Yale Bulletin and Calendar

February 22, 2008|Volume 36, Number 19

This drawing depicting the Tiffany Building decorated for the Centennial was found among the Mitchell-Tiffany Family Papers in the Manuscripts and Archives Department. It is among the images featured in "Art Is Where You Find It" at the Sterling Library.

Sterling Library show offers proof
that ‘Art Is Where You Find It’

Original works of art that were tucked away amidst other papers in the Yale University Library’s collections are showcased in the exhibition “Art Is Where You Find It,” on display through May 30 in the Memorabilia Room of Sterling Memorial Library.

The show features pencil sketches, watercolors, cartoons, caricatures and ephemera from the records of the University or from the collections of personal or family papers in the Yale Library’s Manuscripts and Archives Department.

Filed away with correspondence and diaries or discovered in attic trunks or basement storerooms, the items on display span three centuries and reflect the daily lives of families, individuals or institutions. The items include works by a number of prominent figures including a watercolor by artist and designer Louis Comfort Tiffany, cartoons by journalist Louise Bryant, an undated letter from author Harriet Beecher Stowe featuring a drawing of a hat (one of her nicknames) and a preliminary sketch of the Gateway Arch by architect Eero Saarinen. Early works by a number of well-known artists will also be on display.

The exhibition was curated by Diane Kaplan, head of public services in the Department of Manuscripts and Archives. Kaplan says that “staff were able to identify many items by searching across our finding aids, the detailed content lists for our holdings, in the department’s online finding aids database. We searched for terms such as sketchbook, drawing or art. Because of their striking nature, staff members, who had worked on various collections, were also able to recall seeing sketches included in letters or illustrations in specific documents.”

The Memorabilia Room in Sterling Memorial Library (entrance at 128 Wall St.) is open Monday to Thursday, 8:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Friday 8:30 a.m. to 4:45 p.m. It is closed on weekends.

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