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A watercolor piece by Joan Elkin showing her and Stanley Elkin seated at a table.
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Stanley and Joan Elkin’s Artistic Kingdom

Stanley Elkin was a prolific fiction and essay writer and a professor of creative writing at WashU for 35 years. His beloved wife Joan (Jacobson) Elkin of 42 years was just as prolific a visual artist. Stanley dedicated almost all his books to Joan, and he was the subject of inspiration for many of her paintings, illustrations, and collages. This digital exhibition is a companion to the on-site exhibition of the same name.

To learn more about the Stanley Elkin Papers, view a YouTube playlist, and more, see the Stanley Elkin page. To learn more about Joan Elkin and her artwork, visit joanelkin.com.

Joel Minor curated the exhibition, which Christa Kileff organized. Special thanks to Molly Elkin for loaning numerous artworks and other objects and providing contextual information on them.

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Header Image Credit: Joan and Stanley Elkin watercolor by Joan Elkin, 2000.