His fans will make the pilgrimage to his monument in Woodlawn Cemetery today where he is buried near jazz greats Duke Ellington, Celia Cruz, and Illinois Jacquet. An alternative design for his monument can be found in Avery Library’s Drawings & Archives Woodlawn Cemetery archive. –by Janet Parks, Curator of Drawings & Archives […]
Category: Drawings & Archives
Avery Library Display of Recent Acquisitions Photos
The Avery Architectural & Fine Arts Library Display of Recent Acquisitions event took place on Monday, May 16, 2011. Please take a look at the photos which document the architectural and fine arts collections and research. […]
Avery Display of Recent Acquisitions
Avery Architectural & Fine Arts Library will host it’s sixth annual Reception & Display of Recent Acquisitions on Monday, May 16th 5:00 – 7:00 p.m. This event showcases some of the most extraordinary, significant and beautiful books, drawings and art works that have been added to Avery collections this past academic year. On view will […]
Andrew Alpern Discusses His Drawing Instruments at Avery
Andrew Alpern discusses the Andrew Alpern Collection of Drawing Instruments he gave to the Avery Library. Internet Explorer users click here. […]
Avery Drawings & Archives Help Restore Church
Original drawings by Alexander McMillan Welch in Avery’s Drawings and Archives were fundamental to the award-winning restoration of St. Stephen’s Church in the Marble Hill section of the Bronx. –by Janet Parks, Curator of Drawings & Archives […]
Avery Library Drawings & Archives in NY Times
One of the most significant collections in Avery’s Drawings and Archives, the work of the Guastavino Company is featured in two online image presentations in the New York Times. –by Janet Parks, Curator of Drawings & Archives […]
Avery Architectural & Fine Arts Library now has a blog!
Welcome to the Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library blog where we will post frequent updates on our collections, special events, digital projects as well as notices about ‘Avery on the road’ — Avery archival and rare collections on exhibit around the world, ‘Avery in the news’ — reviews and commentary from Avery staff about […]