Seattle Art Museum, Seattle Washington, Ex Libris
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Title
Seattle Art Museum, Seattle Washington, Ex Libris
Subject
Library Bookplates | Seattle Art Museum. Library | Wicks, Ren, 1911-1997 | Bookplates, American--Washington (State)--Seattle
Art Museums (institutions) | Art Libraries (institutions)
Description
States: "Seattle Art Museum/ Seattle Washington/ Ex Libris"; depicts a hand, holding a stylus, rising over a mountain range. Bookplate from competition announced by museum director, Richard E. Fuller, March 23, 1933. Local artist, Ren Wicks won the competition. He was attending Cornish College of the Arts when he won the Seattle Art Museum's library bookplate competition. He went on to be a well-known aviation illustrator for magazines in the 1940s through the 1960s. He painted Jane Russell movie posters for Howard Hughes and friendly corporate images of airline travel during its golden years. Link: http://www.asaa-avart.org/pdfs/ASAAMediaPR2010.1.pdf
Creator
Ren Wicks
Publisher
Seattle Art Museum
Date
1933
Rights
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Format
image/jpg
Language
English
Type
Image
Citation
Ren Wicks, “Seattle Art Museum, Seattle Washington, Ex Libris,” Seattle Art Museum Libraries: Digital Collections, accessed April 26, 2024, https://samlibraries.omeka.net/items/show/1043.