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The scattered papers of painter, designer, and mosaicist Mary Dill Henry measure 0.3 linear feet and date from 1987-1989. Found are biographical material, correspondence, photographic material, and printed material.
Mary Dill Henry (1913-2009) was a painter, designer, and mosaicist from California and Seattle, Washington, whose work was characterized by geometric abstraction. She studied at the San Francisco Art Institute and worked at Hewlett-Packard drafting engineering renderings. Later, she created mosaics for the outside of the Hewlett-Packard offices. Henry's work is in the collections of the Seattle Art Museum, Tacoma Art Museum, Portland Art Museum, Institute of Design IIT, Microsoft, Safeco, and Hewlett-Packard, among many others.
Henry's friend and patron, Artemas A. Ginzton, donated the Mary Dill Henry papers to the Archives of American Art in 1992.
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Due to the small size of this collection the papers are arranged as one series.
Mary Dill Henry papers, 1987-1989. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
The collection was processed, and a finding aid prepared by Jayna Josefson in 2022 with support from the Smithsonian American Women's History Initiative.
Biographical materials include an artist statement, a biographical sketch, and lists of works of art. Correspondence includes copies of letters written to the Packard and Hewlett families concerning Henry's murals and bills for photography from Ziegler's. Photographs depict Henry and her works of art, namely murals completed for Hewlett-Packard. Also found are scattered clippings and exhibition announcements.