Juliet Kepes Papers 1952-1978

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Juliet Kepes Papers 1952-1978

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Juliet Kepes papers focus on her work as an illustrator and author off children's picture books, and includes production materials for 10 titles. The collection contains typescripts and page proofs, artist's dummies, illustrations, including ink, ink and tempera, and watercolor, some with separations, studies, layouts and sheet proofs.

.3 linear feet--manuscripts; 3 cubic feet--illustrations

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University of Minnesota Libraries Children's Literature Research Collections

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Kepes, Juliet

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Juliet Kepes, nee Appleby, was born June 29, 1919, in London, England. She came to the United States in 1937. She studied art in England, and later at the Chicago School of Design. She began illustrating and writing children's books in the 1950s, and received a Caldecott Honor citation for Five Little Monkeys in 1952. Many of her books feature animals, especially monkeys, and are noted for their bright colors and style, along with a sense of humor and playfulness. Her texts are simple and easy f...