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Art Resources

Guide to art resources at UH

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RareBookRoom Rare Books

The Kenneth Franzheim II Rare Books Room is located on the Jenkins Library’s upper mezzanine and contains more than 1000 books, pamphlets, and ephemera on all aspects of visual arts and culture.  Highlights include an original set of Josef Albers' Interaction of Color, as well as Formulation, Articulation, reproductions of Diego Rivera frescos, bound in 1934, the Andy Warhol pop-up book (1969), Prints by American Negro Artists (1965), 19th century books of travel photography, and an extensive collection of historic art journals.  The collection may be explored by applying a location filter, as seen below.  Franzheim Collection books are in the Arch & Art Special Collections and Arch & Art Special Collections Oversize locations.  

UH Digital Library

The UH Digital Library contains digitized and downloadable images from the Kenneth Franzheim II Rare Books Room and the M.D. Anderson Library's Special Collections.  Collections include the Medieval Manuscript Leaves and Fragments, Moderner Volkskunst Zierat, SEM Collection (1914-1925), and Student Art Exhibits

                      Medieval Manuscript Leaves and Fragments Moderner Volkskunst Zierat                         SEM Collection (1914 – 1925) Student Art Exhibits