An Inventory of His Art Collection at the Harry Ransom Center
Creator:
Thomas, Dylan, 1914-1953
Title:
Dylan Thomas Art Collection
Dates:
1937-1956, undated (bulk circa 1942)
Extent:
38 items
Abstract:
The collection consists of twenty-seven
caricatures and sketches by the Welsh poet Dylan Thomas. Also included are portraits
of Thomas, a watercolor, and an illustrated print, all by other artists.
Call Number:
Art Collection AR-00273
Language:
English
Access:
Open for research. Please note that a minimum of 24 hours notice is required to pull
Art Collection materials to the Ransom Center's Reading and Viewing Room. Some
materials may be
restricted from viewing. To make an appointment or to reserve Art Collection materials,
please
contact the Center's staff at art@hrc.utexas.edu. Researchers must create an online
Research Account and agree to the Materials Use Policy before using archival
materials.
Use Policies:
Ransom Center collections may contain material with sensitive or confidential
information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and
regulations. Researchers are advised that the disclosure of certain information
pertaining to identifiable living individuals represented in the collections without
the consent of those individuals may have legal ramifications (e.g., a cause of
action under common law for invasion of privacy may arise if facts concerning
an
individual's private life are published that would be deemed highly offensive
to a
reasonable person) for which the Ransom Center and The University of Texas at
Austin
assume no responsibility.
Authorization for publication is given on behalf of the University of Texas as the
owner of the collection and is not intended to include or imply permission of
the
copyright holder which must be obtained by the researcher. For more information
please see the Ransom Centers' Open Access and Use Policies.
For a biographical sketch of the Welsh writer and poet, see the finding aid for the
Dylan Thomas Collection (MS-4203).
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of twenty-seven caricatures that include quick, sometimes
narrative,
sketches by Dylan Thomas. The drawings were formerly in the
possession of Peter Price, who knew Thomas in London during World War II when
they
were working in films with Ivan Moffat and John Banting. The four men began
sketching while drinking in a pub together around 1942. One sketch of Stephen
Spender is by John Banting. Also included are portraits of Thomas by Alfred Janes,
Mervyn Levy, and Gordon Stuart. A print by Peter Grippe illustrates one of
Thomas's poems, which Thomas wrote in his own hand into the copper plate; an artist's
proof of this etching can be found in 21 Etchings and Poems (AR-05368). There is one
work by an unidentified
artist.
The collection is organized into two series: Series: I. Original Works by
Dylan Thomas, and II. Works by Other Artists.
Related Material
The Ransom Center holds additional works by, about, and of Dylan Thomas in the
following collections: Dylan Thomas Collection (MS-4203), Dylan Thomas Literary
File
Photography Collection (PH-02774), George Barker Art Collection (AR-00014), Zdzislaw
Czermanski Art Collection (AR-00057), Peter Evershed Art Collection (AR-00083), Rosa
Freedman Art Collection (AR-00094), T.E.
Hanley Art Collection (AR-00114), Stephen Longstreet Art Collection (AR-00165),
Ivan Opffer Art Collection (AR-00197), John Bromfield Gay Rees Art Collection (AR-00219),
and Oloff
de Wet Art Collection (AR-00058). An artist's proof of 87.80 can be found in 21
Etchings and Poems (AR-05368).
