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
Biographical Note
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.
Scope and Content Note
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.
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