Featured Image Caption
Garth Williams, Illustration for Stuart Little by E. B. White (Harper & Row), 1945. Gift of Kendra and Allan Daniel in memory of Elizabeth Shallcross Pool who respected all creatures great and small. © 1973 Estate of Garth Williams.
Treasures from the Collection: A 15th Anniversary Celebration
November 19, 2017 - April 1, 2018
East Gallery
The Carle has become one of the premier repositories in the country for picture book art. In honor of its 15th anniversary, the Museum assembles an all-star lineup of work from its permanent collection. The exhibition showcases significant acquisitions of the first 15 years. Included are masterworks by Don Freeman, Trina Shart Hyman, Dorothy Lathrop, Leo Lionni, Arnold Lobel, David Macaulay, James Marshall, Petra Mathers, Wendell Minor, Jerry Pinkney, Uri Shulevitz, William Steig, Chris Van Allsburg, Mo Willems, Garth Williams, Paul O. Zelinsky, and Lisbeth Zwerger, among others. Also featured are rarely seen three-dimensional objects in the collection such as dummy books, artist sketchbooks, and hand-carved printing blocks.
Featured Artists
José Aruego,
Tedd Arnold,
Mary Azarian,
Harry Bliss,
Crosby Newell Bonsall,
Ashley Bryan,
Walter Harrison Cady,
Eric Carle,
Emma Clark,
Bryan Collier,
Barbara Cooney,
Fanny Young Cory,
Christin Couture,
Kinuko Y. Craft,
Tomie dePaola,
Ariane Dewey,
Tony DiTerlizzi,
Ed Emberley,
Matt Faulkner,
Antonio Frasconi,
Don Freeman,
Roy Gerrard,
Carter Goodrich,
Norman Gorbaty,
Hardie Gramatky,
Johnny (John Barton) Gruelle,
Scott Gustafson,
Michael Hague,
Will Hillenbrand,
Heidi Holder,
William Curtis Holdsworth,
Ekua Holmes,
Trina Schart Hyman,
Leonard Jenkins,
Steven Kellogg,
Hilary Knight,
Dorothy Pulis Lathrop,
E. B. Lewis,
Leo Lionni,
Arnold Lobel,
David Macaulay,
Fred Marcellino,
James Marshall,
Petra Mathers,
Barbara McClintock,
J. P. Miller,
Wendell Minor,
Franklyn Modell,
Barry Moser,
Harry Bingham Neilson,
Rose O'Neill,
Fern Bisel Peat,
Maud Petersham,
Miska Petersham,
Jerry Pinkney,
Mark Podwal,
Alice Bolam Preston,
Marjorie Priceman,
Robert Sabuda,
Sam Savitt,
Richard Scarry,
Uri Shulevitz,
Art Seiden ,
Elmer Boyd Smith,
William Steig,
Virginia Stroud,
Susanne Suba,
Melissa Sweet,
Peter Sylvada,
Simms Taback,
Matt Tavares,
Brinton Turkle,
Jean Thomas Ungerer,
Chris Van Allsburg,
Rosemary Wells,
Leonard Weisgard,
Mo Willems,
Garth Williams,
Milo Kendall Winter, Sr. ,
Paul O. Zelinsky,
Lisbeth Zwerger