Charles Hobson collection: design and production materials for artist's books, 1985-2016

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Summary

Creators:
Twain, Mark, 1835-1910, Wilbur, Richard, Collins, Billy, Hobson, Charles, 1943-, Lopez, Barry, and Mann, Charmetta
Abstract:
The Charles Hobson Collection contains correspondence, design notes, drawings, prints, prototypes, copper plates, etc. used in the creation and publication of artist books.
Extent:
35 Linear Feet 62 boxes, 6 oversize folders
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Charles Hobson Collection, M1555, Dept. of Special Collections, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, California.

Background

Scope and content:

The Charles Hobson Collection contains correspondence, design notes, drawings, prints, prototypes, copper plates, etc. used in the creation and publication of artist books. It is arranged alphabetically by title. The design notes folder for each book usually contains a list created by the artist of archival material for that project.

Biographical / historical:

Charles Hobson is an artist who uses pastel, monotype and other printmaking variations to construct images for books and works on paper. He often works in series, follows a historical theme, and employs the monotype as an under painting for further work with pastel, acrylic and printed texts. He began creating artist's books after working on a tribute book for a friend, Bruce Nelson, after his death in 1984. The book contained Nelson's prose in a small letterpress edition. His first artist's book was Supper in Montmartre which came out in 1985.

Chronological list of Hobson's artists' books:
1985
Supper in Montmartre
1988
Flaubert and Louise
1990
Leonardo Knows Baseball (trade edition, 1991)
1991
Degas Dancing
1991
Variations on the Word SLEEP
1994
Balzac's Coffee Pot
1994
Impromptu
1994
Parisian Encounters
1995
Breton's Dream
1995
Clouds and Dreams
1995
Magritte's Buckets
1995
Man Ray's Kiss
1996
Shipwreck Stories
1997
Fresnel's Tower
1997
Lighthouse Legends
1998
Andromeda Imagined
1999
Human Touch
1999
Writing on the Body
2000
Dancing with Amelia
2001
Anotaciones
2001
Seeing Stars
2002
Taking Off Emily Dickinson's Clothes
2003
Adam and Eve
2003
Three Kisses
2004
Poems from the Heart
2004
The Writer
2005
The Mappist
2006
The Near Woods
2006
R.O.W.
2006
red thread, two women
Acquisition information:
Gift of Charles Hobson, 2007, 2008, and 2017. Accessions 2007-007, 2007-215, 2007-224, 2008-049, 2008-154, 2017-038. Purchase from Charles Hobson, 2017 and 2018. Accession 2017-037 and 2018-001.
Physical location:
Special Collections and University Archives materials are stored offsite and must be paged 36 hours in advance.
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Access and use

Restrictions:

Collection is open for research.

Terms of access:

While Special Collections is the owner of the physical and digital items, permission to examine collection materials is not an authorization to publish. These materials are made available for use in research, teaching, and private study. Any transmission or reproduction beyond that allowed by fair use requires permission from the owners of rights, heir(s) or assigns.

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Charles Hobson Collection, M1555, Dept. of Special Collections, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, California.

Location of this collection:
Department of Special Collections, Green Library
557 Escondido Mall
Stanford, CA 94305-6004, US
Contact:
(650) 725-1022
specialcollections@stanford.edu
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