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Title: Abraham Lincoln School Art Classes leaflet, 1945-1946
Creator: Abraham Lincoln School
Date: 1945-1946
Description: Course catalog for evening classes in art and design at Abraham Lincoln School (30 West Washington Street, Chicago, Illinois). Class topics...
Show moreCourse catalog for evening classes in art and design at Abraham Lincoln School (30 West Washington Street, Chicago, Illinois). Class topics were layout and typography, basic design, home planning, and photography, and the classes were taught, at least in part, by students from the Institute of Design, including Mary Henry, Morton Goldsholl, and Jack Waldheim. This catalog is Mary Henry's personal copy, and her inscription on the rear cover reads "While I was a student at the Institute of Design I taught one semester at the Abraham Lincoln School - no salary involved! This is my only copy. M.H." Date of leaflet is unknown, date range indicated is inferred from Mary Henry's dates of attendance at the Institute of Design.
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Collection: Mary Dill Henry Papers, 1913-2021

Title: Mary Heny with an unidentified mural, 1956
Date: 1956
Description: Photograph of artist Mary Dill Henry with an in-progress mural. Content description from Jeffrey Thomas Fine Art checklist for exhibition at...
Show morePhotograph of artist Mary Dill Henry with an in-progress mural. Content description from Jeffrey Thomas Fine Art checklist for exhibition at Hauser & Wirth Institute: "Archival photograph of Mary working on mural - 1956 - Between 1955 and 1962, Mary worked at numerous and highly miscellaneous free-lance assignments, from painting a billboard for a poodle kennel to choosing paints and wallpapers for an expensive subdivision. - For Maxwell's Coffee House restaurant in Los Angeles, she painted a series of small murals showing the coffee-growing process; a large mural for the Santa Clara County Courthouse depicted episodes from local history. - Toward the end of this period, her work grew more abstract, culminating in her large-scale mosaics for the entrance to the new Hewlett-Packard plant in Los Alto Hills, which is still exquisite and intact to this day." Title of mural unknown. Photographer unknown.
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Collection: Mary Dill Henry Papers, 1913-2021

Title: Mary Henry, 1938
Date: 1938
Description: Photograph of Mary Dill Henry taken in the same year that she graduated with a Bachelors of Fine Arts degree from the California College of...
Show morePhotograph of Mary Dill Henry taken in the same year that she graduated with a Bachelors of Fine Arts degree from the California College of the Arts (then called the California School of Arts and Crafts). Inscription on verso reads "Mary Dill - 1938 C.C.A.C. Oakland." Photographer unknown.
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Collection: Mary Dill Henry Papers, 1913-2021

Title: Mary Henry, 1938
Date: 1938
Description: Photograph of Mary Dill Henry taken in the same year that she graduated with a Bachelors of Fine Arts degree from the California College of...
Show morePhotograph of Mary Dill Henry taken in the same year that she graduated with a Bachelors of Fine Arts degree from the California College of the Arts (then called the California School of Arts and Crafts). Henry's inscription on verso reads "Graduation from Calif. College of Arts + Crafts in June 1938. Oakland. Mary Henry - or Dill, as my name was then." Photographer unknown, stamp on recto reads "McCullagh."
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Collection: Mary Dill Henry Papers, 1913-2021

Title: Design Direction, Book 1
Creator: Henry, Mary Dill, 1913-2009
Date: 1946
Description: Design Direction was Mary Henry's 1946 thesis for her graduate degree at the Institute of Design. The project, completed in collaboration with...
Show moreDesign Direction was Mary Henry's 1946 thesis for her graduate degree at the Institute of Design. The project, completed in collaboration with Emerson Woelffer, was based on a class for beginning students taught by Woelffer at ID. The course consisted of 18 exercises exploring the basic elements of design, each of which is represented in Henry's Design Directions. Book 1 consists of the design exercises themselves, Book 2 contains the textual component of the project.
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Collection: Mary Dill Henry Papers, 1913-2021

Title: Mary Henry and Emerson Woelffer, Chicago, Illinois, 1945
Date: 1945
Description: Photograph of Institute of Design student Mary Henry with instructor Emerson Woelffer. Inscriptions on verso read "1945 Woelffer Mary Henry...
Show morePhotograph of Institute of Design student Mary Henry with instructor Emerson Woelffer. Inscriptions on verso read "1945 Woelffer Mary Henry Chicago" and "Remember? I always thought you were terrific! Wow!" Photographer unknown.
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Collection: Mary Dill Henry Papers, 1913-2021

Title: Mary Henry at the Institute of Design, Chicago, Illinois, 1945-1946
Date: 1945-1946
Description: Photograph of Mary Henry working on a metal sculpture as a student at the Institute of Design in 1945 or 1946. Inscription on verso reads ...
Show morePhotograph of Mary Henry working on a metal sculpture as a student at the Institute of Design in 1945 or 1946. Inscription on verso reads "Mary Henry at the Institute of Design in Chicago - Oak + Rush Streets - 1945-1946. I am constructing a metal sculpture in Nathan Lerner's workshop." Photographer unknown. The color in this photograph appears to be blue ink that has bled onto the photo from another source.
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Collection: Mary Dill Henry Papers, 1913-2021

Title: Untitled sketch
Creator: Henry, Mary Dill, 1913-2009
Date: 1990-01-16
Description: Sketch consisting of fifteen small, abstract compositions drawn by Mary Henry while on a two-week vacation on the Hawaiian island of Kauai.
Collection: Mary Dill Henry Papers, 1913-2021

Title: Untitled drawing
Creator: Henry, Mary Dill, 1913-2009
Description: Untitled drawing by Mary Henry. Date of drawing unknown.
Collection: Mary Dill Henry Papers, 1913-2021

Title: Spider Lily
Creator: Henry, Mary Dill, 1913-2009
Date: 1990-01
Description: Sketch of a spider lily drawn by Mary Henry while on a two-week vacation on the Hawaiian island of Kauai.
Collection: Mary Dill Henry Papers, 1913-2021

Title: Untitled sketch
Creator: Henry, Mary Dill, 1913-2009
Date: 1990
Description: Sketch consisting of thirteen small, abstract compositions drawn by Mary Henry while on a two-week vacation on the Hawaiian island of Kauai.
Collection: Mary Dill Henry Papers, 1913-2021

Title: The Institute of Design 50th Anniversary Alumni Bash leaflet
Creator: Illinois Institute of Technology. Institute of Design
Date: 1988
Description: Leaflet for attendees of The Institute of Design 50th Anniversary Alumni Bash, including a schedule for the event. The event was held in Crown...
Show moreLeaflet for attendees of The Institute of Design 50th Anniversary Alumni Bash, including a schedule for the event. The event was held in Crown Hall and Hermann Hall, and included an alumni art exhibit and film screening.
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Collection: Mary Dill Henry Papers, 1913-2021

Title: Mary Henry painting an interior mural at Hewlett-Packard, Palo Alto, California, ca. 1958
Date: 1958
Description: Photograph of Mary Henry painting an interior mural at Hewlett-Packard in Palo, Alto, California. Photographer unknown. Date of photograph...
Show morePhotograph of Mary Henry painting an interior mural at Hewlett-Packard in Palo, Alto, California. Photographer unknown. Date of photograph unknown, date listed is approximate. Content description from Suzanne Rahn's inventory of the archive: "Professional Architectural Arts Portfolio -- Mounted photos and original drawings of projects: Photographs of the Hewlett Packard mural"
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Collection: Mary Dill Henry Papers, 1913-2021

Title: Mary Henry with painting, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois, ca. 1988
Creator: Sato, Riyo
Date: 1988
Description: Photograph of Mary Henry standing with one of her paintings (title unknown) in S.R. Crown Hall, ca. 1988. The photograph was taken by Henry's...
Show morePhotograph of Mary Henry standing with one of her paintings (title unknown) in S.R. Crown Hall, ca. 1988. The photograph was taken by Henry's fellow Institute of Design alumnus Riyo Sato. Inscription on verso reads "At the Institute of Design - Mary Henry with her painting donated to IIT - Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, at the 50th year reunion of the ID late 80s · Photo by Riyo Sato."
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Collection: Mary Dill Henry Papers, 1913-2021

Title: Explore Gallery North Wall
Creator: Henry, Mary Dill, 1913-2009
Date: 2001
Description: Drawing of the north wall section of No Limits, a 360-degree, walk-in mural designed by Mary Henry that was painted in the second floor...
Show moreDrawing of the north wall section of No Limits, a 360-degree, walk-in mural designed by Mary Henry that was painted in the second floor gallery at the Bellevue Art Museum (now Bellevue Arts Museum) in 2001. Folder-level content description from Suzanne Rahn's inventory of the archive: "Folder containing announcement of overlapping exhibitions for the opening of the Bellevue Art Museum—her 'North Slope' paintings (never shown together before or since) filling an enormous space on the main floor and 'No Limits,' a 360-degree walk-in mural in the second floor gallery (now obliterated); designs for 'No Limits'; and a review in The Seattle Times."
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Collection: Mary Dill Henry Papers, 1913-2021

Title: Untitled
Creator: Henry, Mary Dill, 1913-2009
Date: 1946
Description: Untitled photograph by Mary Henry from her time as a student at the Institute of Design. Inscription on verso: "Photo lesson (Moholy-Nagy's...
Show moreUntitled photograph by Mary Henry from her time as a student at the Institute of Design. Inscription on verso: "Photo lesson (Moholy-Nagy's photographic class at I.D., 1946. Study for showing shadows on 3 dimensional objects - lesson in lighting -"
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Collection: Mary Dill Henry Papers, 1913-2021

Title: Untitled
Creator: Henry, Mary Dill, 1913-2009
Date: 1946
Description: Photograph of a sculpture by Mary Henry taken during her time as a student at the Institute of Design. Inscription on verso: "A lesson in...
Show morePhotograph of a sculpture by Mary Henry taken during her time as a student at the Institute of Design. Inscription on verso: "A lesson in welding in N. Lerner's class - I.D., 1946. Photographed in Moholy's class showing different lighting effects."
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Collection: Mary Dill Henry Papers, 1913-2021

Title: Untitled
Creator: Henry, Mary Dill, 1913-2009
Date: 1946
Description: Photograph taken by Mary Henry of a sculpture she made in Nathan Lerner's workshop during her time as a student at the Institute of Design....
Show morePhotograph taken by Mary Henry of a sculpture she made in Nathan Lerner's workshop during her time as a student at the Institute of Design. Inscription on verso: "Mary Henry Photography under Moholy-Nagy. Institute of Design, Chicago. Wire sculpture made in Nathan Lerner's Workshop, I.D."
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Collection: Mary Dill Henry Papers, 1913-2021

Title: Explore Gallery South Wall
Creator: Henry, Mary Dill, 1913-2009
Date: 2001
Description: Drawing of the south wall section of No Limits, a 360-degree, walk-in mural designed by Mary Henry that was painted in the second floor...
Show moreDrawing of the south wall section of No Limits, a 360-degree, walk-in mural designed by Mary Henry that was painted in the second floor gallery at the Bellevue Art Museum (now Bellevue Arts Museum) in 2001. Folder-level content description from Suzanne Rahn's inventory of the archive: "Folder containing announcement of overlapping exhibitions for the opening of the Bellevue Art Museum—her 'North Slope' paintings (never shown together before or since) filling an enormous space on the main floor and 'No Limits,' a 360-degree walk-in mural in the second floor gallery (now obliterated); designs for 'No Limits'; and a review in The Seattle Times."
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Collection: Mary Dill Henry Papers, 1913-2021

Title: Explore Gallery West Wall
Creator: Henry, Mary Dill, 1913-2009
Date: 2001
Description: Drawing of the west wall section of No Limits, a 360-degree, walk-in mural designed by Mary Henry that was painted in the second floor gallery...
Show moreDrawing of the west wall section of No Limits, a 360-degree, walk-in mural designed by Mary Henry that was painted in the second floor gallery at the Bellevue Art Museum (now Bellevue Arts Museum) in 2001. Folder-level content description from Suzanne Rahn's inventory of the archive: "Folder containing announcement of overlapping exhibitions for the opening of the Bellevue Art Museum—her 'North Slope' paintings (never shown together before or since) filling an enormous space on the main floor and 'No Limits,' a 360-degree walk-in mural in the second floor gallery (now obliterated); designs for 'No Limits'; and a review in The Seattle Times."
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Collection: Mary Dill Henry Papers, 1913-2021

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