Marisabina Russo Collection
Scope and Contents
The collection includes a gouache and colored pencil preliminary painting for the children's book Little Bird Takes a Bath by Marisabina Russo.
Dates
- undated
Creator
- Russo, Marisabina (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
Open for use in the Elmer L. Andersen Library reading room.
Conditions Governing Use
This collection may be protected by the Copyright Law of the United States (Title 17, U.S. Code). It is the user's responsibility to verify copyright ownership and to obtain all necessary permissions prior to the reproduction, publication, or other use of any portion of these materials. Researchers may quote from the collection under the fair use provision of the copyright law.
Biographical / Historical
Author and illustrator Marisabina Russo was born in 1950 and grew up in Queens, New York, and graduated from Mount Holyoke College. She lives in Westchester County, New Yrok
Extent
1 Item
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
The collection includes a gouache and colored pencil preliminary painting for Little Bird Takes a Bath.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of the Kerlan Friends, purchased from the American Booksellers Foundation For Free Expression (ABFE) auction in May 2015.
- Baths -- Juvenile fiction Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Birds -- Juvenile fiction Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Children's literature -- Illustrations Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- City and town life -- New York (State) -- New York -- Juvenile fiction Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Gouaches (paintings) Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Illustration of books -- 21st century Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Illustrators -- United States Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Picture books Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Rain and rainfall -- Juvenile fiction Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Title
- Marisabina Russo Collection, undated
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- CLRC staff
- Date
- 2016
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Revision Statements
- June 2020: Description updated by Caitlin Marineau.
Collecting Area Details
Contact The Children's Literature Research Collections Collecting Area
