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157 works by Arthur Fuller (Arthur Davenport Fuller, Connecticut, 1889-1967), held in a scrapbook titled "Arthur D. Fuller: Record of his Artistic Career/Compiled by H.K.F" (probably Fuller's daughter); scrapbook includes 157 pencil, graphite, pastel, watercolor, gouache or oil sketches detailing studies for covers of Field & Stream and Abercrombie & Fitch catalogues, book covers, cards and advertisements, most of which are sporting related, with 254 printed pieces material relating to his many illustrations dating between 1916 and the early 1960s, unsigned unless otherwise noted, scrapbook 23-3/8 x 19 in. 1. Moonlit landscape, pastel gum arabic on paper, 17-7/8 x 12-3/4 in.; lower right corner torn, tacked.; 2. Woman at window, charcoal, with inscription "Student work/Done at Harvey DunnÆs School/1916", 13 x 9-3/4 in.; creased at top, some rubbing, tacked.; 3. Preliminary sketch for Hercules Powder Co. Ad "Not This Trip, Old Pal", pencil and gouache on illustration board, 6-5/8 x 4-5/8 in.; grime, some abrasion, taped in one edge.; 4. Farm landscape with well, horse and dog, signed lower right "A.D. Fuller æ16", 11 x 17 in.; toning, tacked.; 5. Man at table, charcoal on paper on page with inscription "Student illustrations done while studying with Harvey Dunn at the Leonia, N.J. School of Art 1916", 12 x 10-1/4 in.; toning, tacked.; 6. 5-7/8 x 5 in. pencil sketch and ; 7. 14 x 10 in. watercolor, preliminary studies for Field & Stream, December 1943 cover (on same page) featuring a duck hunter in a blind; tacked, minor staining.; 8. Figures on horseback, unsigned, pencil, 6-7/8 x 16-1/2 in.; tears, tacked.; 9. Two figures in a canoe at sunrise, ink on paper, 4-7/8 x 3-7/8 in.; stain, tacked.; 10. Dogs flushing a pheasant, charcoal, 9 x 9-7/8 in.; toning, tacked.; 11. 13-5/8 x 8 in. and; 12. 12-1/2 x 7-1/2 in. and ; 13. 13-1/4 x 8 in. watercolors over pencil, studies of ducks coming in, for a card published by American Artists Group, New York (also attached to page); all tacked, some grime, one with tears at edge. 14. Study for "Ceiling Zero", ducks flying in snow (illustration on same page), watercolor on paper, 9 x 12-1/2 in.; tacked.; 15. Study for an illustration, two hunters with buck in distance (copy of illustration underlying), watercolor on card, 6-5/8 x 13-1/8 in.; light grime, tacked at top edge.; 16. Cook fire at Camp I, watercolor over pencil, 6-3/8 x 6 in.; tacked.; 17. Cook fire at Camp II, watercolor/gouache, 6-3/8 x 6 in.; tacked, toning. ; 18. Mean and dog resting, watercolor over pencil, 5-1/8 x 6-3/4 in.; 19. Five studies for duck hunting, taken from a sketchbook, with notes or inscriptions, such as "MasonÆs Island Rd, Mystic Conn.", "Currituck-Dec 1942", 3-3/4 x 5-3/4 in.; all tacked, one taped fully to page, some toning.; 20. Spaniel in a boat, ink gouache on card, 11-1/4 x 6-7/8 in.; taped in fully, grime.; 21. Hunter with gun and cigar, watercolor, 5 x 4-7/8 in.; tacked.; 22. Duck hunters leading boat, charcoal, 6-1/2 x 9 in.; toning, tacked.; 23. Hunters conversing, charcoal, 6-1/2 x 9 in.; to ing, tacked.; 24. Hunter taking a shot at pheasant, charcoal, 6-3/4 x 8-1/2 in.; toning, tacked.; 25. Spaniel flushing a woodcock, charcoal, 10-1/2 x 12-1/4 in.; toning, tacked. ; 26. Landscape with ducks, charcoal, 4-1/2 x 6-1/4 in.; toning, tacked. ; 27. Kneeling hunter with grouse, 6 x 4 in.; tacked, stain.; 28. "How he mangled that bird...", spaniel retrieving a bird, graphite, 5 x 7 in.; tacked, charcoal on surface.; 29. Study for cover of Field & Stream, two figures in canoe catching fish, oil on card, 11-3/8 x 8-3/8 in.; crease, rubbing at corners, loose.; 30. Pencil sketches of hunting or fishing scenes, 4-5/8 x 3 in. To 7-7/8 x 5 in.; 31. Two studies of a fox stalking a partridge (with resultant illustration), watercolor over charcoal, 6 x 5-1/2 in.; one tacked at upper right corner, one fully tacked, toning. ; 32. Duck hunters, charcoal, 7-1/8 x 9-7/8 in.; toning, tears, tacked.; 33. Ducks coming in, watercolor over pencil, 6 x 7-1/4 in.; tears in right margin, tacked.; 34. Hunter in a blind, pastel, 5-3/8 x 7-3/4 in.; some loss to pastel, tears and crease right edge, tacked.; 35. Dog flushing a woodcock, pencil, 7-1/2 x 5 in.; creases, grime, tacked.; 36. Ducks coming in, ink on paper, 7-1/2 x 9-1/8 in.; pastel accretion, stain, tacked.; 37. Hunters with game birds, watercolor over pencil, 4 x 4 in.; tears, tacked.; 38. "Stow those shells where they wonÆt get wet", watercolor over pencil, 5 x 3-3/4 in.; tears left edge, toning, grime, tacked. ; 39. Ducks taking flight, pastel, 8-7/8 x 11-3/4 in.; rubbed surface, stains, grime, tacked.; 40., 41. and 42. Three pastel studies, ducks taking flight, with notes, each 8-1/2 x 10-7/8 in.; tacked, glue stains.; 43. Ducks taking flight, pastel, 7 x 10 in.; crease, grime, tacked.; 44. Ducks flying, watercolor in grisaille, 5-1/8 x 7 in.; handling grime, tacked.; 45. Ducks flying, graphite, 3-7/8 x 5-3/8 in.; handling grime, tacked.; 46. Ducks taking flight, pastel, 8-7/8 x 6 in.; some rubbing, tacked.; 47. Study for "Green Winged Teal speeding", pastel (illustrat on on same page), 8-1/8 x 11 in.; 48. Two ink sketches of ducks, 3-7/8 x 5-1/2 in.; tears, tacked.; 49. Hunter with dog, study for Abercrombie & Fitch catalogue cover (illustration on opposite page), watercolor over pencil, 9-7/8 x 14 in.; tacked, small tear at edge.; 50. Trout fisherman, study for Abercrombie & Fitch catalogue cover (illustration on opposite page), 9-7/8 x 14 in.; crease down center with small tear, tacked. ; 51. Woodcock taking flight, gouache, 10-1/4 x 6-1/2 in.; toning, tacked. ; 52. Hunters, study for a book cover, watercolor on card, 7-1/2 x 5 in.; light grime, tacked. ; 53. Six studies of birds or hunting scenes, pencil, one ink, 3-5/8 x 6 in. to 6 x 7-1/2 in.; some staining, handling grime, light toning. ; 54. Hunter taking a shot, watercolor over pencil, 7-1/8 x 5-7/8 in.; toning, tacked. ; 55. Six sketches of hunting scenes, pencil or charcoal, some with notes, 4 x 5-5/8 in. To 7-3/4 x 5 in.; all tacked, some grime and stains.; 56. Two hunters in boat, watercolor over charcoal, 5-1/8 x 4-1/4 in.; tacked.; 57. Hunter with dog, watercolor and body color in grisaille, 8-5/8 x 5-7/8 in.; tacked.; 58. Ducks coming in, pastel, 9-7/8 x 7-1/2 in.; some rubbing, tacked.; 59. Ducks, watercolor, 4 x 5-1/8 in. ; 60. Nine studies of duck hunters, one ink, three pastel, five graphite, 3-7/8 x 5-3/8 in. to 6 x 8 in.; all tacked, some with creasing, grime, stains.; 61. Hunters and dogs in field, signed lower right "Arthur D. Fuller", ink, 4-1/2 x 6-7/8 in.; accretion (graphite), stain, tacked. ; 62. Six sketches of bird hunting scenes, charcoal or graphite, 6 x 3-7/8 in. to 7-3/4 x 9-1/2 in.; all tacked, handling grime, some with creases.; 63. Study for Field & Stream cover, graphite, 7-3/4 x 6 in.; tacked, grime.; 64. Hunter on horseback, ink and watercolor, 3-5/8 x 3-1/4 in.; 65. Hunters retrieving duck, gouache on illustration board, 6-1/2 x 4-7/8 in.; tacked, toning.; 66. Hunters, sepia watercolor, 4-1/8 x 3-1/2 in.; taped in. ; 67. Figures in canoe startling a deer, signed lower right "Arthur D. F ller", watercolor, 6-1/4 x 6 in.; handling grime, tacked.; 68. Figures in canoe startling a deer, 5-5/8 x 7 in.; tacked, toning.; 69. 7-5/8 x 6 in. charcoal and ; 70. 7-3/4 x 5-7/8 in. pastel and; 71. 10-3/4 x 7-7/8 in. gouache, studies for the cover of Field & Stream, September 1955 (accompanied by final print illustration); all tacked.; 72. 5-1/8 x 6-1/8 in. pastel and ; 73. 8-3/4 x 9-3/4 in. charcoal studies of a ship wreck; both tacked, one creased.; 74. Hunter startling a woodcock, charcoal, 11-3/4 x 9-7/8 in.; toning, small tears, tacked.; 75. Six duck hunting scenes, graphite, some with notes, 5-1/4 x 4 in. to 7-7/8 x 5 in.; all tacked, two taped, some creasing and small tears, toning.; 76. Duck hunter, pastel, 7-7/8 x 5 in.; tacked, grime.; 77. Two hunters with dog, signed lower left "Arthur D. Fuller", watercolor, 4-3/4 x 9-3/8 in.; tacked.; 78. Duck hunter, pastel, 6-3/4 5-3/4 in.; tacked.; 79. Duck hunters, charcoal, 8-1/8 x 10-3/8 in.; taped fully, toning. ; 80. Hunting a woodcock, watercolor, 5 x 7-1/2 in.; tacked.; 81. Hunter in woods, gouache, 10-1/8 x 7-3/8 in.; tacked.; 82. Genre pencil studies, self-portraits verso, 10-1/4 x 7-1/2 in.; loose, tape on one edge, tears, handling grime.; 83. Landscape study for a book cover [Out of the Frying Pan], with printed example, 9-5/8 x 15-3/4 in.; tacked.; 84. Grouse hunting, charcoal, 13-3/4 x 10-1/2 in.; tacked.; 85. Resting on a river, ink, 6-7/8 x 8-5/8 in.; creases, stains.; 86. Study for an advertisement, gouache, 9 x 4 in.; tacked, tears. ; 87. 7-5/8 x 4 in. pastel and; 88. 7-7/8 x 4-7/8 in. watercolor, studies of hare and grouse in snow for a Christmas card (accompanies group); tacked, small tears. ; 89. 6-5/8 x 6 in. watercolor over pencil and ; 90. 5 x 5-3/4 in. charcoal and; 91. 6-1/4 x 6 in. watercolor and ink, studies for an illustration of a hunter with dog.; 92. 4-7/8 x 5-3/4 in. and; 93. 4-7/8 x 6-1/4 in. Gouaches, ice houses, studies for illustration (accompanies group). ; 94. Figure in canoe, gouache, 9-3/4 x 7-1/8 in.; tacked.; 95. Hunting pheasant, 5 x 6-7/8 in.; tacked, stains. ; 96. Fly fishermen at the bottom of a dam, charcoal study for "Opening Day", 7 x 9-1/8 in.; tacked, toning.; 97. Two 9-5/8 x 7-1/2 in. pages, pheasants in snow, study for cover of Abercrombie & Fitch catalogue, signed lower right "Arthur D. Fuller"; laid partially on paper, creases, corner loss.; 98. Children watching birds by a creek, watercolor over pencil on tissue, 5-3/4 x 8-5/8 in.; laid on card, tacked. ; 99. Fly fishermen, study for cover of Abercrombie & Fitch catalogue (accompanied by cover), watercolor, 10 x 14 in.; crease/tear down center.; 100. Fishing at the mill, gouache study for cover of Abercrombie & Fitch catalogue, signed lower right "Arthur D. Fuller" (accompanied by cover), 10-1/8 x 12-7/8 in.; handling grime, tacked. ; 101. Couple in snow, watercolor on canvas, study for Abercrombie & Fitch catalogue (accompanied by cover), 6-1/2 x 7-5/8 in.; tacked.; 102. Fishermen, study for a cover for Abercrombie & Fitch catalogue (accompanied by cover), 8 3/4 x 11-3/8 in.; tacked. ; 103. Carriage, pencil on Salmagundi Club stationery, 5-7/8 x 6-3/4 in.; crease, grime, accretion.; 104. Roosting chickens, ink, 5 x 7-1/2 in.; laid down.; 105. Woman with child, pencil, 7-1/2 x 5 in.; laid down, tears.; 106. Landscape with farm, watercolor, 4-1/8 x 8-1/4 in.; laid down. Most pieces tacked in unless otherwise noted, some toning, grime, creases, small tears; edges of scrapbook pages are brittle and chipping. Private Collection, North Carolina
