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Airdrie Amtmann fonds [graphic material, textual record]

Hierarchical level:

Fonds

Date:

1976-1980.

Reference:

R11694-0-9-E, LMS-0087

Type of material:

Textual material, Art

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

3671213

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Airdrie Amtmann fonds
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Fonds includes:

1 lower level description(s)
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Date(s):

1976-1980.

Place of creation:

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Extent:

13 cm of graphic material and textual records.

Language of material:

English

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Fonds includes correspondence with the publisher, manuscripts, working drawings, typescripts and proofs, with a detailed description of how "The Stars in the Sky" was made including the illustrator's comments on the drawings.

Provenance:

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Amtmann, Airdrie

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Amtmann, Airdrie : Illustrator Airdrie Anne Amtmann (now Thomsen) was born in Montreal, Quebec. She studied illustration at the Banff School of Fine Arts (with William Townsend), the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts School of Art and Design (with Guido Molinari and Arthur Lismer) and at The Parsons School/New School for Social Research in New York (with Maurice Sendak) in 1976. Her first published book was "The Stars in the Sky: A Scottish Tale" (1979). Her second book "The Gift Angel" was published in 1987. She has also studied dance and performed with the Toronto Dance Theatre and Les Grands Ballets canadiens. She creates calligraphy and works styled after traditional Tibetan documents.

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Graphic material; textual records (Paper) Finding aid available. Consult archivist. (90: Open)

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1 : 1983-06
2 : 1983-06
3 : 1983-06
4 : 1983-06
Subject heading:

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Children Literature Archives

Littérature de jeunesse Archives
Source:

Private

Former archival reference no.:

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LMS-0087

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1983-06 LMS
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Textual records

[Consultation90 Open]

LMS container [LMS-0087 1983-06] 1--4

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Graphic (art)

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