Series II: Artwork

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1825391
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{"value"=>"3607267", "type"=>"local_mss"}
unitdate
{"value"=>"1955-2009", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1955/2009"}
unittitle
{"value"=>"Series II: Artwork"}
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{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"26 boxes, 2 folders", "unit"=>"containers"}, {"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"6.83 linear feet", "unit"=>"linear_feet"}]}
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{"value"=>"<p>Series II spans from 1955 to 2009, and holds sketchbooks, loose sketches and drawings, small mixed media sculptures, mail art, and assemblages done by Proulx and others.</p> <p>Proulx's artwork consists of pen or graphite sketches and watercolor paintings, mainly of landscape and people. Some portraits of Proulx are also present in this series.</p> <p>Artwork by others includes works by Proulx's mother, painter and amateur naturalist Lois Nellie Gill Proulx; her children Gillis and Morgan; two movable mixed media works by Willy Matthews inspired by Proulx's short stories \"The Bunchgrass at the End of the World\" and \"Blood Bay;\" mail art by Robert Warner, also inspired by several works by Proulx; and sample work by book artist Claire Van Vliet's press, Janus Press, for an unrealized collaborative project between Van Vliet and Proulx.</p> <p>Some artwork by Lois Gill Proulx was removed from this series and is housed with materials in Subseries V.A.</p>"}
arrangement
{"value"=>"<p>Series II is arranged into works by Proulx, and works by others.</p>"}
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{"value"=>"<p>Please note that an undated watercolor showing the east porch of the old Stacey place [Vermont] can be found in NYPL's online catalog by referring to the call number +++ Proulx Art S73 1990</p>"}
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1955
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1955
date_end
2009
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1955
date_inclusive_end
2009

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  1. Artwork by Proulx [18/1]
  2. Artwork by Others [18/2]