Kainen Sketchbook
1936-1949
Artist, American, 1909 - 2001
Artwork overview
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Medium
sketchbook with 61 drawings in various media and artist's notes on wove paper
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Credit Line
Gift of Ruth Cole Kainen in honor of the artist's 90th birthday
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Dimensions
Overall (closed): 25.4 x 19.7 x 1.3 cm (10 x 7 3/4 x 1/2 in.)
overall (opened): 25.4 x 39.1 cm (10 x 15 3/8 in.) -
Accession
1999.82.2.1-61
Associated Artworks
See all 61 artworksStudy of a Carriage
Jacob Kainen
1936
Figure Study
Jacob Kainen
1937
Street Vendor
Jacob Kainen
1937
Artwork history & notes
Inscriptions
upper center of front cover in blue ball-point pen: Sketches for: Night Club / Card Players / Evening Recreation / Coffee Pot (crossed out) / Loading Up / Cafeteria / Wrecking / Cement Mixer / Street Corner / Plasterer - woodcut / Church; center right: also: 1936, 1939, 1943 / 1945 / 1949; upper right in graphite: 1936