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Truex, Van Day, -1979

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1979

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Drawing of Nude by Van Day Truex

 Item
Identifier: KA-0120-01
Summary

A drawing of a male nude by Parsons School of Design alumnus and president Van Day Truex, formerly owned by Harry and Dorothy Kneedler Lawenda.

Dates: before 1980
Found in: The New School Archives / Drawing of Nude by Van Day Truex

Van Day Truex photograph albums and scrapbooks

 Collection
Identifier: KA-0160-01
Abstract The collection consists of five photograph albums and three scrapbooks compiled by the designer, style arbiter, and Parsons School of Design administrator and president Van Day Truex (1904-1979). Truex's travels and social interactions are documented in the albums' captioned photographs, while scrapbooks chronicle his design and artistic successes. One scrapbook, annotated by Parsons faculty member Stanley Barrows, documents Truex's apartments and the home of his predecessor as president of...
Dates: 1910-1969; Majority of material found within 1926-1969
Found in: The New School Archives / Van Day Truex photograph albums and scrapbooks