Robert Benney original drawings and research materials, 1926-1978.

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Robert Benney original drawings and research materials, 1926-1978.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122626111

The Robert Benney Original Drawings and Research Materials consist primarily of his portraits of actors and actresses in costume for New York City productions.

Drawings 36 lin. ft. (45 boxes)Research materials 5.2 lin. ft. (19 boxes)

New York Public Library System, NYPL

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SNAC Resource ID: 6794790

New York Public Library System, NYPL

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Benney, Robert L., 1904-

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Robert Benney, a successful commercial artist and illustrator, gained recognition as a war artist-correspondent during World War II. In 1943 he was hired by Abbott Laboratories to document the Naval Aviation Department's activities in the Pacific. He was commissioned again by Abbott in 1944 to illustrate the Army Medical Department in the South Pacific, where he covered the invasion of Saipan. After WWII, Benney continued to work as an artist-correspondent. He traveled to North Africa in 1954 to...