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Documentary portraits and sketches of World War II by Samuel J. Woolf, 1944-1945
Call No: LOT 15185 (H)
LOT contains drawings from World War II by Samuel J. Woolf. The portraits are of military officers, including Dwight D. Eisenhower. The sketches mostly depict soldiers fighting in military battles in Europe, at ease during recreation, or moving during transportation. On the verso of some portraits Woolf recorded biographical information on the lives of servicemen up to the point of the war.
Drawings are arranged into containers by size, then alphabetically by title.
BOX 1 FOLDER 1 Aboard U.S.S. LST, 1944
Call No: LOT 15185, no. 1 (H)
Extent: 1 pen and ink drawing, 13 3/4 x 9 7/8 inches
BOX 1 FOLDER 1 Amusing the Dog at Headquarters, 1944
Call No: LOT 15185, no. 2 (H)
Extent: 1 pencil, pen and ink, and wash drawing 9 1/8 x 11 1/2 inches
BOX 1 FOLDER 1 At the Airport, June 6 [1944?]
Call No: LOT 15185, no. 3 (H)
Extent: 1 pen and ink and wash drawing, 10 x 13 7/8 inches
BOX 1 FOLDER 1 Blown Up
Call No: LOT 15185, no. 4 (H)
Extent: 1 pen and ink and wash drawing, 11 x 14 inches
BOX 1 FOLDER 2 Carrying a Stretcher onto a Hospital Ship
Call No: LOT 15185, no. 5 (H)
Extent: 1 pencil and ink and wash drawing, 12 1/4 x 15 3/4 inches
BOX 1 FOLDER 3 Control Tower, Liberator Base - The Take Off, 1944
Call No: LOT 15185, no. 6 (H)
Extent: 1 wash drawing, 9 7/8 x 13 3/4 inches
BOX 1 FOLDER 3 On to Battle, 1944
Call No: LOT 15185, no. 7 (H)
Extent: 1 wash drawing, 13 7/8 x 10 inches
BOX 1 FOLDER 3 Pilots at the Controls, 1944
Call No: LOT 15185, no. 8 (H)
Extent: 1 wash drawing with Chinese white, 10 x 13 3/4 inches
BOX 1 FOLDER 3 Plane Ambulance
Call No: LOT 15185, no. 9 (H)
Extent: 1 wash drawing, 10 x 13 7/8 inches
BOX 1 FOLDER 4 Portrait of Captain Arthur Isaac, 1944
Call No: LOT 15185, no. 10 (H)
Extent: 1 pencil drawing, 13 3/4 x 9 7/8 inches
BOX 1 FOLDER 4 Portrait of David B. Dash, Cap't. A.C., Brooklyn, New York, 1944
Call No: LOT 15185, no. 11 (H)
Extent: 1 pen and wash drawing, 13 3/4 x 9 7/8 inches
BOX 1 FOLDER 4 Portrait of Eldred Whipple, 1944
Call No: LOT 15185, no. 12 (H)
Extent: 1 pencil and wash drawing, 13 3/4 x 9 7/8 inches
BOX 1 FOLDER 5 Portrait of Floyd Shade
Call No: LOT 15185, no. 13 (H)
Extent: 1 pencil drawing, 11 7/8 x 9 inches
BOX 1 FOLDER 5 Portrait of Henry E. Wojdyla, 1944
Call No: LOT 15185, no. 14 (H)
Extent: 1 pencil and wash drawing, 9 7/8 x 13 3/4 inches
BOX 1 FOLDER 5 Portrait of J.E. Broadhead, Rupert, Idaho, 1944
Call No: LOT 15185, no. 15 (H)
Extent: 1 pencil and wash drawing, 11 7/8 x 9 inches
BOX 1 FOLDER 6 Portrait of Kenneth A. Stansfield, 1944
Call No: LOT 15185, no. 16 (H)
Extent: 1 pencil and wash drawing, 13 7/8 x 10 inches
BOX 1 FOLDER 6 Portrait of M/Sgt Forest Goodwill, 1944
Call No: LOT 15185, no. 17 (H)
Extent: 1 pencil and wash drawing, 13 3/4 x 9 7/8 inches
BOX 1 FOLDER 6 Portrait of R.A. Peterson, Alexandria, Minnesota, 1944
Call No: LOT 15185, no. 18 (H)
Extent: 1 pencil and wash drawing, 11 7/8 x 9 inches
BOX 1 FOLDER 7 Portrait of Rijs Riordan
Call No: LOT 15185, no. 19 (H)
Extent: 1 pencil and wash drawing, 13 3/4 x 9 7/8 inches
BOX 1 FOLDER 7 Portrait of S/Sgt. Dave Tremitier, 1944
Call No: LOT 15185, no. 20 (H)
Extent: 1 pen and wash drawing, 13 3/4 x 9 7/8 inches
BOX 1 FOLDER 7 Portrait of Thomas F. Witt, 1944
Call No: LOT 15185, no. 21 (H)
Extent: 1 pencil and wash drawing, 13 3/4 x 9 7/8 inches
BOX 1 FOLDER 8 Public Address System giving information to population of a liberated French village
Call No: LOT 15185, no. 22 (H)
Extent: 1 pen and ink and wash drawing with Chinese white, 10 x 14 inches
BOX 1 FOLDER 8 Rainbow Club, 1944
Call No: LOT 15185, no. 23 (H)
Extent: 1 pen drawing with Chinese white, 7 x 10 inches
BOX 1 FOLDER 9 Rainbow Club, 1944
Call No: LOT 15185, no. 24 (H)
Extent: 1 pencil and wash drawing, 10 x 7 inches, matted
BOX 1 FOLDER 9 Rainbow Club - G.I. Joe, 1944
Call No: LOT 15185, no. 25 (H)
Extent: 1 pencil and wash drawing, 10 x 7 inches
BOX 1 FOLDER 10 Red Cross Soldier and Wounded Man on a Stretcher, 1944
Call No: LOT 15185, no. 26 (H)
Extent: 1 pen and ink and wash drawing, 11 7/8 x 15 7/8 inches
BOX 1 FOLDER 10 T/Sgt. Perry E. Matthews, 1944
Call No: LOT 15185, no. 27 (H)
Extent: 1 pencil and wash drawing, 11 7/8 x 9 inches
BOX 1 FOLDER 10 The Take Off, 1944
Call No: LOT 15185, no. 28 (H)
Extent: 1 pencil and wash drawing, 13 3/4 x 9 7/8 inches
Note: Artist named the sitter as "Myers Wa...(?), Fletcher, Oklahoma"
BOX 1 FOLDER 11 Three Soldiers near Quonset Huts, 1944
Call No: LOT 15185, no. 29 (H)
Extent: 1 pencil, pen and brush and ink, Chinese white drawing, 8 7/8 x 11 7/8 inches
BOX 1 FOLDER 11 "Salute the Soldier" - Picadilly [i.e., Piccadilly] Line, 1944
Call No: LOT 15185, no. 30 (H)
Extent: 1 pen and ink and wash drawing, 9 3/4 x 12 1/4 inches
BOX 1 FOLDER 11 Sketches, 1944
Call No: LOT 15185, no. 31 (H)
Extent: 1 pencil and brush and ink drawing, 13 7/8 x 8 1/2 inches
BOX 1 FOLDER 11 Soldiers, 1944
Call No: LOT 15185, no. 32 (H)
Extent: 1 pen and brush and ink drawing, 9 3/4 x 8 inches
BOX 1 FOLDER 12 A Strategy Session
Call No: LOT 15185, no. 33 (H)
Extent: 1 pencil and wash drawing, 11 3/4 x 16 inches
BOX 1 FOLDER 12 Street Scene in Normandy, 1944
Call No: LOT 15185, no. 34 (H)
Extent: 1 pen and ink, wash, and watercolor drawing, 11 7/8 x 15 7/8 inches
BOX 1 FOLDER 13 "Sweating it Out", 1944
Call No: LOT 15185, no. 35 (H)
Extent: 1 pencil and pen and brush and ink, Chinese white drawing, 9 7/8 x 13 3/4 inches
BOX 1 FOLDER 13 Wartime Lines - The Bus, 1944
Call No: LOT 15185, no. 36 (H)
Extent: 1 pen and ink and wash drawing, 10 x 12 1/4 inches
BOX 1 FOLDER 14 The Wounded on a Hospital Ship
Call No: LOT 15185, no. 37 (H)
Extent: 1 wash drawing, 10 1/2 x 15 inches on board
BOX 2 FOLDER 1 American Crew Firing on Anti-Aircraft Gun, 1944
Call No: LOT 15185, no. 38 (H)
Extent: 1 charcoal drawing, 16 3/4 x 12 1/2 inches
BOX 2 FOLDER 1 Bailing Out
Call No: LOT 15185, no. 39 (H)
Extent: 1 charcoal drawing, 17 5/8 x 14 inches
BOX 2 FOLDER 1 Battle Scene
Call No: LOT 15185, no. 40 (H)
Extent: 1 charcoal drawing, 17 1/2 x 13 7/8 inches
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