Camille Solon Drawings Collection, MS 106
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Abstract
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This collection contains approximately 225 landscape sketches by English muralist and ceramist Camille Solon. Items in the collection include re-worked pencil sketches of rural locations and landscapes in Britain and northern California, where he lived most of his adult years. Despite his extensive work at San Simeon, this collection contains only one pencil sketch from the Hearst estate. A few watercolors and some conté crayon sketches with ink are also included in the collection. Donated in 2001.
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Descriptive Summary
- Title: Camille Solon Drawings Collection, 1900-1952 (bulk 1910-1913 and 1950-1952)
- Collection Number: MS 106
- Creators: Solon, Camille Antoine Arnoux, 1877-1960
- Extent: 6 boxes
- Language: English
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