Willows] undated

Physical Description: Black and white print, 13-5/8" x 10-15/16", signed "Arthur W. Dow" lower left corner, "AWD" seal in lower right corner. Fold marks upper right, lower left and right corners. Wrinkling along lower edge.

Box 4, Folder 6

Harry Mayne His House, The Pirate of Old Ipswich undated

Physical Description: Color print, 8-3/4" x 7-5/16", signed "Arthur Wesley Dow" lower right corner. Mounted on pasteboard and matted. Verso of pasteboard is stamped "Arthur Wesley Dow, 501 West 120th St., New York City."

Box 4, Folder 7

Looking Down from Ipswich River undated

Physical Description: Color print, 9-3/4" x 11-5/8", signed "Arthur Wesley Dow" lower right corner. Mounted on pasteboard and completely glued down. Foxing on lower right edge.

Box 4, Folder 8

Along Ipswich River [book cover]. Prints by Arthur Wesley Dow 1894

Physical Description: Color print, 6-1/8" x 8-3/4". Mounted on pasteboard and matted.

Box 4, Folder 9

Along the Shore undated

Physical Description: Color print, 15-7/8" x 9-1/8". Mounted on pasteboard and completely glued down.

Box 5, Folders 1-4

[Linocut for Haystacks color print] undated

Physical Description: [5 folders.]

Physical Description: Box 5 is an oversize flat box, 12-1/2" x 15-1/2".

Box 5, Folder 6

[9 prints showing various stages of the printing process for Haystacks] undated

Box 5, Folder 7

[Untitled printing block - similar to Newbury Willows?] undated

Box 1, Folder 22

Moonlight undated

Physical Description: Color print, 8-1/4" x 5-1/4", signed "Arthur Wesley Dow" lower left corner. Mounted on pasteboard and matted. Fold mark in lower right corner.

Box 2, Folder 24

A Lean-to undated

Physical Description: Color print, 3" x 5-3/4". Mounted on pasteboard Glue residue upper left and right corners.

Box 2, Folder 4

Ipswich from the River 1895

Physical Description: Color print, 2-7/8" x 5-1/2", "Copyright 1895 by Arthur W. Dow" on verso of pasteboard. Mounted on pasteboard and completely glued down. Discoloration along all borders.

Box 1, Folder 42

Fish Houses Along the Shore undated

Physical Description: Color print, 3-3/8" x 6-1/4". Mounted on pasteboard and completely glued down. Foxing on all borders.

Box 2, Folder 3

Ipswich from the River undated

Physical Description: Color print, 3-1/8" x 5-3/4". Mounted on pasteboard and matted. Glue residue in upper left and right corners.

Box 2, Folder 23

Gables by the Old Bridge undated

Physical Description: Color print, 3-3/8" x 5-13/16". Mounted on pasteboard. Glue residue upper left and right corners.