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Identification and Creation

Object Number
CW2001.1890
People
Christopher Wilmarth, American (Sonoma, CA 1943 - 1987 New York, NY)
Title
Photographs and clippings from Wilmarth's childhood in San Francisco
Classification
Archival Material
Work Type
archival material
Date
20th century
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/95701

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, The Christopher Wilmarth Archive, Gift of Susan Wilmarth-Rabineau
Copyright
© Estate of Christopher Wilmarth
Accession Year
2001
Object Number
CW2001.1890
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
1) Manila envelope mailed to Wilmarth from Alison Wilmarth. Wilmarth labeled it "Pictures when we were kids."

2) 2 clippings that comprise an article on summer jobs for students. Wilmarth is pictured and mentioned. San Francisco Chronicle, August 21, 1960.

3) 5 old photographs of Wilmarth with his brother, classmates, and Santa Claus.

4) Page from Better Homes & Gardens, February, 1962, on which Peter Wilmarth, Chris's brother, is pictured.

5) Page from San Francisco Examiner, February 23, 1956, on which Wilmarth's drawing of a basketball game was printed, winning him $2.

6) Issue of The San Francisco Examiner Pictorial Living section, week of August 28, 1960, in which Wilmarth is photographed alongside his painting of San Francisco in the article "Bay Area Artists Capture the City." Wilmarth was 17 and on his way to Cooper Union.

Subjects and Contexts

  • Wilmarth

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