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[Pictorial miscellany from the Paul Padgette papers].
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[Pictorial miscellany from the Paul Padgette papers]Creator/Contributor:
Padgette, Paul, creator, creator.Abstract:
Miscellaneous photographs, prints and paintings collected by Padgette. PIC box 1: portrait photographs of Padgette, his friend
Bruce Kellner and family, and Desmond Arthur; photograph of Henri Matisse portrait drawing of Harriet Lane Levy (taken by
Em. Crevaux, Paris); photograph of Palace of Fine Arts, San Francisco, taken during the Panama-Pacific International Exposition
of 1915; prints and postcards pertaining to historical figures, including Pauline Borghese and Camille Borghese, and various
theater actors of the early 20th century, including Fania Marinoff; print of ruins of San Francisco City Hall after the earthquake
and fire of 1906; The Harbour, St. Ives, print by James P. Power; and small album of hand-written quotations by various authors.
AX folders: photograph of 3 boys before the U.S. Mint, San Francisco; photograph of Helen Salz painting of Harriet Lane Levy;
photographic collage of childhood images of Padgette and others, used as a Christmas card in 1985. B folders: painting in
the style of Joan Miró; painting of fantastical seascape by "Chris", 1961; fine art print by San Francisco artist Julia Newman;
reproduction of a collage by Jess; Oakland Museum poster. C folder: poster for 1966 Beniamino Bufano exhibition; print depicting
Abraham Lincoln's Kentucky log cabin; 2-panel drawing of a scene in a French bar with drunken sailors.
Date:
1900 (issued)Subject:
Padgette, Paul -- ArchivesPadgette, Paul -- Portraits
Levy, Harriet Lane -- Portraits
Kellner, Bruce -- Photographs
Note:
Title devised by cataloger.
Collected by Paul Padgette.
Also includes fragment of plaster from the original Palace of Fine Arts in San Francisco, shelved separately in Bancroft Library
Historical Object Miscellany as BANC PIC 19xx.031:227--OBJ (carton 16).
Pictorial miscellany from the Paul Padgette papers, BANC PIC 2020.035, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.
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graphicPortraits.
Paintings.
Prints.
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painting
photoprint
print
approximately 45 items in 1 box and 7 folders : photographs, prints and paintings ; various sizes
Language:
English