Patricia Highsmith Papers

Swiss Literary Archives


Finding aid established by Philippa Burton, Lucienne Schwery, Stéphanie Cudré-Mauroux, Ulrich Weber, Lukas Dettwiler


Schweizerisches Literaturarchiv
Hallwylstrasse 15
CH-3003 Bern

email address: arch.lit@nb.admin.ch

A
A Works
A-01 Prose
A-01-a Novels
A-01-b Unfinished / Unpublished Novels
A-01-c Short Stories, Articles and Essays
A-01-c-1/01-61 "Oldest Short Stories 1945-1955 c"
A-01-c-2/62-110 "Short Stories: Middle"
A-01-c-3/111-180 "Short Stories: 1972-74-78-80-81-82"
A-01-c-4/181-237 "Short Stories 1983-88/Book Reviews"
A-01-c-5/238-299 "Stories - Articles 1989"
A-01-c-6 to 10 Collections of Short Stories
A-01-c-11 to 14 Essays / Incomplete Old Stories, etc.
A-02 Poems
A-03 Theatre Plays [no Ms.]
A-04 TV and Radio Scripts
A-05 Notebooks [Cahiers]
A-06 Drawings
A-06-a Small Format Drawings and Sketchbooks
A-06-b Medium Format Drawings and Sketchbooks
A-06-c Large Format Drawings
B
B Letters
B-01 Letters from Patricia Highsmith
B-01-01 Family Correspondence
B-01-02 Personal Correspondence
B-01-03 Business Correspondence
B-01-04 Letters to Readers
B-01-05 Fan Letters (To non-writers)
B-01-06 Letters to Politicians and Newspapers
B-01-06-a Divers Subjects
B-01-06-b Israel/Palestinians
B-02 Letters to Patricia Highsmith
B-02-01 Family Correspondence
B-02-02 Personal Correspondence
B-02-03 Business Correspondence
B-02-04 Letters from Readers (sorted)
B-02-05 Letters from Readers (unsorted)
B-03 Letters between Third Persons
B-04 Thematical Correspondence
B-04-a Thematical Bundles
B-04-b Unsorted Letters
B-04-b-01 Copies of Letters
B-04-b-02 Letters in/from Scrapbooks and Diaries
B-04-c Original Correspondence Folders [empty]
B-04-d Documents from Correspondence Files
C
C Life Papers and Documents
C-01 Diaries
C-02 Personal Papers
C-02-a Birth certificate, Passports, Death report etc.
C-02-b Private Small Format Booklets (Address Booklets, Small Notebooks)
C-02-c Social Security (Health and Medical Documents)
C-02-d Death (Exit, Last Will etc.)
C-02-e American Citizenship
C-02-f Cats
C-02-g Divers Personal Documents (Horoscope, CV)
C-02-h Calendars with Notes
C-03 Genealogical and Family Documents
C-03-a Stewart Family
C-03-b Coates and Coats
C-03-c Coates Donations
C-04 House and Business Documents
C-04-a Business Small Format Booklets (Income and Address)
C-04-b House Documents
C-04-b-01 Visitors' Book -- Test: unitid: C-04, 1977/1991
C-04-b-02 Documents re: Aurigeno House -- Test: unitid: C-04, 1980/1995
C-04-b-03 Documents re: Tegna House -- Test: unitid: C-04, 1977/1995, n.d.
C-04-b-04 Writing Utensils, TV, Media -- Test: unitid: C-04, 1985/1995, n.d.
C-04-c Memberships
C-04-d Editors
C-04-e Taxes
C-05 Photos
C-05-a Photo Albums
C-05-a-01 Brown Album
C-05-a-02 Red Album (horizontal)
C-05-a-03 Black Album (gold tooling)
C-05-a-04 Red Album (upright)
C-05-a-05 Black Album (photographs)
C-05-a-06 Black Album (memory book)
C-05-b Private Shots
C-05-c Professional Shots (Portraits etc.)
C-05-d Photos Coates Donation
C-06 Awards and Diplomas
C-07 Memorabilia
C-08 Notes by Patricia Highsmith (and others)
C-08-a Divers Notes
C-08-b Notes removed from PH's Books
D
D Collections
D-01 Personal Library
D-02 Collection of Highsmith Editions
D-03 Scrapbooks
D-04 Press Cuttings and Newspaper/Magazine Copies re: Life and Work of PH
D-04-a Articles and Stories by PH
D-04-b Portraits of PH and Interviews
D-04-c Reviews of Novels
D-04-d Obituaries
D-05 Press cuttings re: diverse topics
D-05-a Alphabethical Documentation
D-05-b Newspaper Cuttings re: Israel – Palestinians
D-05-c Natural and Unnatural Catastrophes Documentation
D-05-d Animal Rights
D-05-e Blacks
D-05-f Divers
D-05-g The Pits
D-06 Video Tapes
D-06-a Film Versions and Videos relating to PH
D-06-b Patricia Highsmith's Video Collection
D-06-c Additional Videos on PH and her Oeuvre
D-07 Audio tapes and records
D-07-a Spoken Letters / Interviews / Reviews / Reportages
D-07-b Recordings of Literature / Music / Guides
D-07-c Highsmith Audio Books
D-07-d Long Play Records (LPs)
D-08 Orignal Ts./MS. Boxes and Folders
D-09 Film Scripts by other Authors, based on PH Novels
D-10 Maps
D-11 Studies of PH's Work (Manuscripts)
D-12 Manuscripts by Others
D-13 Artwork in Possession of PH
D-14 Postcard Collection
E
E Supplementations
E-01 Copies of Manuscripts and Documents [Large format boxes]


A-06

Drawings

Codes for PH signature:
- A= P. Highsmith
- B= P. H.
- B?= P. H. [written by PH?]
- C= Highsmith
- D= None

Note on sizes:
- The sizes are listed in cm with height first, and width, second. There could be mistakes in orientation
- When the drawing/painting is matted, framed, or mounted on any other material, the size is the total size of the object, not the drawing size

A-06-a

Small Format Drawings and Sketchbooks

Cote Title / Description Dates Collation Further Info / Remarks
A-06-a/01 [Sketchbook]. Trip to London, Chartres, South of France (Marseilles, Fos-sur-mer, Cannes, Arles, Cassis), Italy (Milano, Naples), Sicily, Mexico [first trip to Europe?]. 48 drawings   1949
 D; 25,5 x 21; ink on paper (x29 single page, x2 double page), ink on paper with greywash (x7 single page, x1 double page), pencil (x4 single page, x1 double page), black crayon (x1), ink on paper with grey and pink wash (x1), ink on paper with beige wash (x2)   Leather cover (red) with gold fringe and lettering: "pat highsmith" [one loose black-and-white newspaper picture: "The River Liffey, part of Joyce's Dublin". Sketchbook includes a one page written description (in pencil) of the waterfront scene at the Vieux Port, Marseille.
A-06-a/02 [Sketchbook]. Includes 8 drawings + 2 loose drawings   n.d.
 D; 25,5 x 20   "Boorum & Pease" manufacturer (USA); black and white cover. Many pp. torn out.
Contains:
7 drawings of a dog (poodle?), ink and grey wash
1 drawing of the same dog on a cane chair, ink
[LOOSE]: Untitled [view of harbor/river with docks and ship in the foreground and low hills in the background], n.d., D; 13 x 23; ink and grey wash
[LOOSE]: Untitled [dog/cat?], n.d., D; 6 x 21; ink on paper
A-06-a/03 [Sketchbook] Includes 8 drawings, all signed except one, which contains a long text (re: fantasy on unemployed heroes, etc). On inside cover: a black crayon drawing of same dog as in A-06-a/02   1947
 ABD; 25,5 x 21; ink on paper; ink and grey wash on paper   Gyral (USA) spiral book. Black and green cover with handwritten name and address: "P. Highsmith, 353 East 56 Street"; date written [by PH?], in pencil on rear of drawings.
A-06-a/04 [Sketchbook] Includes: 6 sketches among them "Remember Mother - May 8.49", "Anne Smith - 1949", and a rear view of a cleric (saying mass?), with a bleeding heart hanging above his head, and 2 loose pages [see Further Info / Remarks]   1949
 25,5 x 19,5; paper from book   Black and white cover with, h.w. name and address: "P. Highsmith, 353 E. 56 St., N.Y. 22. Texas, New Orleans". Many pp. torn out.
Contains:
[LOOSE]: Untitled [same poodlelike dog on its back, on bed], n.d., D; 17 x 22; ink on paper, spiral tear at top (from different book)
[LOOSE]: Untitled [female portrait], n.d., D; 25,5 x 20; pencil on paper, spiral tear at top (from different book)
A-06-a/05 [Sketchbook] 3 drawings only: "Venice - from Hotel Rialto", "House - München" and "Undersea thing - Muenchen"   n.d.
 D; 15 x 23; ink and grey wash on paper   Album per Disegno [bought at E. Galotti, Firenze]
A-06-a/06 [Sketchbook] 57 pp., each one with a drawing. Trip to New Orleans, March 1945   1945-03
 D; 21,5 x 18; pencil; ink and grey wash; ink; brown crayon   Columbia University spiral sketchbook. Brown cover with 2 strips of fabric adhesive tape. "New Orleans, March 1945", and the circled number 11.
A-06-a/07 [Sketchbook] 16 drawings (one of which takes up 2 pp.), including landscapes, cats and a buged-eye woman. One drawing entitled: "Oven - au fond du Vert"   n.d.
 D; 20 x 15,5; pencil; ink; ink and grey wash   Beige cover with lion and fleur-de-lys motif (in brown). Many pp. not used. Including a loose piece of paper with several prints of the pharmaceutical snake-and-cup logo. Beneath, the word "pharmacy" in two languages: French, and Arabic? [from Tunisia?].
A-06-a/08 [Sketchbook] Only one drawing at beginning of book [view of houses, trees, and streets, with a STOP sign]   n.d.
 D; 20 x 15,5; ink on paper   Same manufacture as 7. Beige cover with lion motif (in brown). Unsteady hand. Last drawing of PH?
A-06-a/09 [Sketchbook] Mostly, trip to Tunisia. Many sketches of snails and camels   n.d.
 D; 20 x 15,5; ink and grey wash (4x); black felt tip (62); pencil (6)   Rust, peach and beige motif on cover. Inside, sticker of shop: "Cartoleria Zampini, Via Frattina, Roma". Price: 275 lira.
A-06-a/010 [Sketchbook] Paris, cats, Pensione Seguso, Venice, Mallorca, Deya [?], Palma, Barcelona, Marseille, Hammamet ["Man in white cap" seems to be sketch of painting on canvas board of Arab drinking in bar. cf. A-06-c/L81]. 56 single page drawings; 9 double page drawings; last page of book is a written description of "the Saturnia Internazionale. old Dante" [a bar]   1965
 D; 20 x 15,5; ink and grey wash; ink; ink and ocher wash, black felt tip; ink with colored crayons; colored felt tips; red ballpoint pen; blue ballpoint pen; pencil   Some very finished and some very sketchy drawings. Same manufacture as 9. Beige cover with red fleur-de-lys motif. Spine of book is broken. Inside cover: sticker with PH's name and Tegna address and tel. (typed). Including drawings reproduced in Zeichnungen (Diogenes Verlag), p. 94, 96, 97 and 100.
A-06-a/11 [Sketchbook] 20 drawings. Some of them from trip to Lot in 1978 ("And this little road leads to where? 27 June 1978 - Lot", "Petit Laillou Lot 22 June '78", "Lot, Two Sisters" [cats]), drawings of women sleeping, and "Shot Gun Booby Trap, 13/10/92"   1978
1992
 D; 20 x 16; pencil (6x), ink and grey wash (9x), ink (4x), black felt tip (1x)   Beige cover with blue fleur-de-lys motif.
A-06-a/12 [Sketchbook] 36 drawings + 2 collages   1964 [and later?]
 D; 15 x 11; ink, black felt tip, ink and grey wash   Beige cover with flower-and-leaf motif.
A-06-a/13 [Sketchbook]  
little sketchbook (black)   Note by PH inside front cover: "Mar. 32.1966". Contains handwritten notes (on snails) from 1964.
A-06-a/14 [Sketchbook]   1961
 little accordion sketchbook (blue)   Dd. "Jan. 7. 61 [to] Xmas Eve 1961".
A-06-a/15 [Sketchbook]  
little notepad (without cover)    
A-06-a/16 [Sketchbook]  
little sketchbook (dark cover)   One sketch entitled "Weihnachten '45". Contains 1 stub (loose page) with recipe for Yorkshire Pudding.
A-06-a/17 [Sketchbook]  
sketchbook (chestnut colored cover)  
A-06-a/18 [Sketchbook]  
notepad (without cover)   Studies / sketches with colored felt pens.
A-06-a/19 [Sketchbook]  
663 BOND PAD 9 x 12   Mainly cat studies.
A-06-a/20 [Sketchbook]  
DIBUJO Espiral Wagner  
A-06-a/21 [Sketchbook]  
GREUZEN 1725-1806 30 feuillets 125g   insert: 2 loose pages with yoga postures from magazine (?). Many drawings on cover. GREUZEN alterated/endorsed to ANGREUZEN.
A-06-a/22 [Sketchbook]   1958
 Winsor & Newton LTD Educational Drawing Block, Cartridge Drawing Paper   Handwritten note by PH on cover: "New York USA - 1958".
A-06-a/23 [Sketchbook]   1964
 Winfield Sketch Pad for Drawing and Painting   Handwritten note by PH on cover: "Aldeburgh '64 - London Aldeburgh, Suffolk".
A-06-a/24 [Sketchbook]  
Talens Skizzenblock, 50 Blatt hochweisses Zeichenpapier  
A-06-a/25 [Sketchbook]  
Cahier de Dessin Le Parfait   Only used on 1st page: Cat study.
A-06-a/26 [Sketchbook]  
bloc dessin, 25 feuilles pour fusain sanguine, gouache aquarelle  
A-06-a/27 Photocopies (from pages of sketchbooks)  
photocopies  
A-06-a/28 Photocopies (from pages of sketchbooks)  
photocopies  
A-06-a/29 Untitled [2 large dancing figures, with smaller ones in a bubble above]   n.d.
 D; 32 x 24; paint on paper  
A-06-a/30 Untitled [black cat on wall with view of gardens]   n.d.
 D; 30 x 22,5; watercolor on paper    
A-06-a/31 Untitled [two birds, seaguls?, on beach?]   n.d.
 D; 17 x 24,5; watercolor on hard board    
A-06-a/32 Untitled [woman with square head, dressed in pink, sitting at bar table]   n.d.
 D; 29 x 20,5; black ink and watercolor on paper   [made from ink sketch cf. 122]
A-06-a/33 Hammamet   1965
 A; 21 x 29,5; watercolor on paper, with sand worked in   Coated with a varnish?
A-06-a/34 "R. Thomas 'Tommy'" [portrait]   n.d.
 A; 30,5 x 22,5; blank ink on pink paper   Torn perforation at top of paper. "Beverly Ingre..?" watermark.
A-06-a/35 "Pat O'Brien's Patio"   1946-03-21
 B; 22,5 x 30; black ink on paper   Torn perforation on left of paper.
A-06-a/36 Untitled [seated woman with cigarette in hand -- could be PH herself]   n.d.
 D; 30,5 x 23; black ink on paper   Tear on top of p. This does not look like a PH drawing. There is a scribble on the side of the p. which looks like "Trudi FYI"??
A-06-a/37 Untitled [street scene]   n.d.
 B; 24,5 x 17; black ink on paper   Tear at top of paper. Pencilled on rear, in unknown hand: "Gibraltar, 1953".
A-06-a/38 "Gibraltar"   1953
 B; 17 x 24,5; black ink on paper. some wash effects   Tear on left of paper.
A-06-a/39 Untitled [cats]   n.d.
 D; 24 x 18; ink on paper. some grey shading   Written in red pen (unknown hand) on rear: "Cats by Patricia Highsmith". "Gilbert Dauntless" watermark.
A-06-a/40 Untitled [stylized male figure reclining in the sun]   1946
 A; 30,5 x 22,5; black ink and grey wash on paper   Torn perforation at top of paper.
A-06-a/41 Untitled [female nude]   n.d.
 A; 29,5 x 21; black ink and blue watercolor on paper    
A-06-a/42 "E.B. Hill"   c. 1953
 A; 24,5 x 17; black ink and grey wash on paper    
A-06-a/43 "E. B. Hill"   c. 1951
 A; 17 x 24,5; black ink and grey wash on paper    
A-06-a/44 "St. Anthony's Garden No. '46"   n.d.
 A; 20 x 17,5; black ink on paper   Torn perforation on left of p.
A-06-a/45 "Venice - La Dogana"   n.d.
 A; 17 x 24,5; black ink on paper    
A-06-a/46 "Rome"   n.d.
 A; 32,5 x 23,5; black ink and grey wash on paper   Torn perforation top of p. "RARRAELLO -C.M. FABRIANO" watermark.
A-06-a/47 "E.B. Hill"   1951 c.
 A; 17 x 24,5; black ink and grey wash on paper    
A-06-a/48 Untitled [skeletonlike figure entering apartment door]   1943 c.
 A; 30,5 x 23; black ink on paper   Mounted on brown piece of paper with hook for hanging.
A-06-a/49 "HAPPY NEW YEAR, GOOGLY AND PIP!!!", or "HOUND OF SNEDENS LANDING...IS A CAT!", "Palisades, NY"   1957
 A; 23 x 30; black ink and grey wash on paper    
A-06-a/50 Untitled [stylized animal. cat?]   n.d.
 A; 23 x 30; black ink and grey wash on paper    
A-06-a/51 Untitled [view of shore from the sea, or opposing shore]   n.d.
 A; 26,5 x 21; grey wash and a little black ink on paper   Torn perforation at left of p.
A-06-a/52 Untitled [cat]   1958
 B; 27,5 x 21,5; black ink and grey/yellow wash on paper    
A-06-a/53 Untitled [cat]   n.d.
 B; 21,5 x 27,5; black ink and grey/yellow wash on paper    
A-06-a/54 Untitled [cat]   n.d.
 B; 27,5 x 21,5; black ink and grey/yellow wash on paper    
A-06-a/55 Untitled [cat]   n.d.
 B; 27,5 x 21,5; black ink and grey/yellow wash on paper    
A-06-a/56 "The Poet as a Child" [sketch for painting/drawing?]   n.d.
 D; 21,5 x 14 (only half of a folded p.); black ink on paper   On rear of MS. p. no. 196, mentioning Coleman and Ray Garrett [Those Who Walk Away?]
A-06-a/57 "Paris" [street scene]   n.d.
 A; 29,5 x 21; black ink on paper    
A-06-a/58 "Hotel Inglaterra Sevilla"   n.d.
 B; 17 x 24,5; black ink on paper    
A-06-a/59 Untitled [top part of wall and ceiling, incl. meter cupboard, door, beams]   n.d.
 B; 22,5 x 30,5; black ink, black watercolor, grey and pink wash on paper    
A-06-a/60 "Lyne Roth"   1953 c.
 A; 32,5 x 23; black ink on paper, with some wash effects   Raffaello embossed stamp, bottom left.
A-06-a/61 Untitled [cats]   1944
 B; 19,5 x 24,5; black ink on paper   On rear, one single, larger cat drawn in crayon.
A-06-a/62 Untitled [woman sleeping in bed]   n.d.
 B; 17 x 22; black ink on paper   Torn perforation at top of p.
A-06-a/63 Untitled [city rooftops]   n.d.
 A; 21 x 29,5; black ink and grey wash on paper    
A-06-a/64 Untitled [mother, drinking, and child, drawing, in garden?]   n.d.
 D; 23,5 X 34; black ink and grey wash on paper   Watermark "Miliaflex C.M. FABRIANO".
A-06-a/65 Untitled [studies of birds]   n.d.
 D; 31 x 23; black ink on paper   PMF - Titiano embossed stamp, bottom right. On rear, what looks like left half of an ink drawing of a harbor.
A-06-a/66 Untitled [American coast. A couple sitting in deck-chairs next to white clapboard house]   n.d.
 A; 23 x 30,5; ink and watercolor on paper    
A-06-a/67 Untitled [cat]   n.d.
 A; 21 x 29,5; pencil (with a few lines in black pen) on paper    
A-06-a/68 Untitled [cat]   n.d.
 D; 14 x 21,5; black ink and grey/brown wash on paper    
A-06-a/69 Untitled [cat]   n.d.
 D; 14 x 21,5; black ink and grey/brown wash on paper    
A-06-a/70 Untitled [cat]   n.d.
 D; 14 x 21,5; black ink and grey/brown wash on paper    
A-06-a/71 Untitled [cat]   n.d.
 D; 14 x 21,5; black ink and grey/brown wash on paper    
A-06-a/72 Untitled [cat]   n.d.
 D; 14 x 21,5; black ink and grey/brown wash on paper    
A-06-a/73 Untitled [cat]   n.d.
 D; 14 x 21,5; black ink and grey/brown wash on paper    
A-06-a/74 Untitled [cat]   n.d.
 D; 14 x 21,5; black ink and grey/brown wash on paper    
A-06-a/75 Untitled [cat]   n.d.
 D; 14 x 21,5; black ink and grey/brown wash on paper    
A-06-a/76 "Der nächtliche Spaziergang der Poltergeists"   n.d.
 B; 9 x 10; black ink on paper   [cf. 77]
A-06-a/77 Untitled [abstract animal shapes]   n.d.
 B; 10 x 7,5; black ink on paper   [cf. 76]
A-06-a/78 "BE FOXY! HAVE A HAPPY BIRTHDAY! Love. Pat" [animal riding on another animal, blowing soap bubbles]   n.d.
 Pat; 27 x 20; black ink on paper    
A-06-a/79 "Igetsogoddamtired oflunches"   n.d.
 D; 27,5 x 21,5; black ink on paper   On letterhead Barnard Quarterly. Pencilled on rear in unknown hand: "Zeichnung P.H. (Rosaline Constable) New York, 42" [I take this to mean drawing by PH of RC, but it could be the opposite!].
A-06-a/80 Untitled [stylized fish]   n.d.
 ph; 10 x 13; black ink on paper   Drawing mounted on black cardboard [cf. 81 and 82]
A-06-a/81 Untitled [abstract organic shapes]   n.d.
 ph; 15 x 15; black ink on paper   [cf. 80 and 82]
A-06-a/82 Untitled [curly wurlies]   n.d.
 ph; 9,5 x 14; black ink on paper   [cf. 80 and 81]
A-06-a/83 Untitled [female incarceration]   n.d.
 D; 21 x 29; black ink and burgundy paint on paper   by PH?
A-06-a/84 Untitled [abstract shapes on blue sea]   n.d.
 D; 20,5 x 29,5; watercolor on paper   Torn perforation on left of p.
A-06-a/85 Untitled [abstract shapes]   n.d.
 D; 21 x 29; watercolor on paper   for sketch of this, cf. no. 120
A-06-a/86 Untitled [abstract shapes]   n.d.
 D; 21 x 28,5; watercolor on paper    
A-06-a/87 Untitled [ship on slanting black sea, with huge pink wave folding over it]   n.d.
 D; 21 x 28,5; black ink and watercolor on paper   For sketch of this, cf. no. 118.
A-06-a/88 Untitled [seated woman with paper in hand]   n.d.
 D; 29,5 x 21; pencil on paper    
A-06-a/89 "Je veux pas dessiner -" [male figure in front of blank p.]   n.d.
 D; 30,5 x 22,5; ink and grey wash on paper   Torn perforation at top of p. Brown spot, bottom left. 2 photocopies of same also included under no. 90.
A-06-a/90 Untitled [view of garden from above]   1964-07-02
 D; 17,5 x 25; ink and grey wash on paper   Pencilled on rear, in unknown hand: "P.H. Suffolk 64".
A-06-a/91 Untitled [rooftops and gardens from above]   n.d.
 B; 17,5 x 25; ink and grey/brown wash on paper   Pencilled on rear, in unknown hand: "Suffolk, 1964".
A-06-a/92 Untitled [house and garden]   n.d.
 B; 17, 5 x 25; ink and grey wash on paper   Pencilled on rear, in unknown hand: "Suffolk, 1964".
A-06-a/93 Untitled [cats]   '58
 B; 30,5 x 22,5; ink and grey wash on paper    
A-06-a/94 "ALICE 7 Weeks" [cat]   1958
 B; 16,5 x 28; black ink on paper    
A-06-a/95 "Googly & Spider, Palisades"   1958
 D; 23 x 30,5; black ink and grey wash on paper   Perforation on left of p. On rear, more sketches of cats.
A-06-a/96 Untitled [cat on chair]   1958
 B; 30 x 23; black ink and watercolor on paper   Torn perforation at top of p.
A-06-a/97 "Nike" [cat]   Aug. 21, 1958
 A; 23 x 30; black ink on paper   Torn perforation on left of p.
A-06-a/98 Untitled [cat]   1959
 B; 30,5 x 22,5; black ink on paper   Perforation at bottom of p.
A-06-a/99 "Long Island, NY"   n.d.
 A; 23 x 30,5; watercolor on paper   Pencilled on rear in unknown hand: "ca. 1954".
A-06-a/100 "Long Island"   n.d.
 A; 23 x 30,5; watercolor on paper   Pencilled on rear in unknown hand: "ca. 1954".
A-06-a/101 Untitled   n.d.
 A; 23 x 30,5; watercolor on paper   Pencilled on rear in unknown hand: "ca. 1954".
A-06-a/102 "Long Island, NY"   c. 1954
 A; 23 x 30,5; watercolor on paper    
A-06-a/103 "Gibraltar"   c. 1953
 B; 17 x 24,5; black ink on paper   Tear on left of p.
A-06-a/104 Untitled [female nude]   n.d.
 D; 25,5 x 19; black ink on paper   Tear on left of p. Pencilled on rear (by PH?): "P.H. 49". "Royal Writing" watermark.
A-06-a/105 Untitled [female nude]   n.d.
 D; 25,5 x 19; black ink on paper   Tear on left of p. Pencilled on rear (by PH?): "P.H. 49". "Royal Writing" watermark.
A-06-a/106 Untitled [female figure drawing]   n.d.
 D; 19 x 25,5; black ink on paper   Tear at top of p. Pencilled on rear (by PH?): "P.H. 49".
A-06-a/107 Untitled [female figure dressed in bra and pants]   n.d.
 D; 19 x 25,5; black ink on paper   Tear at top of p. Pencilled on rear (by PH?): "P.H. 1949".
A-06-a/108 Untitled [church and church yard seen from the top]   n.d.
 D; 25,5 x 19,5; black ink on paper   Tear on left of p. Pencilled on rear (by PH?): "P.H. 49".
A-06-a/109 Untitled [portrait of woman]   n.d.
 D; 25,5 x 19,5; black ink on paper   Tear on left of p. Pencilled on rear (by PH?): "P.H. 49".
A-06-a/110 Untitled [boats in harbor]   n.d.
 D; 19 x 25,5; black ink on paper   Tear at top of p. Pencilled on rear (by PH?): "P.H. 49".
A-06-a/111 Untitled [mountain view]   n.d.
 D; 23,5 x 30,5; watercolor and crayon on paper   Tear on left of p.
A-06-a/112 "Niky" [cat]   1958-08-21
 D; 16 x 23; black ink on paper   Torn perforation at top of p. Also, tear at bottom.
A-06-a/113 "Nike from Spidey" [cat in front of fireplace]   1961-10-27
 D; 16 x 21,5; black ink and grey wash on paper    
A-06-a/114 [photo of PH drawing]. [cat]   n.d.
 25 x 20   Drawing signed "Daisy Cheyne". Or this could be the name of the cat.
A-06-a/115 [from here on, "odds and ends"]   n.d.
 20,5 x 13; many blobs of oil paint, names in blue pen   115 is info on PH palette of colors
A-06-a/116 [sketch] [animal, probably cat]   n.d.
 D; 14 x 21,5; black pen on paper   On rear of DHC Realty newsletter, containing info on shopping center in Tennessee.
A-06-a/117 [sketch for a painting?] [garden with windows of a house?]   n.d.
 D; 21 x 14,5; black pen and yellow and green crayon   Contains color indications. On rear of bottom half of form letter with information on a gallery? Written in German.
A-06-a/118 [sketch for watercolor no. 87] [boat on sea with a big wave?]   n.d.
 D; 15 x 21; black pen   Contains color indications. At bottom, in blue pen, the indication "Best". On rear of top half of letter from John Gugelmann, Schweizerische Handelszeitung, dd. June 3, 1982.
A-06-a/119 [two sketches for ink drawings?] [street scene in Italy?/France?]   n.d.
 D; 29,5 x 21; black felt-tip pen and black pen   On rear of letter from Matteo Bellinelli, Radiotelevisione della Svizzera italiana, dd. May 24, 1982. Second sketch written over note from PH: "EBH - 1) abortion insurance? Call it D & C" [?]
A-06-a/120 [sketch for watercolor. cf. no. 85] [abstract shapes]   n.d.
 D; 29,5 x 21; black pen for shapes   Color indications in pencil. On rear of letter from Marianne Liggenstorfer, Diogenes Verlag AG, dd. March 24, 1982.
A-06-a/121 [sketch] [PH's house in Aurigeno]   n.d.
 D; 21 x 15; black pen   On rear of top half of letter from Editions Calmann-Levy, dd. April 21, 1981. Blue paper.
A-06-a/122 [sketch for watercolor cf. 32] [woman with square head, dressed in pink, sitting at bar table]   n.d.
 D; 21 x 29,5; black pen and ink   Color indications. On rear of p.2 of letter from Marianne Liggenstorfer, Diogenes Verlag AG.
A-06-a/123 [face studies]   n.d.
 D; 21 x 29,5; pencil on paper   On rear of letter from PA Salazar, NatWest International Corporation (Guernsey) Limited, dd. 15 February 1991.
A-06-a/124 [sketch] [mountain view]   n.d.
 D; 21 x 29,5; felt-tip pen on paper (green, purple and two shades of brown)   On rear of p.2 of letter from Marianne Liggenstorfer, Diogenes Verlag AG.
A-06-a/125 [sketch for oil A-06-b-/115] [interior with waving woman]   n.d.
 D; 14,5 x 10; pencil on paper, with some touches of oil paint   On rear of a form letter [?]. Spanish writing, with a Father Christmas drawing. nos. 125, 125-I and 125-II were originally clipped together.
A-06-a/125-I [sketch for oil painting A-06-c/L68] [seated man with tie]   n.d.
 D; 21,5 x 14 (only 1/2 of folded A4 used); pencil on paper   On rear of form letter from Barbara & Donna, Naiad Press, dd. May 27, 1991. nos. 125, 125-I and 125-II were originally clipped together.
A-06-a/125-II [sketch for oil painting?] [corner of room, from the inside, or of house, from the outside]   n.d.
 D; 21,5 x 14 (only 1/2 of folded A4 used); pencil on paper   On rear of letter from Manufacturers Hanover Trust, dd. June 7, 1991. nos. 125, 125-I and 125-II were originally clipped together.
A-06-a/125-III [palette info]. Possibly color info for specific painting   n.d.
 21 x 29,5; pencil on paper   On rear of address page accompanying the Spring and Summer 1991 catalogue of Haffmans Verlag, Zurich.
A-06-a/126 "Rainy Day" [at the pool club] 5 slips of paper: a/ title "Rainy Day", subtitle "All concentrated". sketch of people playing pool at two tables; b/ in foreground: figure sitting at bar. in background: view of pool-room; c/ view of poolroom; d/ and e/ sketch of pool-table   n.d.
 D; a/, d/ and e/: approx. 14 x 11. b/ and c/: approx. 11 x 14.; a/: blue pen; b/: black pen; c/, d/ and e/: pencil on paper   a/ On yellow paper. rear of list of "lesbian" novels. probably from publishing house. b/ on rear of part of etter from Manufacturers Hanover Trust. date approx. 8/31/90. c/ on rear of part of form letter from l'Accademia Vivaldi. written in Italian. d/ and e/ together: on rear of bottom half of letter from Manufacturers Hanover Trust. date approx. 8/31/90.
A-06-a/127 Color negatives of Zeichnungen     3   pp. 45, 73, 101
A-06-a/128 "I absolutely loathe posing - Tina"   1954
 A; 25,9 x 20; Tusche (Feder) auf Papier   Zeichnungen p. 6
A-06-a/129 "Christmas - NYC"   1944
 ?; 24,7 x 19,5; Tusche (Feder) auf Papier   Zeichnungen p. 13
A-06-a/130 "Marcel Proust Examining Own Bathwater"   n.d.
 ?; 12,9 x 14,7; Tusche (Feder) auf Papier   Zeichnungen p. 14
A-06-a/131 "Taxco, Santa Prisca Cathedral"   1944
 A; 22,9 x 17,7; Tusche (Feder) auf Papier   Zeichnungen p. 19
A-06-a/132 "New Orleans. En Route to Esplanade Ave. 2nd Floor Rear"   1946
 A; 30 x 22,7; Tusche (Feder) auf Papier   Zeichnungen p. 21
A-06-a/133 "Cafe du Monde, French Market"   1946
 A; 22,7 x 30; Tusche (Feder) auf Papier   Zeichnungen p. 22
A-06-a/134 "New Orleans"   1946
 B; 24,8 x 17,1; Tusche (Feder) auf Papier   Zeichnungen p. 24
A-06-a/135 "Negro House New Orleans"   1946
 A; 28,4 x 22,6 ; Tusche (Feder) auf Papier   Zeichnungen p. 25
A-06-a/136 "Yaddo, Saratoga Springs" (N. Y.)     A; 30,4 x 22,5; Tusche (Pinsel) auf Papier   Zeichnungen p. 26
A-06-a/137 "Yaddo, Saratoga Springs" (N. Y.)   1948
 A; 30,4 x 22,5; Tusche (Pinsel und Feder) auf Papier   Zeichnungen p. 27
A-06-a/138 Untitled [probably New York, Central Park]   1947
 A; 20,3 x 25,3; Tusche (Feder) auf Papier   Zeichnungen p. 28
A-06-a/139 "Tva [?] - NY"   1949
 B?; 25,8 x 19,8; Tusche (Feder) auf Papier   Zeichnungen p. 29
A-06-a/140 Untitled [staircase]   1949
 B?; 19,1 x 25,8; Kohle auf Papier   Zeichnungen p. 30
A-06-a/141 "The Potbound"     D; 27,9 x 21,6; Tusche (Pinsel) auf Papier (board)   Zeichnungen p. 32
A-06-a/142 "Brainstorm - or Rural life in New Hamsphire"     B; 28 x 20; Tusche (Feder) auf Papier   Zeichnungen p. 34
n.d.
sig. P. H./Allela Cornell. Date: probably early nineteen forties.
A-06-a/143 "Stanley Highsmith"   1948 c.
 A; 28 x 21,7; Tusche (Feder) auf Papier   Zeichnungen p. 36
A-06-a/144 Self portrait New Orleans   1946
 A; 30,2 x 22,6; Tusche (Feder) auf Papier   Zeichnungen p. 37
A-06-a/145 "Lil Picard"     B?; 25,8 x 19,5; Tusche (Feder) auf Papier   Zeichnungen p. 41
A-06-a/146 "Huey [?] Long Rohrbacher, Jackson Park"   1946
 A; 30,2 x 22,6; Tusche (Feder) auf Papier   Zeichnungen p. 42
A-06-a/147 Untitled [probably Jeanne Taylor?]   1949
 B?; 25,8 x 19,6; Tusche (Feder) auf Papier   Zeichnungen p. 44
A-06-a/148 Jane Bowles [rechts]   1949
 A; 23,2 x 30,5; Tusche (Feder) auf Papier   Zeichnungen p. 46
A-06-a/149 Untitled. [Probably Jane and Paul Bowles]   1949
 A; 23,2 x 30,5; Tusche (Feder laviert) auf Papier   Zeichnungen p. 47
A-06-a/150 "Ann Smith"   1949
 B; 19,6 x 25,8; Tusche (Feder) auf Papier   Zeichnungen p. 48
A-06-a/151 "Portrait Ann Smith"   1949
 B; 25,8 x 19,6; Kohle auf Papier   Zeichnungen p. 49
A-06-a/152 Untitled [catlike animal, Nike?]   n.d.
 D; 23,6 x 30,6; Tusche (Feder, aquarelliert) auf Papier   Zeichnungen p. 51
A-06-a/153 "Siegestor München"   n.d.
 D; 21,3 x 15,1; Tusche (Feder, aquarelliert) auf Papier   Zeichnungen p. 52
A-06-a/154 "Corner Schwabing München (Little Stores)"   n.d.
 ?; 15,1 x 21,3; Tusche (Feder, aquarelliert) auf Papier   Zeichnungen p. 53
Either 1949 or 1951.
A-06-a/155 Untitled [telephone pole with signposts "NACH OBERAMBACH" "NACH HOLZHAUSEN" "NACH AMBACH". On rear side: bench in the woods (same technique)   1951
 B; 15,9 x 14,7; Tusche (Feder) auf Karton   Zeichnungen p. 54
A-06-a/156 "Salzburg"   n.d.
 A; 17,2 x 24,4; Tusche (Feder, aquarelliert) auf Papier   Zeichnungen p. 56
1951 probably.
A-06-a/157 "Positano"     A; 17,2 x 24,5; Tusche (Feder, aquarelliert) auf Papier   Zeichnungen p. 63
A-06-a/158 "Palma de Mallorca. Another view"     A; 21 x 26,2; Tusche (Feder, laviert) auf Papier   Zeichnungen p. 71
A-06-a/159 "at Gibraltar"     B; 17,1 x 24,8; Tusche (Feder) auf Papier   Zeichnungen p. 70
A-06-a/160 "E. B. Hill c. 1954"     A;21 x 24,9; Tusche (Feder, laviert) auf Papier   Zeichnungen p. 72
A-06-a/161 Untitled [cat]     A; 22,8 x 30,5; Kohle auf farbiger Leinwand   Zeichnungen p. 73
A-06-a/162 "Palisade, N.Y. Light Snow Falling Dec. 29. 56"     A; 22,8 x 30,2; Tusche (Feder, laviert) auf Papier   Zeichnungen p. 74
A-06-a/163 "Long Island"     A; 23,1 x 30,5; Aquarell auf Papier   Zeichnungen p. 75
A-06-a/164 Untitled [two cats]   n.d.
 A; 22,7 x 30,5; Kohle auf Papier   Zeichnungen p. 80
A-06-a/165 "Place Bourbon - Rue de l'Université" [on rear side: Diary notes from 26th to 31th december 1952]     B; 30,3 x 21; Tusche (Feder, aquarelliert) auf Papier   Zeichnungen p. 82
A-06-a/166 Untitled [cat]     A; 22,8 x 29,2; Tusche (Feder, laviert) auf Papier   Zeichnungen p. 84
A-06-a/167 Aldeburgh, Suffolk     D; 22,8 x 30,3; Tusche (Feder) auf Papier   Zeichnungen p. 89
A-06-a/168 Suffolk [Earl Soham, Bridge Cottage, dining room]     D;17,7 x 25,4; Tusche (Feder) auf Papier   Zeichnungen p. 90
A-06-a/169 Aldeburg (?), Suffolk '64     D; 30,3 x 22,8; Tusche (Feder, aquarelliert) auf Papier   Zeichnungen p. 91
A-06-a/169a "Are ye thinkin' on the end o' the World?" (bottom)     D; 22,7 x 15,3; Tusche (Feder, aquarelliert) auf Papier   Zeichnungen p. 93
Ill.: Katze
A-06-a/170 Untitled [Snail]   1963?/1969?
 ?; 25,3 x 17,7; Kohle auf Papier   Zeichnungen p. 99
A-06-a/171 [171 - 188: first selection for 'Zeichnungen', then eliminated]     D; 28 x 21,5    
A-06-a/172 "L'annonce Faite à Marie" [see 171]     D; 13 x 20    
A-06-a/173 A [see 171]     D; 14,5 x 21,5; ?    
A-06-a/173 B [see 171]     D; 14,5 x 21,5; ?    
A-06-a/174 A [see 171]     D; 25 x 18; ?    
A-06-a/174 B [see 171]     D ; 25 x 18; ?    
A-06-a/175 "Bath" [see 171]     D; 21 x 27; ?    
A-06-a/176 "Paris Roofs" [see 171]     A; 21 x 30; ?    
A-06-a/177 [see 171]     B; 23 x 30,5    
A-06-a/178 Suffolk [see 171]   1964
 B; 25,5 x 18    
A-06-a/179 [see 171]   1949
 B; 26 x 19,5    
A-06-a/180 "Jane Bowles" [see 171]   1949
 A; 31 x 23    
A-06-a/181 "München Night" [see 171]   n.d.
 D; 15 x 21,5    
A-06-a/182 "Bombed Building München from Ohmstrasse" [see 171]   n.d.
 D; 15 x 21,5    
A-06-a/183 "Ann Smith" [see 171]   1949
 B; 26 x 19,5    
A-06-a/184 Suffolk [see 171]   1964
 B; 18 x 25,5    
A-06-a/185 'This is Pat' [Autoportrait] [see 171]   n.d.
 D; 9 x 9    
A-06-a/186 "Lil Picard" [see 171]   1949
 D; 19,5 x 26    
A-06-a/187 [see 171]   1944
 A; 19,5 x 24,5    
A-06-a/188 "Long Island" [see 171]   1954 c
 A; 23 x 30,5    
A-06-a/189 [Copy Aus Fotoalben, Nr. 199, frontispice in Zeichnungen]     30 x 21    
A-06-a/190 Card with reproduction of Renoirs Jeune femme au corsage rose with "implanted" cat by PH     15,5 x 12,5    
A-06-a/191 Selfmade Xmas and birthday cards   1945
1946
n.d.
 6 cards (div. small seizes)   4 of them signed "to Rosalind [Constable]" (Merry Xmas cards, Happy birthday, 1945, 1946, n.d.).
A-06-a/192 Diverse sketches of "birdlike" cats (on stubs), 2 scraps of paper     9 stubs, 2 fragments   On scrap 1: table lamp, on scrap 2: bird?
A-06-a/193 Head of a giant'     1 small leaf   Drawing by PH?
A-06-a/194 Elements for a collage     div. mat.   All by PH? Attachment: 2 folders with inscriptions by PH "Current" and "Leisure Time outlines".

A-06-b

Medium Format Drawings and Sketchbooks

Cote Title / Description Dates Collation Further Info / Remarks
A-06-b/M1 Untitled [studies of cats and dogs]   n.d.
 D; 35,5 x 28,5; ink on paper   framed, with glass
A-06-b/M2 Sketchbook     D; 35 x 28   Block includes both white and grey pages; 23 pp. remaining, 5 of which are used:
Contains:
Untitled [cat], n.d., D; red crayon, white paper
Untitled [chair with cat], n.d., D; ink and brown crayon, white paper
Untitled [party scene], n.d., D; pencil, grey paper
"CHAT - CHAT - CHAT!!" [cat with halo and cross around neck], n.d., felt-tip pen, watercolor and crayon, grey paper
[List of words. Seems to be answers to a questionnaire, or game], written in pencil, grey paper, Not a drawing.
A-06-b/M3 Untitled [mottled cat]   n.d.
 A; 21 x 38,5; paint on wood. varnished.   With wire on back, for hanging.
A-06-b/M4 Untitled [woman from behind, combing hair]   n.d.
 A; 25 x 35,5 [?]; ocher wash and pencil on canvas board   Stamp on back: Solomon's Artists' Materials, 359 Dekalb Avenue, Brooklyn, NY.
A-06-b/M5 Untitled [interior with waving woman]   n.d.
 D; 33 x 24; paint on Talens canvas board   For sketch A-06-a/125.
A-06-b/M6 Untitled [2 yellow-clad figures. probably painted in Tunisia]   n.d.
 D; 19,5 x 38 [?]; paint mixed with sand, on corrugated cardboard   Coat of varnish?
A-06-b/M7 "Positano" [view of mountain-side with village bellow]   n.d.
 ?; 29 x 40; ink and grey wash on paper   Mounted on corrugated cardboard.
A-06-b/M8 Untitled [green/yellow Saint's ? head]   n.d.
 D; 30,5 x 40,5; paint on canvas board   Stamp on rear: Rosenthal's, 840 Broadway, NYC3.
A-06-b/M9 Untitled [female nude in profile]   n.d.
 A; 28 x 39; ink on paper   Signed on back. Drawing mounted on mat with plastic.
A-06-b/M10 "Genève de l'Hotel de l'Ecu" [cityscape]   n.d.
 A; 38 x 30,5; ink and grey wash on paper   Mounted on mat.
A-06-b/M11 "Santa Margharita" [landscape]   n.d.
 A; 33 x 27,5; ink and grey wash on paper   Mounted on mat.
A-06-b/M12 Untitled [landscape]   n.d.
 D; 27 x 37; watercolor on relief paper   Also an extra blank piece of same paper.
A-06-b/M13 Untitled [cat]   n.d.
 B; 27 x 37; pencil on relief paper    
A-06-b/M14 Untitled [cat]   n.d.
 B; 27 x 37; pencil on relief paper    
A-06-b/M15 Untitled [female figure with 2 cats and cup of tea]   1963
 B; 27 x 37; ink and grey/ocher wash on relief paper    
A-06-b/M16 Untitled [abstract landscape]   n.d.
 D; 27 x 37; watercolor on relief paper    
A-06-b/M17 Untitled [profile of dog's head]   1959
 B; 33,5 x 26; ink and grey wash on blue/grey paper    
A-06-b/M18 Untitled [cat]   n.d.
 B; ?; ink on royal blue paper   Perforation at top.
A-06-b/M19 Seguso [?], Venedig [view of canal   1965
 27 x 37; ink and grey wash on relief paper   Title and date on back.
A-06-b/M20 Untitled [cat]   1958
 A; 40,5 x 30,5; ink and grey wash on paper   On verso: study of cat.
A-06-b/M21 "Nikh à Paris"   1959
 B; 28 x 35; blue crayon on paper   Perforation at top.
A-06-b/M22 "Tunisia" [camels in desert]   1966
 A; 30 x 42; paint mixed with sand, on paper   Coat of varnish?
A-06-b/M23 Untitled [Venice cityscape]   n.d.
 D; 25,5 x 35; collage   Collage: white paper on black marbled board [looks like part of a Canson folder - French manufacture].
A-06-b/M24 Untitled [?]   1962?
 B; 26 x 33,5; ink and black crayon on royal blue paper   Perforation at top.
A-06-b/M25 "Venice"   n.d.
 A; 27 x 37; ink on relief paper    
A-06-b/M26 "The Chair - Rome"   1951-04-28
 27 x 34; ink on white paper   Signed: "Pat Highsmith". Mounted on black paper.
A-06-b/M27 Untitled [patio scene with poodle]   n.d.
 A; 27 x 37; ink and grey wash on relief paper    
A-06-b/M28 "Positano" [beach scene]   n.d.
 A; 37 x 29,5; ink and grey wash on paper   Mounted on mat. Perforation on left (under mat).
A-06-b/M29 "Taxco" [front steps of church]   1944
 B; 24,5 x 32; ink and red/ocher crayon on paper    
A-06-b/M30 "Positano" [bird's-eye view of coastline]   n.d.
 A; 25 x 35,5; ink and grey wash on paper    
A-06-b/M31 "Doris Sanders"   1957
 B; 25 x 33; ink and grey wash on paper   Grey line running down left of paper.
A-06-b/M32 "Janet Wolfe"   1949
 A; 25 x 30,5; ink on paper    
A-06-b/M33 "Marseille" [cityscape]   1949
 A; 30,5 x 25; ink on paper    
A-06-b/M34 "Doris Sanders"   1957
 A; 25 x 33; ink and grey wash on paper   Grey line running down left of paper.
A-06-b/M35 "Ascona"   n.d.
 A; 33,5 x 25,5; ink on paper   Mounted on American mat.
A-06-b/M36 Untitled [man in field pointing to tractor]   n.d.
 D; 33 x 24; paint on Talens canvas board    
A-06-b/M37 Untitled [Jack O'Lantern]   n.d.
 ?; 25,9 x 21,6; Tusche (Feder) auf Papier   Zeichnungen p. 15
A-06-b/M38 Taxco   1944
 ?; 13,9 x 40,6; Sepia (Feder) auf Papier   Zeichnungen p. 16
A-06-b/M39 "Portrait of Pip as Young Constantine"   n.d.
 A; 29,7 x 25,4; Tusche (Feder, laviert) auf farbigen Bütten   Zeichnungen p. 33
A-06-b/M40 "Temptation of the Idiot"   n.d.
 C; 21,4 x 25.6; Tusche (Feder, laviert) auf Papier   Zeichnungen p. 38
A-06-b/M41 "Jeanne Taylor"   1948
 ?; 38,1 x 25,7; Tusche (Pinsel und Feder) auf Papier   Zeichnungen p. 40
A-06-b/M42 "La Neurotica Etiolata"   1949
 ?; 35,8 x 28,4; Gouache auf Papier   Zeichnungen p. 43
A-06-b/M43 "Munich - across the street"   n.d.
 ? ; 30,4 x 24,7; Tusche (Feder, aquarelliert) auf Papier   Zeichnungen p. 55
Either 1949 or 1951.
A-06-b/M44 "Roma"   n.d.
 ?; 35,3 x 25,3; Tusche (Feder, aquarelliert) auf Bütten   Zeichnungen p. 58
Probably either 1949 or 1952.
A-06-b/M45 "Roma"   n.d.
 ?, 36,9 x 27; Tusche (Feder, aquarelliert) auf Bütten   Zeichnungen p. 59
A-06-b/M46 "Roofs - Rome"   n.d.
 ?; 24,7 x 30,5; Tusche (Feder) auf Papier   Zeichnungen p. 60
Probably either 1949 1951 or 1952.
A-06-b/M47 Roma   n.d.
 ?; 24,5 x 32,1; Tusche (Feder, aquarelliert) auf Papier   Zeichnungen p. 61
Probably either 1949, 1951 or 1952.
A-06-b/M48 Positano [probably view from hotel Miramare]   1952?
 ?; 35,3 x 25,3; Tusche (Feder, aquarelliert) auf Papier   Zeichnungen p. 62
A-06-b/M49 "Firenze, Italia. Arebor Multicoati Florentiensis H[?]" [probably pensione Bertolini]   n.d.
 ?; 30 x 24,6; Tusche (Feder) auf Papier   Zeichnungen p. 66
Probably either 1949 or 1952.
A-06-b/M50 "Florence - a window"   n.d.
 ?; 30,4 x 24,7; Tusche (Feder) auf Papier   Zeichnungen p. 67
Probably either 1949 or 1952.
A-06-b/M51 Taxco Mexico   n.d
 ?; 35,6 27,5; Tusche (Feder, aquarelliert) auf Papier   Zeichnungen p. 79
Probably either 1944, 1955 or 1958.
A-06-b/M52 "Paris '62" [Place Furstenberg. View from hotel Louisiane]   1962
 ?; 27,3 x 35; Tusche (Feder, aquarelliert) auf farbigem Papier   Zeichnungen p. 83
A-06-b/M53 "View from 21 Rue du Bac"   1959-10-22
 ?; 35 x 27,3; Tusche (Feder, aquarelliert) auf farbigem Papier   Zeichnungen p. 85
A-06-b/M54 Daisy Cheyne after operation   n.d.
 ?; 27,5 x 35,6; Tusche (Feder, aquarelliert) auf Papier   Zeichnungen p. 92
A-06-b/M55 "Daisy Cheyne s'endort complétement" [top]   n.d.
 ?; 27,5 x 35,6; Tusche (Feder, aquarelliert) auf Papier   Zeichnungen p. 93
A-06-b/M56 4 May '78 London   1978
 ?; 34,5 x 25,3; filt pen on paper   Zeichnungen p. 105
A-06-b/M57 "Sammy by Sammy. Earl Soham, Suffolk" [cat]   1967
 A; 23,4 x 31,4; Kohle auf Papier   Zeichnungen: cover
A-06-b/M58 "Cagliania" [?] Zeichnungen, first selection   n.d.
   Zeichnungen p. 41
A-06-b/M59 "Mine eye is on the Sparrow". Helvetia   1961-12-24
    

A-06-c

Large Format Drawings

Cote Title / Description Dates Collation Further Info / Remarks
A-06-c/L01 Untitled [cats commenting on life on New Year's Eve]   1962-12-31
 A; 43 x 47,5; pencil on paper/cardboard   11 slips of paper and 1 slip of carboard glued onto a cardboard plate.
A-06-c/L02 Untitled [cf. 1]     42 x 57; photocopy?   Large format reproduction of 1, same format, with one additional pencil drawing.
A-06-c/L03 "Malte, Rameses, Adam - Drawn by Themselves" [cats]   n.d.
 A; 34 x 46; ink and watercolor on paper   Mounted on corrugated cardboard.
A-06-c/L04 "Florence"   1952
 A; 29 x 45; ink and watercolor on paper   PMF-Titiano embossed stamp, bottom left.
A-06-c/L05 "Guignano [?] Trieste"   n.d.
 A; 29,5 x 45,5; ink and grey wash on paper   PMF-Titiano embossed stamp, bottom right.
A-06-c/L06 "New York"   1949
 A; 35 x 50; ink and grey wash on paper   Mounted onto green paper.
A-06-c/L07 Untitled [view onto garden, out of French windows]   n.d.
 B; 45,5 x 30,5; ink and grey wash on paper   Untorn perforation in the length of the paper; here, on left.
A-06-c/L08 Untitled [sleeping cat with lamp?]   1958
 B; 30,5 x 45,5; ink and grey wash on paper   Untorn perforation at bottom.
A-06-c/L09 Untitled [lying male figure - Stanley Highsmith?]   1959
 B; 30,5 x 45,5; ink and grey wash on paper   Untorn perforation at top.
A-06-c/L10 "Palisades" [cats in open box]   1958
 B; 30,5 x 45,5; ink on paper   Untorn perforation at top.
A-06-c/L11 Untitled [female cat and 3 sleeping kittens"]   1958
 B; 30,5 x 45,5; ink on paper   Untorn perforation at top.
A-06-c/L12 Untitled [lying male figure smoking cigarette   1958
 B; 30 x 45; green crayon on paper    
A-06-c/L13 "View near Trieste"   n.d.
 A; 29,5 x 45,5; ink and grey wash on paper   PMF-Titiano embossed stamp, bottom right.
A-06-c/L14 Untitled [village with church, and hill in background]   n.d.
 B; 34,5 x 33; ink and grey wash on paper    
A-06-c/L15 "No more Valentines - Audubon Park"   1946-03-20
 A; 43 x 35; ink on paper   Perforation at top.
A-06-c/L16 "Mexico, DF"   n.d.
 A; 35 x 42; ink and watercolor on paper   Perforation on left.
A-06-c/L17 "Taxco"   n.d.
 A; 43 x 35; ink and grey wash on paper   Perforation at top.
A-06-c/L18 "Mexico, DF"   n.d.
 B; 43 x 35; ink and touches of red watercolor on paper   Perforation at top.
A-06-c/L19 Untitled [exotic animal/architectural motifs. Mexico?]   n.d.
 A; 43 x 35,5; ink and grey wash on paper    
A-06-c/L20 "Madonna of the Terrible Knees"   n.d.
 A?; 50,5 x 40,5; ink on thin paper   Mounted on mat (also sheet of plastic). Signed? on back. Also on back: "P.HIGHSMITH, PL.5 - 2349, 353 E 56th".
A-06-c/L21 "Spooks"   1943 c
 A; 40,5 x 50,5; ink and watercolor on paper    
A-06-c/L22 Untitled [female nude with chin in hand and one bent knee]   n.d.
 A; 50,5 x 40; ink on paper   Mounted on mat (also sheet of plastic). Signed? on back. Also on back: "P.HIGHSMITH, PL.5 - 2349, 353 E 56th.
A-06-c/L23 Untitled [female nude with right hand bent backwards over head]   n.d.
 A?; 50,5 x 35; ink on paper?   Mounted on mat (also sheet of plastic). Signed? on back. Also on back: "P.HIGHSMITH, PL.5 - 2349, 353 E 56th.
A-06-c/L24 "Positano"   1962
 A; 44 x 35; ink and grey wash on paper   Mounted on cardboard.
A-06-c/L25 "New Holland, PA"   1961-03
 D; 35,5 x 43; ink and watercolor on paper   Perforation on left.
A-06-c/L26 [Cover in which drawings no. 27-37 were filed]     ; 46 x 32;   On front cover: small standing figure of indefinite sex. On the inside: ink and pink watercolor of female head.
A-06-c/L27 "Spain"   1963
 A; 31 x 46; ink and watercolor on paper   PMF-Titiano embossed stamp.
A-06-c/L28 Untitled [sleeping horse in foetus position]   1959
 A; 31,5 x 46; ink and watercolor on paper   PMF-Titiano embossed stamp.
A-06-c/L29 Untitled [flying ghostlike figure over blue sea]   1962
 B; 30 x 46; ink and watercolor on paper   PMF-Titiano embossed stamp.
A-06-c/L30 "E.B. Hill"   1962
 C; 46 x 31; ink and watercolor on paper    
A-06-c/L31 Untitled [Trieste neons at night]   1953
 C; 46 x 30,5; ink and watercolor on paper   PMF-Titiano embossed stamp.
A-06-c/L32 Untitled [waterside scene with castle, and organic/geometric shapes floating in space]   1953
 C; 30,5 x 46; watercolor on paper (with pencil outlines)    
A-06-c/L33 "Ravenna" [?]   1953
 C; 31 x 46; ink and watercolor on paper   PMF-Titiano embossed stamp.
A-06-c/L34 Untitled [still life, vase and tulips]   1953
 C; 46 x 29,5; ink and grey wash on paper   PMF-Titiano embossed stamp.
A-06-c/L35 Untitled [2 female figures, one with knee on the ground, the other, standing]   1952
 C; 31 x 46; watercolor on paper   PMF-Titiano embossed stamp.
A-06-c/L36 "Nieramen [?] Trieste"   n.d.
 B; 30,5 x 46; ink and watercolor on paper   PMF-Titiano embossed stamp.
A-06-c/L37 Untitled [futuristic scene with schematic out-of-space figures and a plane with a banner: "Age of Kirrophrenetics"]   n.d.
 B; 31 x 46; ink, blue watercolor, and grey wash on paper   PMF-Titiano embossed stamp.
A-06-c/L37-II "Torremolinos"   1953
 B; 31 x 46; ink and watercolor on paper   PMF-Titiano embossed stamp, bottom left.
A-06-c/L38 [Cover of sketchbook. Brand name "l'artistica" (Rome address)]. Drawings no. 39-66 were filed in this cover.     34 x 49 (binding on left); a few curly-wurlies in ink   Top right, in PH handwriting: "Aldeburgh - 63 - 4 Suffolk".
A-06-c/L39 Untitled [2 cats belly-down on floor]   n.d.
 D; 47,5 x 34; pencil on paper   Tear at top. watermark "C.M. Fabriano".
A-06-c/L40 Untitled [living room scene with table, lamp, two chairs - one with bowl on it]   n.d.
 D; 47,5 x 34; ink and grey wash on paper   Tear at top. watermark "C.M. Fabriano".
A-06-c/L41 Untitled [self-portrait?]   n.d.
 D; 47,5 x 34; black crayon on paper   Tear at top. watermark "C.M. Fabriano".
A-06-c/L42 Untitled [two very sketchy cat figures, probably unfinished]   n.d.
 D; 47,5 x 34; pencil on paper   Tear at top. watermark "C.M. Fabriano".
A-06-c/L43 Untitled [full seated person reading book in armchair and smoking cigarette + sketches of hand and face]   n.d.
 D; 47,5 x 34; ink and grey wash on paper   Tear at top. watermark "C.M. Fabriano".
A-06-c/L44 Untitled [female figure lying on ground - head and arms only]   n.d.
 D; 47,5 x 34; ink and grey wash on paper   Tear at top. watermark "C.M. Fabriano".
A-06-c/L45 Untitled [female figure lying on ground - head and arms only]   n.d.
 D; 34 x 47,5; ink and slight grey wash on paper   Tear on left. watermark "C.M. Fabriano".
A-06-c/L46 Untitled [female ? figure reading book]   n.d.
 D; 47,5 x 34; black crayon on paper   Tear at top. watermark "C.M. Fabriano".
A-06-c/L47 Untitled [circle with square on it ? curly-wurlies around edge]   n.d.
 D; 47,5 x 34; black crayon on paper   Tear at top. watermark "C.M. Fabriano".
A-06-c/L48 Untitled [seated figure of boy/young man with tie + sketch of head]   n.d.
 D; 47,5 x 34; black crayon on paper   Tear at top. watermark "C.M. Fabriano".
A-06-c/L49 Untitled [cat lying on belly with legs tucked in]   n.d.
 D; 34 x 47,5; black crayon on paper   Tear on left. watermark "C.M. Fabriano".
A-06-c/L50 Untitled [beach scene with sign in centre]   n.d.
 D; 34 x 47,5; watercolor on paper   Tear on left. watermark "C.M. Fabriano".
A-06-c/L51 Untitled [cat and pillow]   n.d.
 D; 47,5 x 34; watercolor on paper   Tear at top. watermark "C.M. Fabriano".
A-06-c/L52 Untitled [cat]. Unfinished   n.d.
 D; 34 x 47,5; pencil on paper   Tear on left. watermark "C.M. Fabriano".
A-06-c/L53 Untitled [cat]. Unfinished   n.d.
 D; 34 x 47,5; pencil on paper   Tear on left. watermark "C.M. Fabriano".
A-06-c/L54 Untitled [woman's portrait]. Unfinished   n.d.
 D; 47,5 x 34; pencil on paper   Tear at top. watermark "C.M. Fabriano".
A-06-c/L55 Untitled [female and male figure picnicking ? under tree]   n.d.
 D; 34 x 47,5; ink and watercolor on paper   Tear on left. watermark "C.M. Fabriano".
A-06-c/L56 Untitled [female figure from behind, with cat]   n.d.
 D; 47,5 x 34; brown crayon on paper   Tear at top. watermark "C.M. Fabriano".
A-06-c/L57 Untitled [female profile and cat profile]   n.d.
 D; 47,5 x 34; brown crayon on paper [with water smudges for effect]   Tear at top. watermark "C.M. Fabriano".
A-06-c/L58 "A composition by Pieter Breughel", or "Un sucrier, la boule, l'ours, la bouteille"   n.d.
 D; 34 x 47,5; colored crayons and watercolor on paper   Tear on left. watermark "C.M. Fabriano".
A-06-c/L59 Untitled [harlequin?]   n.d.
 D; 34 x 47,5; colored crayons on paper   Tear on left. watermark "C.M. Fabriano".
A-06-c/L60 Untitled [cat]   n.d.
 D; 47,5 x 34; brown/black watercolor on paper   Tear at top. watermark "C.M. Fabriano".
A-06-c/L61 Untitled [tool shed with two men talking outside]   n.d.
 D; 34 x 47,5; ink and grey wash on paper   Tear on left. watermark "C.M. Fabriano".
A-06-c/L62 Untitled [abstract house or boat with a two-pronged spear in centre]   n.d.
 D; 34 x 47,5; watercolor on paper   Tear on left. watermark "C.M. Fabriano". Water damage on right side of paper.
A-06-c/L63 Untitled [view of housing apartment with couple on first floor balcony. New Orleans?]   n.d.
 D; 34 x 47,5; ink and watercolor on paper   Tear on left. watermark "C.M. Fabriano"
A-06-c/L64 Untitled [houses at edge of village]   n.d.
 D; 34 x 47,5; ink and watercolor on paper   Tear on left. watermark "C.M. Fabriano".
A-06-c/L65 Untitled [female figure smoking and reading in bed, with 3 cats]   n.d.
 D; 34 x 47,5; ink and grey wash on paper   Tear on left. watermark "C.M. Fabriano".
A-06-c/L66 Untitled [3 sleeping cats]   n.d.
 D; 34 x 47,5; watercolor on paper   Tear on left. watermark "C.M. Fabriano". water damage on right side of paper.
A-06-c/L67 [Sketchbook] with several pages including: [see Further Info / Remarks]  
50 x 37,5   Spiral at top.
Contains:
"Fire Escape, New York", 1953 c., A; 50 x 37,5; ink on paper
"Hotels de tout confort et de modern conveniences", n.d.?, D; 37,5 x 50; 16 small ink drawings with typed captions (on paper) glued underneath, Total number of pages: 3
Untitled [garden and house], n.d., **; 37,5 x 50; ink, and green and blue watercolor, **signed: "Peter Thomson"
Untitled [garden and house], n.d., **; 50 x 37,5; ink and watercolor, **no signature, but looks like another "Peter Thomson"
[loose half page]: Untitled [bird and small sketch of same bird], n.d., B; 37,5 x 26; pencil on paper, Perforation on left
Untitled [bird], n.d., B; 50 x 37,5; black and yellow crayon
A-06-c/L68 Untitled [man with tie sitting at table]   n.d.
 D; 41 x 33; oil on Talens canvas board   For sketch, cf. no. 125-I, normal format.
A-06-c/L69 [Number not in use]        
A-06-c/L70 Untitled [drawings on recto and verso]  
60 x 45   Large-size brown paper in poor state. Folded in two.
Contains:
recto: female figure running, screaming, with male figure seated nearby, n.d., B; half-page: 39 x 45; pencil on brown paper
verso: head of woman, n.d., D; 60 x 45; pencil on brown paper, Unfinished
A-06-c/L71 "Betty Ferres" [portrait]   1955
 B; 45 x 60; felt tip pen on brown paper    
A-06-c/L72 "S.S. President Upstream Mississippi"   n.d.
 D; 33 x 41,5; ink on paper    
A-06-c/L73 Untitled [cat inside with view of sea through windows]   n.d.
 D; 34 x 47,5; ink and watercolor on paper    
A-06-c/L74 "Adam - London" [cat]   1964
 D; 44 x 35,5; watercolor on paper    
A-06-c/L75 Untitled [dog with permed hair - poodle?]   1954
 A; 43 x 35; ink and grey wash on paper    
A-06-c/L76 "Santa Fé" [interior]   1954
 B; 43 x 35; ink and watercolor on paper    
A-06-c/L77 "View in Acapulco"   n.d.?
 A; 35 x 42; ink and grey wash on paper    
A-06-c/L78 "San Miguel de Allende" [street view]   n.d.?
 A; 34,5 x 49,5; ink and grey wash on paper    
A-06-c/L79 [Cover of Windsor sketchbook]  
D; 35,5 x 44   Tear on left. Only 2 pp. inside:
Contains:
p.1, top half: "Nike, clipped, listening to R. Strauss", 1958-08-31, D; ink and grey wash on paper, Tear on top of this page?
p.1, bottom half: Untitled [cat lying down], n.d, D; ink and grey wash on paper
p. 2: Untitled [plant], n.d., D; ink and various colors felt-tip on paper
A-06-c/L80 Untitled [street scene, Italy]   n.d.
 D; 36 x 47,5; ink and watercolor on paper    
A-06-c/L81 Untitled [interior of Arab café. Tunisia]   n.d.
 D; 55,5 x 38; paint with sand in it, on paper. coat of varnish?    
A-06-c/L82 Untitled [female nude from behind]   n.d.
 A; 43 x 35; ink on paper    
A-06-c/L83 "Hammamet" [?] [casbah and line of yellow-clad figures]   n.d.
 A; 42 x 30; paint with sand in it, on paper. coat of varnish?    
A-06-c/L84 "Maternità"   n.d.
 A; 45,5 x 29,5; ink and watercolor on paper    
A-06-c/L85 Untitled [electrical wires, on coast"]   n.d.
 A; 31,5 x 46; ink and watercolor on paper    
A-06-c/L86 Untitled [profile of female nude]   n.d.
 D; 50,5 x 38; ink on brown paper    
A-06-c/L87 Untitled [woman screaming and birdlike creature calling]   n.d.
 D; 34 x 45; pencil on brown paper    
A-06-c/L88 Untitled [sketches of cats]   n.d.
 B; 30,5 x 45,5; ink on paper    
A-06-c/L89 Untitled [abstract? with inscription "LANCIA N°2"]   1949
 B; 45,5 x 30,5; ink on paper    
A-06-c/L90 Untitled [seated man, drawing, with cigarette in hand]   1958
 B; 45,5 x 30,5; ink and grey wash on paper    
A-06-c/L91 Untitled [abstract? with inscription "LANCIA N°2"]   1949
 B; 45,5 x 30,5; ink on paper    
A-06-c/L92 Untitled [rooftops in Mediterranean country]   1953
 B; 30,5 x 45,5; ink and grey wash on paper    
A-06-c/L93 Untitled [animal studies]   1958
 B; 30,5 x 45,5; ink and grey wash on paper    
A-06-c/L94 "Fort Worth, Texas"   1944
 A; 29,8 x 45,3; Tusche (Feder) auf Papier   Zeichnungen p. 8
A-06-c/L95 "Fort Worth - Negro Alley"   1944
 A; 29,8 x 45,3; Tusche (Feder) auf Papier   Zeichnungen p. 9
A-06-c/L96 "Ft. Worth Garden"   1944
 ?; 29,8 x 45,3; Tusche (Feder) auf Papier   Zeichnungen p. 10
A-06-c/L97 "Ft. Worth"   1944
 ?; 29,8 x 45,3; Aquarell auf Papier   Zeichnungen p. 11
A-06-c/L98 "Ft. Worth - Back Porch"   1944
 ?; 29,8 x 45,3; Tusche (Feder) mit farbiger Kreide, auf Papier   Zeichnungen p. 12
A-06-c/L99 "Mexico"   1944
 ?; 32,1 x 49,6; Tusche (Feder, aquarelliert) auf Papier   Zeichnungen p. 17
A-06-c/L100 "My rented cottage in Taxco, Los Castillo Casa Chiquita"   1944
 A; 40,6 x 37,4; Tusche (Feder) auf Papier   Zeichnungen p. 18
A-06-c/L101 "Acapulco"   1944
 ?; 35,2 x 42,7; Aquarell auf Papier   Zeichnungen p. 20
A-06-c/L102 "St. Peter's New Orleans"   n.d.
1945/1948 c
 ?; 43,2 x 35,2; Tusche (Feder) auf Papier   Zeichnungen p. 23
A-06-c/L103 Untitled [two cats]   n.d.
 ?;47,6 x 34,1; red chalk on paper   Zeichnungen p. 31
A-06-c/L104 "Departure"   1948
 ?; 38,5 x 31,6; Aquarell auf Papier   Zeichnungen p. 35
A-06-c/L105 Untitled ["wild man" with machine gun]   n.d.
 ?; 44,5 x 30,2; Schwarze Kreide, weiss gehöht, auf farbigem Bütten   Zeichnungen p. 39
A-06-c/L106 Untitled [abstract painting]   n.d.
 ?; 35,5 x 45,7; Tusche (Feder, aquarelliert) auf Papier   Zeichnungen p. 45
A-06-c/L107 Untitled [plant sprouting out of seed]   n.d.
 ?; 42,9 x 35,6; Mischtechnik   Zeichnungen p. 50
A-06-c/L108 "Castello Este Ferrara"   1952 probably
 ?; 31,5 x 46,1; Tusche (Feder, aquarelliert) auf Papier   Zeichnungen p. 57
A-06-c/L109 "Positano" [probably view from hotel Miramare]   1952?
 ?; 25,2 x 35,3; Tusche (Feder, aquarelliert) auf Papier   Zeichnungen p. 64
A-06-c/L110 Spoleto   1952?
 D; 25,2 x 35,4; Tusche (Feder, aquarelliert) auf Papier   Zeichnungen p. 65
A-06-c/L111 Torremolinos   1953
 ?; 30,4 x 46,1; Aquarell auf Papier   Zeichnungen p. 69
A-06-c/L112 Taxco   1955
 ?; 35,3 x 42,7; Tusche (Feder, aquarelliert) auf Papier   Zeichnungen p. 76
A-06-c/L113 Untitled [landscape with house]   1955
 ?; 35,3 x 41,8; Tusche (Feder, aquarelliert) auf Papier   Zeichnungen p. 77
A-06-c/L114 Taxco   1955
 ?; 35,3 x 42,7; Tusche (Feder, aquarelliert) auf Papier   Zeichnungen p. 78
A-06-c/L115 Untitled [trees in landscape]   1953?
 ?; 37,3 x 50,6; Aquarell auf Papier   Zeichnungen p. 81
A-06-c/L116 Untitled [cat portraits: 6 cat heads in 6 different moods]   1961
 ?; 35,5 x 42,2; Tusche (Feder, aquarelliert) auf Papier   Zeichnungen p. 86
A-06-c/L117 Untitled [snail]   1963?/1969?
 ?; 34 x 47,5; Kohle auf Papier   Zeichnungen p. 98
A-06-c/L118 Untitled [snail]   n.d.
 ?; 47,5 x 34; Kohle auf Papier   Zeichnungen p. 98
Probably between 1963 and 1969.
A-06-c/L119 Untitled ["pointillistic study of illusions in green: windows, tree, leaves]   n.d.
 ?; 40,5 x 30,4; Acryl auf kaschiertem Karton   Zeichnungen p. 101