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ANN GRIFALCONI PAPERS

Collection Number
Collection Date
Collection Volume
DG0398
1965
0.25 cu.ft. (1 box)

Biographical Sketch | Scope & Content | Related Collections | Series & Subseries | Box Inventory

Provenance

Materials donated by Ina B. Forbus.

Restrictions

Non-circulating; available for research.

Copyright

This 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

Ann Grifalconi, born on September 22, 1929, illustrated over 25 children's books and wrote and illustrated at least three others. She received her certificate in advertising art from Cooper Union Art School in 1950, then attended the University of Cincinnati before earning a BS in Art Education at New York University.

After four years as artist and designer in advertising and display (1950-1954), Grifalconi taught art and display for eleven years at the High School of Fashion Industry in New York. Starting in 1965, she embarked on a career as a free-lance artist and illustrator and was a producer of films and filmstrips for educational purposes.

Grifalconi is the author of several books for children, including The Village of Round and Square Houses (a runner-up for the 1987 Caldecott Medal for illustration, her work and Ain't Nobody a Stranger to Me, which was llustrated by Jerry Pinkney. As an illustrator, she has worked with authors including Elizabeth Bishop, Lucille Clifton, and Walter Dean Myers. She shared a Coretta Scott King Award with Clifton for Everrett Anderson's Goodbye. The Jazz Man, which she illustrated for Mary Hays Weik, was a 1967 Newbery Honor book and an ALA Notable book.

Ann Grifalconi lives in New York City.

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Scope and Content

This collection contains 3 black and white illustrations for Tawny's Trick.



Related Collection

The Ina B. Forbus Papers (DG0334) contain the manuscript for Tawny's Trick, illustrated by Ann Grifalconi.

Series and Subseries


A. Book (1965)


Box Inventory


    Box/Folder

A. Book

TAWNY'S TRICK by Ina B. Forbus, illustrated by Ann Grifalconi (New York: The Viking Press, 1965). 1/1 Illustration, black marker, p. 30, 68, 124 (3 items)


Processed: October 19, 1995

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