Kainen Sketchbook

1939

Jacob Kainen

Associated Names
Jacob Kainen

Artist, American, 1909 - 2001

This is an image of a sketchbook. The front cover displays "The Beverly Spiral Sketch Book" designed for use with various art mediums. The cover is brown with bold text indicating the sketchbook's name and purpose. Handwritten annotations at the top mention the year 1939 and references to "Sketches for Tin Warrior" and "Self Portrait Drawing." The sketchbook is spirally bound at the top with a dark metal coil. Near the bottom is a decorative emblem or initial 'M.'
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    sketchbook with 40 drawings in various media on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Ruth Cole Kainen in honor of the artist's 90th birthday

  • Dimensions

    Overall (closed): 15.1 x 22.9 x 0.6 cm (5 15/16 x 9 x 1/4 in.)
    overall (opened): 15.1 x 45.1 cm (5 15/16 x 17 3/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1999.82.4.1-40

  • Series Title

    (see separate records for series 1-40)

Associated Artworks

See all 40 artworks

Cityscape

Jacob Kainen

1939

Restuarant

Jacob Kainen

1939

Street of Row Houses

Jacob Kainen

1939

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Ruth Cole Kainen, Washington, D.C.; gift to NGA, 1999

Associated Names

Inscriptions

upper left of cover in ink: 1939 / Sketches for Tin Warrior / Self Portrait Shaving

Markings

The Beverly Spiral Sketch Book

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