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
Anne Hicks Siberell was born in Los Angeles, California. She attended the University
of California, the Chouinard Art Institute, the Silvermine College of Fine Arts, and the
College of San Mateo. In addition to writing and illustrating books, Ms. Siberell
worked for Victor Gruen Architects and Walt Disney Productions as an assistant art
editor. She is most noted for her woodcuts, which she prints on her own handmade
paper. She has numerous permanent and traveling exhibits throughout California,
New York, and Washington, D.C.
Source:
Scope and Content
The collection contains illustrations, dummies, sketches, and color separations for
two titles. The materials are arranged alphabetically by title. Within each title the
materials are arranged in the probable order in which they were created.
Climbing Sun: The Story of a Hopi Indian Boy (1980), by Marjorie Thayer and Elizabeth Emanuel, focuses on the culture and daily life of a Hopi Indian boy including his home and family, tribal symbols and ceremonies, and kachinas. The illustrations are woodblock prints. There are research articles, sketches, woodcut illustrations, proofs, and color separations for this title. The other title in the collection, Houses: Shelters from Prehistoric Times to Today (1979), was written and illustrated by Ms. Siberell. The book gives an informative tour of houses from various time periods throughout the world, including futuristic homes, adobes, frame homes and prehistoric shelters. There are research pamphlets, notes and articles, a typescript, and a galley. There are also illustration materials including dummies, illustrations, watercolor tests, and color separations.
Related Collection
The Marjorie Thayer Papers (DG0975)
A. Books
Box/Folder
A. Books
Climbing Sun: The Story of a Hopi Indian Boy by Marjorie Thayer
and Elizabeth Emanuel, woodcuts by Anne Siberell (New York: Dodd, Mead,
1980).
1/1 Research articles, 15 items.
1/2 Sketches, pencil and ink, 35 items.
1/3 Preliminary illustrations, ink and colored pencil, 28 items.
Color swatches, 3 items.
1/4 Illustrations, ink woodcuts, 17 items.
1/5 Proofs, includes some typeset and illustration inserts, 57 items.
1/6 Color separations for dust jacket, 3 items.
Houses: Shelters from Prehistoric Times to Today written and
illustrated by Anne Siberell (New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1979).
2/1 Research pamphlets, 14 items.
2/2 Research articles, 125 items.
2/3 Notes, 15 pp.
2/4 Typescript, "early version," 6 pp.
2/5 Sketches, 13 items.
2/6-2/9 Dummies, 4 sets.
2/10 Preliminary illustrations, ink, 7 items.
3/1-3/2 Illustrations, ink,
3/1 6 items.
3/2 6 items.
3/3 Watercolor tests on paper, 4 items.
3/4-3/7 Color separations,
3/4 1-8, 8 items.
3/5 9-14, 8 items.
3/6 15-22, 8 items.
3/7 23-30 and end papers, 8 items.
3/8 Galley, 5 December 1978, 6 pp.
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