Gregory Corso papers, 1949-1996

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Series IV: Artwork, 1954-1977, Undated

This series contains artwork, mostly sketches and drawings done by Corso, as well as a very few items created by others. There are some larger format items, including oil paintings done by Corso and a large oil portrait of the poet in this series as well. The Robert LaVigne Papers contain some sketches of LaVigne done by Corso, as well as portraits of Corso by LaVigne and Jack Kerouac.



Box 7 Folder 1 Abraham and His Tribe Leaving Ur, ink sketch


Box 7 Folder 2 [Animals], ink sketch


Box 7 Folder 3 [Angel], pen and ink


Box 7 Folder 4 [Angel], pencil and wash


Box 7 Folder 5 [Angel and stamped portrait of Corso]


Box 7 Folder 6 [Angel with trumpet], charcoal sketch


Box 7 Folder 7 [Birds], ink sketch


Box 7 Folder 8 [Birds], pen and ink


Box 7 Folder 9 [Black and red design], ink sketch


Box 7 Folder 10 [Black, red, and green sketch], ink sketch


Box 7 Folder 11 [Branch and ivory seal], pen and ink

(signed Nunzio)


Box 7 Folder 12 A China Man and Family, pen and ink



Box 14-E-6 Cityscape [Athenian Agora?], oil on wood



Box 7 Folder 13 [Collage], 1974


Box 7 Folder 14 Contemporary Glyph, ink sketch



Mapcase 14-E-6 [Cowboy and Horse], ink sketch



Box 7 Folder 15 Cunt with Testicles, pen and ink


Box 7 Folder 16 [Demonic signature], ink sketch


Box 7 Folder 17 [Design], ink sketch


Box 7 Folder 18 [Eagle], ink sketch


Box 7 Folder 19 [Face], ballpoint pen


Box 7 Folder 20 to 21 [Face], pen and ink; (2 Folders)


Box 7 Folder 22 [Face and plant], pen and ink


Box 7 Folder 23 [Face in brown ink], ink wash)


Box 7 Folder 24 A Good Boy!, pen and ink


Box 7 Folder 25 Harry Smith, pen and ink


Box 7 Folder 26 [Head of Christ], crayon drawing


Box 7 Folder 27 Judy Chicago, pen and ink


Box 7 Folder 28 [Man and duck], pen and ink on cocktail napkin


Box 7 Folder 29 [Mechanical design], ink sketch


Box 7 Folder 30 Milton, pencil sketch


Box 7 [Musician], ink sketch


Box 7 Folder 31 to 32 [Nine figures], pen and ink; (2 Folders)


Box 7 Folder 33 On a Cave Wall at Trois Freres Shaman with Antler Headgear, ink sketch


Box 7 Folder 34 Onomatopoeia, pencil sketch


Box 7 Folder 35 Percy B. Shelley, pen and ink



Box 14-E-6 Portrait of A. Ginsberg, Salem, MA, 1973, oil on canvas board



Box 7 Folder 36 Portrait of Peggy Biderman, pencil drawing


Box 7 Folder 37 The Rebel, pen and ink


Box 7 Folder 38 [Renaissance prince], pencil and pastel


Box 7 Folder 39 [Seal], sketch



Box 14-E-6 [Self-portrait], ink sketch



Box 7 Folder 40 Self-portrait, 1962


Box 7 Folder 41 [Seven figures] Milan, 1965


Box 7 Folder 42 [Six figures], pen and ink


Box 7 Folder 43 [Sketches on graph paper], 1977

(inscribed to Peggy Biderman)


Box 7 Folder 44 The Sorrow of Saturn, ink sketch


Box 7 Folder 45 Spring Ram and Lamb, pen and ink


Box 7 Folder 46 [Stylized figure], ink sketch


Box 7 Folder 47 [Three figures], ink sketch


Box 7 Folder 48 [Three Figures] and [Four Knights in Armor], ink sketch


Box 7 Folder 49 To the Most Beautiful Pegasus, pen and ink


Box 7 Folder 50 [Tree Stump], ink sketch


Box 7 Folder 51 [Trees and sun] and [Face]


Box 7 Folder 52 [Two figures and a cat]


Box 7 Folder 53 [Two figures holding the world]


Box 7 Folder 54 [Two figures in one], ink sketch


Box 7 Folder 55 [Untitled], paint on paper


Box 7 Folder 56 [Vase, flowers and books], ink sketch


Box 7 Folder 57 Weeping Spring, pen and ink


Box 7 Folder 58 Where Did Everyone Go?, pen and ink


Box 7 Folder 59 Wilde, ink sketch



Box 8 Folder 1 Miscellaneous Drawings



Box 14-E-6 Painting of Gregory Corso-- by G. Waldas, 1954, oil on cardboard



Box 8 Folder 2 Sketch of Gregory Corso-- by Larry Rivers


Sketchbooks


Box 8 Folder 3 1968

(contains drawings and poetry)


Box 8 Folder 4 March, 1969

(contains drawings and paintings)


Box 8 Folder 5 to 6 Undated, (2 volumes)

(contains drawings and poetry)