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Collection Record Detail
Object Name
Crayon and Ink Drawing - Bells
Object Number
1973-19-12
Description
Crayon and ink wash drawing of a vertical line of overlapping, ringing bells. Bells rendered in artist's crayon over yellow ink wash or watercolor background. Written in bottom-right corner, "Stillmans! Will be there with Bells on! Bob & Elodie Osborn." Framed under glass in simple wood frame.
Comment
After graduating from Yale, Robert Osborn studied painting in Rome and Paris before returning to Connecticut to teach art and philosophy at the Hotchkiss School in Lakeville. He developed his distinct illustration style while drawing Navy training manuals during World War II, most of which featured a character named Dilbert whose blunders illustrated improper safety procedures. After the war, Osborn’s satirical cartoons appeared regularly in magazines such as The New Republic, Life, and Esquire. He also wrote and illustrated books on topics ranging from fishing and hunting to war and social issues. Between 1947 and 1994, illustrator Robert Chesley Osborn lived with his wife in Salisbury, Connecticut. Among his close friends were Rufus and Leslie Stillman of Litchfield.
Category
Date Made
ca. 1960
Dimensions
13" long x 11 1/2" wide
Materials
Social Tags (experimental)
