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Box 97

 Container

Contains 2 Results:

Painting Fragments

 File — Box: 97, Folder: 1-4
Identifier: Sub-Series B
Scope and Contents From the Series: This series contains a collection of Darger’s paper-based collaged imagery and portraiture, which often contains compositions made from of a multitude of news and magazine clippings, primarily of young girls and assorted religious imagery. The collages are often mounted on cardboard. Some are framed by a border of postage stamps, some contain inscriptions by Darger, and all are often covered by a glaze of glue or lacquer. The collages are commonly seen hanging in Darger’s apartment as...
Dates: Majority of material found within 1909 - 1965

Envelopes and Labels

 File — Box: 97, Folder: 5
Identifier: Sub-Series B
Scope and Contents From the Series: This series contains a collection of Darger’s paper-based collaged imagery and portraiture, which often contains compositions made from of a multitude of news and magazine clippings, primarily of young girls and assorted religious imagery. The collages are often mounted on cardboard. Some are framed by a border of postage stamps, some contain inscriptions by Darger, and all are often covered by a glaze of glue or lacquer. The collages are commonly seen hanging in Darger’s apartment as...
Dates: Majority of material found within 1909 - 1965