Restrictions
Noncirculating; available for research.
Copyright
The collection is protected by the Copyright Law of the United States (Title 17,
U. S. Code). Reproductions can be made only if they are to be used for "private
study, scholarship, or research." 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, other
than that noted above.
Biographical Sketch
Gioia Fiammenghi was born on
September 29, 1929 in New York City to a family with a long history of artistic
accomplishment. She received a scholarship from Parsons
School of Design and graduated in 1950. She worked briefly
as a fashion model and an assistant art director before
becoming a free-lance artist and illustrator in 1951. She
married Guido Caputo in 1959 and had three children. She
has lived much of her adult life in Europe, illustrating books
for American and European publishers.
Sources:
Scope and Content
The collection contains material for thirty-one books. The
materials are arranged alphabetically by title. Within each
title the materials are arranged in the probable order in
which they were created. For most of these titles, the
collection contains sketches or illustrations overlaid with
color separations. A few of the titles are documented
with dummies. Her illustrations are usually detailed and
drawn in black ink. She frequently illustrated humorous
adventure stories.
A. Books (1957-1991)
B. Alphabetical Files
Box/Folder
A. Correspondence
B. Books
Belinda s New Spring Hat by Eleanor Clymer,
illustrated by Gioia Fiammenghi (New York: F. Watts,
1969).
1/1 Sketch for book jacket, 1 item.
1/2 Illustrations with color separation overlays:
book jacket, half-title, title, pp. 4-5, 6-7, 8-9,
10-11, 12-13, 14-15, 16-17, 18-19, 20-21, 22-
23, 24-25, 26-27, 28-29, 30-31, 32, 18 items.
Bigger and Smaller by Robert Froman,
illustrated by Gioia Fiammenghi (New York: Crowell,
1971).
1/3 Illustrations with color separation overlays:
book jacket, title, half-title, pp. 1, 2-3, 4-5, 6-7,
8-9, 10-11, 12-13, 16-17, 18-19, 20-21, 22-23,
24-25, 26-27, 28-29, 30-31, 32-33.
2/1-2/2 Dummy,
2/1 Original.
2/2 Photocopy, 22 pp.
2/3 Activity cards, 6 items.
Birthday Book of Six (Unpublished)
2/4-2/5 Preliminary layouts, with pasted-up text and
sketches,
2/4 Photocopied, pp. 2-47.
2/5 Original, 2 items.
Born to Dance Samba by Miriam Cohen, illustrated
by Gioia Fiammenghi (New York: Harper & Row, 1984).
2/6 Illustration, p. 26, 1 item.
Burrhead s Confessions by Guy Hansen,
illustrated by Gioia Fiammenghi (Garden City, NY:
Doubleday, 1960).
2/7-2/8 Illustrations,
2/7 Title page, 8, 16, 23, 29, 35, 41, 42, 47,
52, 59, 69, 78, 90, 96, 102, 107, 116, 120,
137, 145, 21 items.
2/8 Photocopies, 21 items.
The Day Jean Pierre Went Round the World
by Paul Gallico, illustrated by Gioia Fiammenghi
(Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1965).
2/9-2/10 Sketches,
2/9 Originals, 24 items.
2/10 Photocopies, 23 pp.
The Day the TV Blew Up by Dan West,
illustrated by Gioia Fiammenghi (Niles, IL: A. Whitman,
1988).
2/11 Illustrations with overlays, pp. 14-15, 20-
21, unidentified, 3 items.
Gus Et le Cambrioleur by Hubert Monteilhe
illustrated by Gioia Fiammenghi (Paris: Arc en poche/
Nathan, 1985).
2/12 Illustrations, frontispiece, pp. 11, 19, 25, 34-35,
41, 47, 48, 53, 65, 70, 11 items.
Gus Et le Hindous by Hubert Monteilhet, illustrated by
Gioia Fiammenghi (Paris: Fernand Nathan, 1982).
2/13-2/14 Sketches,
2/13 Originals, 9 items.
2/14 Photocopies, 14 pp.
How to Fight a Girl by Thomas Rockwell,
illustrated by Gioia Fiammenghi (New York: Watts, 1987).
2/15-2/16 Sketches,
2/15 Originals, 4 items.
2/16 Photocopies, 17 pp.
2/17 Book jacket proof, 1 item.
Hugo the Huge by Ray Broekel, illustrated by Gioia
Fiammenghi (Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1968).
2/18-2/19 Illustrations with color separation overlays,
2/18 title page, pp. 4-5, 6-7, 8-9, 10-11, 12-13,
14-15, 16-17, 18-19, 20-21, 22, 23, 24-25,
13 items.
2/19 28-29, 32-33, 34-35, 36-37, 38-39, 40-41,
42-43, 44-45, 46-47, endpapers, and book
cover, 11 items.
3/1-3/2 Layouts with pasted-up sketches and text,
3/1 Originals, title page, endpapers, and pp. 4-48.
3/2 Photocopies, title page, endpapers, and pp. 4-
48.
The Iguana s Tail: Crick Crack Stories from the
Caribbean by Sir Philip Manderson Sherlock, illustrated
by Gioia Fiammenghi (New York: Crowell, 1969).
3/3 Illustrations with color separation overlays, 2 items.
Libraries(unidentified)
3/4-3/5 Illustrations with color separation overlays,
3/4 Book cover, 2-3, 6-7, 8-9, 10-11, 12, 14-15, 16,
17, 18-19, 20, 21, 12 items.
3/5 22-23, 24, 25, 26-27, 28-29, 30-31, 32-33, 34-
35, 40-41, 42-43, 44-45, 46-47, 12 items.
Little Racoon and the Outside World by Lilian
Moore, illustrated by Gioia Fiammenghi (New York:
McGraw-Hill, 1965).
3/6 Illustrations with color separation overlays, book
cover, endpapers, title page, half-title page, pp. 8-9,
10-11, 12-13, 14-15, 16-17, 18-19, 20-21, 22, 23,
24-25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37,
38, 39, 39, 40-41, 42-43, 44.
Book jacket text, 1 item.
Monkey Grows Up by Rita Gelman, illustrated by
Gioia Fiammenghi (New York: Scholastic, 1991).
3/7 Sketch, book cover, 1 item.
Mrs. Arris Goes to Parliament by Paul Gallico,
illustrated by Gioia Fiammengh (Garden City, NY:
Doubleday, 1958).
3/8-3/9 Sketches,
3/8 Originals, 5 items.
3/9 Photocopies, 5 pp.
Mrs. Arris Goes to Paris by Paul Gallico, illustrated
by Gioia Fiammenghi (Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1958).
3/10-3/11 Sketches,
3/10 Originals, 9 items.
3/11 Photocopies, 7 items.
Mystery of the Blue Nets by Lois Allen, illustrated
by Gioia Fiammenghi (New York: Coward McCann, 1957).
3/12-3/13 Illustrations, chapters 1-10, 12-14,
3/12 Originals, 13 items.
3/13 Photocopies, 13 pp.
Noisy Nancy Norris by Lou Ann Gaeddert,
illustrated by Gioia Fiammenghi (Garden City, NY:
Doubleday, 1965).
3/14-4/3 Illustrations with color separation overlays,
3/14 Book jacket, endpapers, 2 items.
pp. 1, 2-3, 4, 5, 6-7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12-13, 14-15.
4/1 pp. 16, 17, 18-19, 20-21, 22-23, 24, 25, 26-27,
28-29.
4/2 pp. 30-31, 32-33, 34, 36-37, 38, 39, 40-41, 42-
43, 44.
4/3 pp. 45, 46-47, 48-49, 50, 51, 52-53, 54-55, 56,
57, 58-59, 60-61, 62-63, and 64.
An Occasional Cow by Polly Horvath, illustrated by
Gioia Fiammenghi (New York: Farrar, Straus, Giroux,
1989).
4/4 Illustrations, pp. 14, 21, 29, 36, 47, 62, 74, 84, 106,
112, 128, 133
Once Upon a Holiday by Lilian Moore, illustrated
by Gioia Fiammenghi (New York: Abingdon, 1959).
4/5-5/4 Illustrations,
4/5-5/3 Originals,
4/5 pp. 10, 13, 14, 17, and 19.
4/6 pp. 21, 21, 23, 24, 25, 27, 29, 30, 34, 37,
39, 40, 43, and 46.
5/1 pp. 48, 53, 55, 56, 61, and 65.
5/2 pp. 67, 68, 71, 72, 74, 78, 79, 81, 83, 84,
85, and 88.
5/3 pp. 89, 91, 93, and 94.
5/4 Photocopies, pp. 10, 13, 14, 17, 19, 21, 21, 23,
24, 25, 27, 29, 30, 34, 37, 39, 40, 43, 46, 48,
53, 55, 56, 61, 65, 67, 68, 71, 72, 74, 78, 79,
81, 83, 84, 85, 88, 89, 91, 93, and 94, 41
items.
Once Upon a Season by Lilian Moore, illustrated by
Gioia Fiammenghi (New York: Abingdon, 1962).
5/5-5/7 Illustrations with color separation overlays,
5/5 Title page, 1 item.
5/6 pp. 6, 11, 14-15, 18, 19, 23, 24, 27, 28, 30, 33,
34-35, 37, 39, 40, 41, 43, 47, 48, and 50.
5/7 pp. 51, 52, 54, 56, 59, 60-61, 63, 64, 66, 67,
69, 70, 72-73, 75, 76, 79, 81, 83, 84-85, 87,
89, 91, 92-93, and 95.
Papa Albert by Lilian Moore, illustrated by Gioia
Fiammenghi (New York: Atheneum, 1964).
6/1-6/2 Illustrations,
6/1 Book jacket, title page, pp. 4-5, 6-7, 8, 9, 10-
11, 12, 12-13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, and 20-
21.
6/2 pp. 22-23, 24, 25, 26-27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32-33,
34-35, 36, 37, 40-41, 42-43, 44-45, 46, 47, and
48.
6/3 Folded and gathered sheets.
Pinnochio by Carlo Collodi, illustrated by Gioia
Fiammenghi, translated by E. Harden (Harmondsworth,
England; Baltimore: Penguin, 1974).
6/4-6/5 Illustrations,
6/4 pp. 2-3, 5, 7, 8-9, 10, 11, 12, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18-
19, 21, 22, 23, 24, 26, 27, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33,
34, 36-37, 38, 39, 41, 42, 43, 45, 47, 49, 50,
51, 53, 54, 55, 56, 58, 61, 62-63, 64, 66-67, 68,
70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 76, 77, 78-79, 81, 82, 84-85,
88-89,
6/5 pp. 136-137, 139, 140, 141, 143, 144-145,
147, 149, 150, 152-153, 155, 156-157, 160,
162, 165, 166, 167, 170, 174-175, 178, 181,
182, 185, 187, 188-189, 190, 192, 194, 197,
199, 200, 202, 204-205, 209, 210, 214-215,
216-217, 219, 219, 220, 223, 225, 226-227,
229, 230, and 232.
P.J. Clover, Private Eye (Series)
The Case of the Borrowed Baby by Susan
Meyers, illustrated by Gioia Fiammenghi (New York: Dutton,
1988).
6/6 Illustrations, pp. 36, 66, and 83, 3 items.
The Case of the Halloween Hoot by Susan
Meyers, illustrated by Gioia Fiammenghi (New York:
Lodestar, 1990).
6/7 Illustration, p. 82.
The Case of the Missing Mouse by Susan Meyers,
illustrated by Gioia Fiammenghi (New York: Dutton, 1985).
6/8 Illustrations, book jacket, pp. 7 and 15, 3 items.
Scott Foreman Reading Text Book (Unidentified).
6/9 Illustrations, pp. 14, 39, 40, 60, unidentified, 7
items.
Second Grade Dog by Laurie Lawlor, illustrated by
Gioia Fiammenghi (Niles, IL: A. Whitman, 1990).
6/10 Paste-ups, pp. 4-39.
Skip Around the Year by Aileen Lucia Fisher,
illustrated by Gioia Fiammenghi (New York: Crowell, 1957).
6/11-6/12 Illustrations with color separation overlays,
6/11 book jacket, title page, pp. vi-vii, viii, 1, 2-
3, 4-5, 6-7, 8-9, 10-11, 12-13, 14-15, 16-
17, 18-19, 20-21, 15 items.
6/12 pp. 22-23, 24-25, 26-27, 28-29, 32-33, 34-
35, 36-37, 38-39, 40-41, 42-43, 44-45,
and 46-47.
Un Chat Comme Moi (Unidentified)
6/13 Illustrations, pp. 4, 8-9, 20-21, 24, 25, 26, 28,
34, 35, 38, 45, 52-53, 59, 71, 74, 79, 84-85,
89, and 92-93, 17 items.
B. Alphabetical Files
6/14 Correspondence, 1990, n.d., 2 items.
6/15 Greeting cards, 5 items.
6/16 Sketch, unidentified, 2 items.
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