#3092 • Sketchbook of Violet Oakley used for United Nations Portraits-1946

Part of Fine Art, Decor, Furniture and Rugs | Fine and Decorative Arts Day 1 | December 7, 2023 at 10:00 AM (live auction by Alderfer Auction)

High bid $9,500.00

Status: Sold

Sketchbook kept by Violet Oakley (1874-1961) while she served as a correspondent for the Philadelphia Evening Bulletin for the United Nations meetings that were being held in London from May to June 1946. Sketchbook manufactured by E.H & A.C. Fredericks Co. of New York is spiral bound and measures 10" x 8" and contains 47 pencil (some colored pencil) sketches on 25 leaves. Some sketches are rough-outs with some nearly complete with information regarding sitter. Front cover presents ink inscription "V.O. SKETCHBOOK". Several pages exhibit some looseness/tearing at holes near spiral wire. This historic item documents many of the initial members of the United Nations in it's infancy. Accompanied by several newspaper clippings from the Philadelphia Evening Bulletin showing some portraits of UN representatives that Oakley had sketched. Provenance: Violet Oakley/Edith Emerson