Merle Armitage

Merle Armitage was an American scenographer, designer, illustrator, writer and impresario (1893–1975). He was born at Iowa and died at Yucca Valley.

Merle Armitage in brief

Born
1893
Died
1975
Known for
scenographer, designer, illustrator, writer and impresario
Place of birth
Iowa
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Catalogued works

3 works under this name are catalogued by Wikidata Query Service and The Art Institute of Chicago. Their recorded dates run from 1954 to 2017.

The lithographs of Richard Day. Dancers Resting, dated 1954, black ink with black ink wash on cream wove paper, held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 1966.36. Study (Uhuru Park III), dated 2017, ink on paper, held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory Obj: 249837.

In public collections

Work associated with this heading is recorded in 1 named public collection.

The Art Institute of Chicago: 2 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue.

Literature

5 scholarly publications naming this subject were located in the registry of record.

Armitage, Merle, Oxford Art Online, 2018. Picasso, 2 Statements. Also a Comment by Merle Armitage, Parnassus, 1937. Armitage, Merle (1893-1975), book designer, author, and impresario, American National Biography Online, 2000. Merle Armitage: Accent on Taste, Books at Iowa, 1996. To Merle Armitage, [c. mid- to late November 1932], The Letters of Ernest Hemingway, 2020.

Scholarly footprint

Bibliographic registers publish measured figures for this heading: 4 language editions of the general reference literature carrying an article (Wikimedia (language editions)). A count of publications is evidence of attention, not of standing, and is given here only as a measure.

Evidence base

This article draws on 3 independent source lineages. Copies and mirrors of the same underlying record were collapsed into a single witness, so 3 means 3 genuinely separate publishers of record. 16 further registers were consulted and returned nothing for this heading.

Chronology

  1. 1893Merle Armitage born at Iowa.
  2. 1954Dancers Resting (The Art Institute of Chicago).
  3. 1975Merle Armitage died at Yucca Valley.
  4. 2017Study (Uhuru Park III) (The Art Institute of Chicago).

Sources

Each source is named with the standing the house places on it, so the evidence can be weighed rather than taken on trust.

  1. 1.

    Armitage, Merle (1893-1975), book designer, author, and impresario, American National Biography Online, 2000

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  2. 2.

    Armitage, Merle, Oxford Art Online, 2018

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  3. 3.

    Merle Armitage: Accent on Taste, Books at Iowa, 1996

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  4. 4.

    Picasso, 2 Statements. Also a Comment by Merle Armitage, Parnassus, 1937

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  5. 5.

    To Merle Armitage, [c. mid- to late November 1932], The Letters of Ernest Hemingway, 2020

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  6. 6.

    The Art Institute of Chicago, collection records associated with Merle Armitage.

    museum collection · Unverified · The Art Institute of Chicago

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  7. 7.

    Wikidata, structured authority record Q52156785: Merle Armitage

    reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikimedia Foundation

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  8. 8.

    “Merle Armitage”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading

    reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikipedia

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