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 Finding Aid for the Jack Unruh Collection
Biographical NoteJack Unruh was born in Pretty Prairie, Kansas in 1935. He attended Washington University where he majored in Magazine Illustration, and would eventually settle in Dallas, Texas to pursue his career. He has produced artwork for a diverse client base of magazines, corporations, and organizations. His work has been published in Entertainment Weekly, New York Magazine, Texas Monthly, Rolling Stone, and Time and has been commissioned by such companies as MCI, Sony, IBM, and Budweiser. Working with both real and imagined scenes, Unruh's work often employs a freer style in which scale and perspective are irrelevant. He is known for his practice of creating tiny pen and ink marks, combined with larger brush strokes, as an alternative to crosshatching to produce shading effects. He is considered an excellent caricaturist and one of the most prolific and recognized illustrators of his generation. Unruh has won numerous awards including the Hamilton King Award for Illustration of the year from the New York Society of Illustrators in 1998. He was inducted into the Society's Hall of Fame in 2006. As of 2009, he lives and works in Dallas. Return to the Table of Contents Scope and Contents NoteThe collection includes material relating to Jack Unruh's creation of original artwork, and artwork reproduced from magazines, publications, and other materials. The collection is divided into three series as follows: Series 1: Original Artwork on Paper
Series 2: Artwork Reproductions
Series 3: Reference Images (Images used as models in the form of computer printouts of photographs taken by the artist, as well as others found on the World Wide Web. Some reference images are kept with their corresponding drawings to maintain original order.)
The contents of each box are arranged by size as follows: Box 1
Series 1: Original Artwork on Paper (Grouped drawings for projects)
Box 2
Series 1: Original Artwork on Paper (Grouped drawings for projects; Individual drawings)
Series 2: Artwork Reproductions (Magazine tear sheets; Commissioned by corporations; Publicity materials; Catalogs; Photocopied drawings)
Box 3
Series 2: Artwork Reproductions (Magazine tear sheets; Newspaper tear sheets)
Box 4
Series 2: Artwork Reproductions (Commissioned by corporations; Commissioned by organizations; Commissioned by individuals; Publicity materials; Catalogs)
Series 3: Reference Images (Computer printouts)
Box 5
Series 1: Original Artwork on Paper (Grouped drawings for projects; Individual drawings)
Series 2: Artwork Reproductions (Newspaper tear sheets; Commissioned by corporations; Publicity materials)
Return to the Table of Contents RestrictionsAccess RestrictionsOpen. Use RestrictionSome restrictions, please contact Modern Graphic History Library Curator at (314) 935-7741 or spec@wumail.wustl.edu. Users of the collections must read and abide by the Rules for the use of Modern Graphic History Library materials. Users of the collections who wish to use items from this collection, in whole or in part, in any form of publication (as defined in the form) must sign and submit to the Washington University Department of Special Collections a hard copy of the Notification of intent publish Modern Graphic History Library materials form. All publication not covered by fair use restricted to those who have permission of the copyright holder. Return to the Table of Contents Controlled Access Terms
SubjectsUnruh, Jack
Caricatures
Magazine illustration--20th century
Magazine illustration--21st century
ContributorsUnruh, Jack
Return to the Table of Contents Administrative InformationSource of CollectionThe collection was placed in Modern Graphic History Library by Jack Unruh in 2008. Processing InformationOriginally compiled by Skye Lacerte, January 2009. EAD encoded finding aid completed January 2009. AccrualsThere are no accruals. Return to the Table of Contents Collection Contents
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