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Collection Summary | |
Creator: | Smith, Channing S, 1906-1984 |
Collection Name: | Channing S. Smith papers, |
Inclusive Dates: | circa 1930-1959 |
Physical Description: | 5 Linear Feet |
Abstract: | Channing Smith (1906-1984) was born in St. Louis, Missouri. He studied art at the Corcoran School in Washington, D.C. and the St. Louis School of Fine Arts. He traveled to Paris to undertake private study and earned a degree in drama from the University of Arizona in 1954. He designed stage sets for theater productions, painted local landscapes, and became known for creating woodblock prints. The collection consists of 11 signed and/or numbered linocut prints by Channing Smith, the King's Grant graphic novel, 50 loose linocut prints, 23 pencil studies on paper, and 9 blank but titled pages. It also consists of 6 Arizona scene linoleum blocks, 6 Boy and Girl graphic novel linoleum blocks, 7 Russian Book linoleum blocks, and 22 King's Grant graphic novel linoleum blocks. |
Collection Number: | MS 763 |
Language: | Materials are in English. |
Repository: |
University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections University of Arizona PO Box 210055 Tucson, AZ 85721-0055 Phone: 520-621-6423 Fax: 520-621-9733 URL: http://speccoll.library.arizona.edu/ E-Mail: LBRY-askspcoll@email.arizona.edu |
Channing Smith (1906-1984) was born in St. Louis, Missouri. He studied art at the Corcoran School in Washington, D.C. and the St. Louis School of Fine Arts. He traveled to Paris to undertake private study and earned a degree in drama from the University of Arizona in 1954. He designed stage sets for theater productions, painted local landscapes, and became known for creating woodcut prints. He taught at Kent School in Connecticut and was a member of the Connecticut Academy of Fine Art and the Southern Arizona Watercolor Guild. He died in Tucson, Arizona in 1984.
The collection consists of 11 signed and/or numbered linocut prints by Channing Smith, the King's Grant graphic novel, 50 loose linocut prints on paper, 23 pencil studies on paper, and 9 blank but titled pages. It also consists of 6 Arizona scene linoleum blocks, 6 Boy and Girl graphic novel linoleum blocks, 7 Russian Book linoleum blocks, and 22 ,King's Grant graphic novel linoleum blocks.
There are no restrictions on this collection.
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Channing S. Smith papers (MS 763). Special Collections, University of Arizona Libraries
Processed by Matthew Ricker in 2021.
Series 1: Linocut prints on paper, circa 1930-1959 | |||||||||||
box | Folder | ||||||||||
1 | 1 | King's Grant graphic novel, miscellaneous prints and drawings, undated | |||||||||
1 | 2 | The Hundred Ruble Note, signed linocut on paper print, undated | |||||||||
1 | 3 | Last Visit to the Police Office, signed linocut on paper print, undated | |||||||||
1 | 4 | The Murder, signed linocut on paper print, undated | |||||||||
1 | 5 | Death of Marmaldov, signed linocut on paper print, undated | |||||||||
1 | 6 | Raskolnikov, signed linocut on paper print, undated | |||||||||
1 | 7 | Mean District, signed linocut on paper print, undated | |||||||||
1 | 8 | What Do You Want Here?, signed linocut on paper print, undated | |||||||||
1 | 9 | "Murderer!", signed linocut on paper print, undated | |||||||||
1 | 10 | The Story of Lazarus, signed linocut on paper print, undated | |||||||||
1 | 11 | Porfiry, signed linocut on paper print, undated | |||||||||
1 | 12 | Milking, signed linocut on paper print, undated | |||||||||
1 | 13 | Maloney's, signed and numbered, 3/40, linocut on paper print, undated | |||||||||
1 | 14 | Roadside Shrine, signed and numbered, 16/40, linocut on paper print, undated | |||||||||
1 | 15 | Guatemala Market, signed and numbered, 7/30, linocut on paper print, undated | |||||||||
1 | 16 | Pithian Castle, Bisbee, signed and numbered, 1/50, linocut on paper print, undated | |||||||||
1 | 17 | Pithian Castle, Bisbee, signed and numbered, 10/50, linocut on paper print, undated |
Series 2: Linoleum blocks, circa 1930-1959 | |||||||||||
box | item | ||||||||||
2 | 1 | Untitled, linoleum block from King's Grant graphic novel, undated | |||||||||
2 | 2 | Untitled, linoleum block from King's Grant graphic novel, undated | |||||||||
2 | 3 | Untitled, linoleum block from King's Grant graphic novel, undated | |||||||||
2 | 4 | Untitled, linoleum block from King's Grant graphic novel, undated | |||||||||
2 | 5 | Untitled, linoleum block from King's Grant graphic novel, undated | |||||||||
2 | 6 | Untitled, linoleum block from King's Grant graphic novel, undated | |||||||||
2 | 7 | Untitled, linoleum block from King's Grant graphic novel, undated | |||||||||
2 | 8 | Untitled, linoleum block from King's Grant graphic novel, undated | |||||||||
2 | 9 | Untitled, linoleum block from King's Grant graphic novel, undated | |||||||||
2 | 10 | Untitled, linoleum block from King's Grant graphic novel, undated | |||||||||
box | item | ||||||||||
3 | 1 | Untitled, linoleum block from King's Grant graphic novel, undated | |||||||||
3 | 2 | Untitled, linoleum block from King's Grant graphic novel, undated | |||||||||
3 | 3 | Untitled, linoleum block from King's Grant graphic novel, undated | |||||||||
3 | 4 | Untitled, linoleum block from King's Grant graphic novel, undated | |||||||||
3 | 5 | Untitled, linoleum block from King's Grant graphic novel, undated | |||||||||
3 | 6 | Untitled, linoleum block from King's Grant graphic novel, undated | |||||||||
3 | 7 | Untitled, linoleum block from King's Grant graphic novel, undated | |||||||||
3 | 8 | Untitled, linoleum block from King's Grant graphic novel, undated | |||||||||
3 | 9 | Untitled, linoleum block from King's Grant graphic novel, undated | |||||||||
3 | 10 | Untitled , linoleum block from King's Grant graphic novel, undated | |||||||||
box | item | ||||||||||
4 | 1 | Untitled, linoleum block from King's Grant graphic novel, undated | |||||||||
4 | 2 | Untitled, linoleum block from King's Grant graphic novel, undated | |||||||||
4 | 3 | Untitled, linoleum block from King's Grant graphic novel, undated | |||||||||
4 | 4 | Boy in Loft with Pitchfork, linoleum block from Boy and Girl graphic novel, undated | |||||||||
4 | 5 | Boy and Girl Carrying Pails, linoleum block from Boy and Girl graphic novel, undated | |||||||||
4 | 6 | Boy and Girl Dream of Marriage, linoleum block from Boy and Girl graphic novel, undated | |||||||||
4 | 7 | Cattle and Figures in Barnyard, linoleum block from Boy and Girl graphic novel, undated | |||||||||
4 | 8 | Boy and Wench, linoleum block from Boy and Girl graphic novel, undated | |||||||||
4 | 9 | Boy and Wench (version), linoleum block from Boy and girl graphic novel, undated | |||||||||
box | item | ||||||||||
5 | 1 | The Murder, linoleum block from Russian Book graphic novel, undated | |||||||||
5 | 2 | Raskolnikov, linoleum block from Russian Book graphic novel, undated | |||||||||
5 | 3 | Death of Marmaldov, linoleum block from Russian Book graphic novel , undated | |||||||||
5 | 4 | Last Visit to the Police Officer, linoleum block from Russian Book graphic novel, undated | |||||||||
5 | 5 | What do you want here?, linoleum block from Russian Book graphic novel, undated | |||||||||
5 | 6 | Murderer!, linoleum block from Russian Book graphic novel, undated | |||||||||
5 | 7 | Mean District, linoleum block (double-sided) from Russian Book graphic novel , undated | |||||||||
5 | 8 | Woman with Train, linoleum block, undated | |||||||||
5 | 9 | Untitled, linoleum block, undated | |||||||||
5 | 10 | Untitled, linoleum block, undated | |||||||||
box | item | ||||||||||
6 | 1 | Stairway at Bisbee, linoleum block, undated | |||||||||
6 | 2 | Patagonia Train Station, linoleum block, undated | |||||||||
6 | 3 | Patagonia Train Station (version), linoleum block, undated | |||||||||
box | item | ||||||||||
7 | 1 | Patagonia Train Station (version), linoleum block, undated | |||||||||
7 | 2 | Santa Cruz County Forum for the Greater Outdoors, linoleum block, undated | |||||||||
7 | 3 | Pythian Castle Bisbee, linoleum block, undated |