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Watercolors (Paintings)

 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Refers to two-dimensional works of art, usually on a paper support, to which pigment suspended in water is applied with a brush to create an image or design. Includes paintings using gouache, which is not technically watercolor paint. Watercolors are variously classified as drawings or paintings in collections.

Found in 135 Collections and/or Records:

Sunflower trail, 1932

 Item — Box 7: Series 2 [Barcode: 31197233621926], Folder: 8
Identifier: MSS 1608 Series 2 Item 757

Sutter's Fort

 Digital Record
Identifier: MSS_1608_p66_b5_f8_777a

Sutter's Fort, 1941

 Item — Box 7: Series 2 [Barcode: 31197233621926], Folder: 8
Identifier: MSS 1608 Series 2 Item 777

Su Zan Noguchi Swain papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 6852
Scope and Contents Contains original illustrations by Su Zan Noguchi Swain for eight different publications, as well as copies of five of those publications: "The Story of Spiders," "The Story of Ants," "Natural Partnerships: The Story of Symbiosis," "Plants of Woodland and Wayside," and "All Kinds of Bees." These illustrations are from 1958 to 1969 and are made using a variety of methods, such as pen drawing, charcoal drawing, and watercolor and gouache painting. This collection also includes a typed...
Dates: 1958-1978

The elephant rustlers sketches, approximately 1960

 File — Oversize 47: Series 6 [Barcode: 31197239134080], Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 2008 Series 6 Sub-Series 3

The new field book of freshwater life, 1966

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 6852 Series 7
Scope and Contents

Containes 7 original illustrations done in black ink for the book The New Field Book of Freshwater Life by Dr. Elsie B. Klots. One of the illustrations is done in watercolor. Dated 1966.

Dates: 1966

The story of spiders, 1959

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 6852 Series 1
Scope and Contents

Contains the published book, "The Story of Spiders," by Dorothy Shuttlesworth and illustrated by Su Zan Noguchi Swain, and 23 art originals (most of which are watercolor paintings), and one book signature. Dated 1959.

Dates: 1959

Three Crossings

 Digital Record
Identifier: MSS_1608_p66_b5_f8_781a

Three Crossings, 1933

 Item — Box 7: Series 2 [Barcode: 31197233621926], Folder: 8
Identifier: MSS 1608 Series 2 Item 781