Robert Lavigne papers, 1954-1969

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Series II: Artwork, 1956-1965

This series includes paintings, sketches, prints, and paintings done by LaVigne, as well as artwork created by his friends. This series includes some of LaVigne's artwork, but also some of his design work including book cover designs and four costume designs for a performance of Picasso's Desire Caught by the Tail.


Corso, Gregory



Box 2 Folder 3 Ink Sketches


Kerouac, Jack


Box 2 Folder 4 Sketches, 1956


Box 2 Folder 5 Ginsberg, Allen-- sketches, 1963

(one watercolor sketch)


LaVigne, Robert


Box 2 Folder 6 Cover Designs for Human Universe by Charles Olsen,, 1965


Box 2 Folder 7 Cover Design for The Hotel Wentley Poems by John Wieners, 1957


Costume Designs for Desire Caught by the Taik



Mapcase 14-E-7 Big Foot. Arlequino, Handyman, 1967


Mapcase 14-E-7 Naked. A Skinny Anguish of Red Inner Tube, 1967


Mapcase 14-E-7 Silence, 1967


Mapcase 14-E-7 Tart, 1967



Box 2 Folder 8 Preliminary Sketches of the Album Cover of Allen Ginsberg Reads From Howl and Kadish


Box 2 Folder 9 Sketches, 1954-1956



Mapcase 14-E-7 Sketches of Peter Orlovsky, 1954 April- June, 1954


Mapcase 14-E-7 Watercolor portrait of Allen Ginsberg, 1971



Item 13: D/E Oversized Painting



Box 2 Folder 10 Woodblock Print- "A Strange New Cottage in Berkeley,", 1963


McClure, Michael


Box 2 Folder 11 Sketches, undated and 1960, undated, 1960



Mapcase 14-E-7 Sketches and Auerhaun Press Broadsides



Box 2 Folder 12 Whalen, Philip-- Watercolors, undated