KA. Kellen Design Archives Collections
Found in 163 Collections and/or Records:
Raymond Waldron papers
René Bouché fashion illustrations
A celebrated portraitist and leader in fashion illustration, René Robert Bouché (1905-1963) was a visiting lecturer at Parsons School of Design in 1947. The collection, assembled by Jerry Silverman and Shannon Rodgers, consists of over 100 of Bouché's fashion illustrations, as well as a poster from a 1974 exhibition of his work at Parsons.
Richard Tweedy letters from Europe
The collection consists of 53 handwritten letters from Richard Tweedy during his time in Holland with William Merritt Chase's 1903 summer abroad program, and from a later period when Tweedy lived in Paris. (One 1906 letter is from his home in New Hampshire.) The letters are mostly addressed to Tweedy's mother, Mary Alice Belcher Tweedy, while a few are addressed to his brother and to his father. Typed transcriptions of each letter are included.
Rico Lebrun lithographs for "Drawings for Dante's Inferno"
Four lithograph prints on Strathmore Cover by Rico Lebrun (1900-1964) for his book, Drawings for Dante's Inferno, Kanthos Press, 1963. 2000 copies of the book were printed, each containing four original lithographs. In his preface, Leonard Baskin, the book's designer, refers to Lebrun as "Goya's child."
Robert Carreon student work
This collection primarily consists of drawings created by fashion designer and theater producer Robert Carreon (1947-2020) while enrolled as a student at Parsons School of Design between 1966 and 1968, as well as drawings from his Parsons admissions portfolio and publicity photos of his work from 1967 to 1969.
Robert Galster and Gilbert Ireland papers
Robert L. Ramsey papers
Robert Mackintosh costume and fashion design work
Robert Rabinovitz design papers
Collection documents designer, artist and Parsons School of Design teacher Robert Rabinovitz's projects from his undergraduate education at Philadelphia College of Art through his first New York collection, Spring + Crosby, and a series of poetry books produced in collaboration with students. Includes portfolios, plans and drawings, and book dummies, embodying various stages in the design process.