Papers, 1964-1979.

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Papers, 1964-1979.

Corrected typescripts, illustrations done in a variety of media including cardboard cuts and some with separations, studies, illustrations proofs, covers, dummies, notes by Blair Lent.

0.6 linear ft. (Manuscripts).ca. 5.0 cubic ft. (Illustrations).

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SNAC Resource ID: 7816350

University of Minnesota, Minneapolis

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Lent, Blair

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Blair Lent was born January 22, 1930 in Boston Massachusetts. He graduated from the Museum of Fine Arts School of Art in 1953 and later studied art in Switzerland and Italy. In the 1950s, he worked as an assistant art director and creative designer and in the 1960s began illustrating and writing children's books. Many of his ideas for books and illustrations come from the folklore of Eastern Europe, Asia, and Africa, and his own travel experiences. He received the Caldecott Medal in 1973 for The...