12916460Boris Artzybasheff Artwork12916460Rare Book and Manuscript Library

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This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2026-01-13 20:20:05 -0500.Description is written in: English, Latin script.Describing Archives: A Content Standard Rare Book and Manuscript Library Boris Artzybasheff Artwork Artzybasheff, Boris, 1899-1965 12916460 MS#1860 English /repositories/2/resources/4269 28 items 1930-1964 Restrictions on Access

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Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Boris Artzybasheff Papers; Box and Folder; Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Library.

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Reproductions may be made for research purposes. The RBML maintains ownership of the physical material only. Copyright remains with the creator and his/her heirs. The responsibility to secure copyright permission rests with the patron.

 Immediate Source of Acquisition

1965.001: Source of acquisition--Boris Artzybasheff via Brown, Jewett and Droscoll. Method of acquisition--Purchase?; Date of acquisition--date.

 Biographical / Historical

Boris Artzybasheff was an American illustrator of Russian origin active in the United States, notable for his strongly worked and often surreal designs.

 Scope and Contents

Collection of art works by Boris Artzybasheff. Two paintings are missing as of December 1987: [1] "The Hands of Man" (Casein, tempera, and oil. Signed and dated "64" on painting) and [3] Painting entitled "The Mars People" (casein, tempera, ink, and pencil. Signed on the painting and framed.)

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Macy papers also have a pen-and-ink watercolor drawing by Artzybasheff signed, bound in volume with Liber Amicorum.

 Artzybasheff, Boris, 1899-1965 [1] Painting entitled "The Hands of Man"/repositories/2/archival_objects/1588017196474 x 61 cmArt Bin 1Scope and Contents

Casein, tempera, and oil. Signed and dated "64" on painting. Framed

[2] Painting of a lady with a bowl of fruit/repositories/2/archival_objects/158801892 x 82 cmArt Bin 1Scope and Contents

Tempera on wood and sealed in plastic. Initialled "BA" on lower right-hand corner of painting.

[3] Painting entitled "The Mars People/repositories/2/archival_objects/158801973 x 39 cmScope and Contents

Casein, tempera, ink, and pencil. Signed on the painting and framed.

[4] Wash drawing entitled "Today-Tomorrow"/repositories/2/archival_objects/1588020circa 194373 x 36 cm13-H-1Scope and Contents

After a poster for the sale of war bonds. Signed on Drawing. gift of Herman Cohen, 1970

[5] Painting entitled "A Lecture on Lysus Naturae"/repositories/2/archival_objects/1588021[1935]44 x 28 cm13-H-1Scope and Contents

Casein and ink, signed and dated "35" on painting. from his As I See, Dodd, Mead & Company, 1954.

[6] Illustrations of Hercules and Lion/repositories/2/archival_objects/1588022193061 x 50 cm13-H-1Scope and Contents

Using sgraffiti technique for Orpheus Padraic Colum, The Macmillan Company, 1930, pp. 88. Signed in ink.

[7] Drawing in pen and ink of analyst and patient entitled (and labeled in pencil) "We are Getting to the Bottom of It"/repositories/2/archival_objects/1588023194850 x 35 cm13-H-1Scope and Contents

An illustration for his As I See, Dodd, Mead & Company, 1954. Signed and dated "48" on painting.

[8] Painting of anthropomorphic pencil as an illustration for "As I See"/repositories/2/archival_objects/1588024194155 x 7 cmArt Bin 1Scope and Contents

Dodd, Mead & Company, 1954. Signed and dated "1941" on painting. Framed and glazed.

[9] Painting of Reinhold Niebuhr/repositories/2/archival_objects/158802527 x 25 cm1Scope and Contents

Tempera and pencil. Signed in pencil below the painting. Framed and glazed.

[10] Drawing of a nun/repositories/2/archival_objects/1588026193926 x 21 cm13-H-1Scope and Contents

Illustration for "The Nuns of Poissy: in Droll Stories by Honoré de Balzac, Heritage Club, 1939. Pen and ink but signed in pencil.

[11] Painting of Stag/repositories/2/archival_objects/1588027193923 x 16 cm13-H-1Scope and Contents

Illustration for "The Nuns of Poissy: in Droll Stories by Honoré de Balzac, Heritage Club, 1939. Actually a drawing in pen and ink. Signed in pencil.

[12] Painting of Joseph Stalin (third portrait)/repositories/2/archival_objects/1588028195335 x 25 cm13-H-3Scope and Contents

Casein and ink for the cover of Time - 3/16/53. Signed on painting. Framed and glazed.

[13] Painting of the Big Four: Eisenhower, Khruschev, Eden, Coty/repositories/2/archival_objects/1588029195532 x 23 cm13-H-2Scope and Contents

Pencil and tempera. Cover of Time - 8/1/55. Signed on painting. Framed and glazed.

[14] Painting of General Douglas MacArthur (unpublished)/repositories/2/archival_objects/158803034 x 26 cm13-H-3Scope and Contents

Tempera and pencil. Framed and glazed.

[15] Painting of Charles Darwin/repositories/2/archival_objects/158803136 x 30 cm13-H-3Scope and Contents

Tempera and pencil for the German periodical Der Spiegel. Signed on the painting. Framed and glazed.

[16] Painting of Robert Moses/repositories/2/archival_objects/158803236 x 28 cm13-H-3Scope and Contents

[tempera?] and pencil. Signed in pencil below painting. Framed and glazed.

[17] Print of Arab court scene in black and white/repositories/2/archival_objects/1588033192936 x 53 cm13-H-1Scope and Contents

Illustration for Ghond the Hunter, by Dhan Gopal Mukerji, E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc., 1929. Signed in pencil.

[18] Print of jungle scene in black and white/repositories/2/archival_objects/1588034192936 x 53 cm13-H-1Scope and Contents

Illustration for Ghond the Hunter, by Dhan Gopal Mukerji, E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc., 1929. Signed in pencil.

[19] Print of dancing, firy god in black and white/repositories/2/archival_objects/1588035192936 x 53 cm13-H-1Scope and Contents

Illustration for Ghond the Hunter, by Dhan Gopal Mukerji, E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc., 1929. Signed in pencil.

[20] Painting of Chinese General (Nationalist) Chen Cheng/repositories/2/archival_objects/1588036194126 x 23 cm13-H-2Scope and Contents

Casein and pencil for Time - 6/16/41. Framed and glazed.

[21] Illustration of a Japanese Myth/repositories/2/archival_objects/1588037193030 x 20 cm13-H-1Scope and Contents

Sgraffiti technique on vellum for Orpheus Padraic Colum, The Macmillan Company, 1930, pp. 244. Initialled "A" in lower left-hand corner.

[22] Illustration for Orpheus Padraic Colum/repositories/2/archival_objects/1588038193030 x 22 cm1Scope and Contents

Sgraffiti technique on vellum. The Macmillan Company, 1930, pp. 178.

[23] First portrait of Joseph Stalin/repositories/2/archival_objects/1588039194130 x 27 cm13-H-2Scope and Contents

Casein for the cover of Time - 10/27/41. Signed in pencil. Framed and glazed.

[24] Painting entitled and labeled "Kitty Fly II"/repositories/2/archival_objects/1588040196337 x 37 cmPainting No. 24Scope and Contents

Tempera or thinly diluted oil. Signed and dated "63" on painting. Framed.

[25] Painting of Admiral Doenitz/repositories/2/archival_objects/158804134 x 27 cm13-H-2Scope and Contents

Tempera and casein for the German periodical Der Spiegel. Signed on the painting and framed.

[26] Painting of Marion Anderson/repositories/2/archival_objects/1588042194626 x 26 cm1Scope and Contents

Tempera and pencil for the cover of Time - 12/30/46. Framed and glazed.

[27] Painting entitled and labeled "The Hecatean County"/repositories/2/archival_objects/1588043195454 x 31 cmPainting No. 27Scope and Contents

Tempera for As I See by Boris Artzybasheff, Dodd, Mead & Company, 1954. Signed and dated "42" on painting framed and glazed.

[28] Painting of Sigmund Freud/repositories/2/archival_objects/158804432 x 26 cm13-H-2Scope and Contents

casein for the German periodical Der Spiegel. Signed on the painting and framed.