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PreservedUpdated 10/9/2026
Director's Leather-Bound Notebook (No. 3)

Director's Leather-Bound Notebook (No. 3)

Made by Guillermo del Toroc. 2000Los Angeles, California

One of the director's leather-bound working notebooks — page shown in LACMA's 'At Home with Monsters' exhibition catalogue — in which films are storyboarded, monsters sketched, and entire worlds budgeted in fountain pen. The notebooks are the collection's keystone: primary sources for the films.

Provenance

c. 2000

Kept by the director through production of his films

confirmed
2016

Page exhibited and reproduced in LACMA's 'At Home with Monsters'

confirmed
2026

Digitally preserved in Relic

confirmed
Current Custodian
Los Angeles, California
Access Matrix
  • Digital viewingpublic
  • Additional photographsby request
  • Remote video inspectionavailable
  • Research visitowner approval
  • Temporary research loancase by_case
  • Museum exhibition loanavailable
  • Scientific samplingnot permitted
  • Commercial licensingcontact owner
Record Metadata
CategoryDocuments
MaterialsLeather binding, laid paper, ink and watercolor
Dimensions25 × 20 × 4 cm
ConditionWorking condition; annotated throughout
Digital Record
24 high-res images (8,192 × 6,144)
3D Mesh / Photogrammetry
Precise digital measurements
Doc. Score: 91/100Scanned 8/30/2026
Cite this object
Relic Archive. (c. 2000). Director's Leather-Bound Notebook (No. 3) [Object record]. Relic Object RL-2000-007046.