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JACK COUGHLIN
PORTRAITS
of
Samuel Beckett

1971 - 1992

 

Manuscript Collection Number: 476
Accessioned: Purchased 2003
Extent: 1 folder
Content: Lithographs, etchings, and woodcuts
Access: The collection is open for research.
Processed: January 2003 by Laura Cochrane

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Table of Contents

• Biographical Note
• Contents List

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Biographical Note

Jack Coughlin was born in Greenwich, Connecticut in 1932. He studied printmaking at the Rhode Island School
of Design and at the Art Students League of New York. He has taught art at the University of Massachusetts,
Amherst since 1961. He is well known for his portraits of literary figures. He knew Samuel Beckett personally
and has made a number of portraits of the writer.

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Contents List

Box -- Folder -- Contents

In Oversized Box
          
          F1        1. Lithograph numbered 64 of 65, n.d.
          
                    2. Etching numbered 74 of 100, 1971
          
                    3. Etching numbered 29 of 100, 1976

                    4. Color woodcut numbered 29 of 50, 1981
          
                    5. Etching numbered 45 of 75, 1989

                    6. Postcard reproduction of a watercolor
                    portrait dated 1992.  -Advertisement for
                    an exhibition of Coughlin’s prints,
                    drawings, and watercolors on the back.
     


                              

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