Papers ofIrv Koons 1934-2004 bulk: 1949-1988

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Papers ofIrv Koons 1934-2004 bulk: 1949-1988

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Thiscollection documents the work of artist Irv Koons. It is mainly comprised ofhis professional papers, including sketches and drawings as well as manyexamples of his completed works. Documents found here include posters,advertisements, brochures, flyers, reports, book illustrations, clippings,photographs of the artist and his work, and a small amount of correspondence.Some biographical information on the artist is alsoavailable.

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Yeshiva University. Museum

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Koons, Irv

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Irvin Louis Koons was born on March 14, 1922 in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, the son of Frank and Rose Koons. His father owned a printing shop. Interested in art from an early age, Irv Koons was designing posters for the holidays and other occasions in grade school. The family moved to Reading, Pennsylvania when Koons was eleven years old. When he was a teenager, Koons assisted his father in designing items for his clients. In high school he became the art editor of the school newspape...

Koons, Irvin L., 1922-

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Irv Koons was born in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania in 1922. As a young man, Koons became interested in typography while working in his father's print shop. Koons studied art at the Pratt Institute in New York before being drafted into the army in 1942. During the Second World War, he served in the China, Burma, and India Theatre as art director for the Army's Information and Education Program. While stationed in New Delhi, Koons helped organize the first International Art Exhibition hel...