Poster

Title:

Beaux Arts Ball

Object Name:

Poster

Object ID:

2016.009

Creator:

Libby, Calvin J. (1931-1998)

Place of Origin:

Nashua, NH

Date:

1979

Description:

Poster, for Beaux Arts Ball, Wentworth by the Sea, New Castle, NH, July 27, 1979. By Calvin J. Libby (1931-1998), Nashua, NH. Serigraph on black paper. Vertical rectangle. White head with three faces, two in profile and one with black mask and pink lips; four butterflies above mask. Mauve border. Mauve lettering on right: "BEAUX ARTS BALL / FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE NEW HAMPSHIRE ART ASSOCIATION / JULY 27, 1979- 8:30PM-1:00AM - WENTWORTH BY THE SEA AT THE SHIP / THEME-MASKS-DESIGN YOUR OWN OR WORK WITH METTAWEE RIVER THEATRE CO / FOR RESERVATIONS CALL MANCHESTER 622-0527 OR PORTSMOUTH 431-8393". Signed in pencil on neck, "7/53 Calvin J. Libby".

Material:

Paper

Dimensions:

H-25.8 W-19.9 inches

Provenance:

From the estate of Marge O'Connell, past treasurer of the New Hampshire Art Association.

Calvin J. Libby was born in 1931 in Stowe, VT, the son of Calvin Jacob and Evelyn Pauline (Gay) Libby. He attended the University of Vermont and the New England School of Art, Boston. While serving the in the U.S. Air Force from 1952 to 1956, he studied at the Museum of Modern Art in Trier, Germany. He met his wife, Ann Espejo of Nashua, NH, while they were both attending the New England School of Art and married in 1956. After completing his military service, he worked as the art director for a New York City advertising agency. They lived in New York City for eight years and then moved to Nashua, NH. Libby commuted to Boston, where he worked as Art Director for the Harold Cabot Advertising Agency. After ten years he left the agency and became a free-lance artist, producing abstract paintings and silk screen prints, as well as teaching graphic design at White Pines College and Rivier College. Libby was commissioned to do a 94- foot long mural for Manchester Child and Family Services in Manchester. His work won prizes from the New Hampshire Art Association, the Cape Cod Art Association, and the Copley Society of Boston's Robb Sagendorph Memorial Prize for his Red Geraniums, which was then purchased by The Indian Head National Bank in Hudson, NH. He died in 1998.

Credit Line:

New Hampshire Historical Society Purchase, Katharine Prentis Murphy Fund

People:

Libby, Calvin J. (1931-1998)

Subjects:

Balls (Parties), Dances, Dance posters, Masquerades, Butterflies, Masks