Channing Pollock’s Chavez Studio Diploma

Pollock, Channing. Channing Pollock’s Chavez Studio Diploma. Los Angeles, 1951. Engraved certificate presented to Pollock on Feb. 16, 1951 on the completion of his training at this trade school known as the “College of Manual Dexterity and Prestidigitation.” 14 x 11”. Signed by Ben Chavez. Curled. With original mailing tube and a later photograph of Pollock with the Chavezes at a Hollywood nightclub. The Chavez Studio, founded in 1941, was approved by the California State Department of Education. Pollock was one of the studio’s most notable and successful students, considered so exemplary that for a time he was enlisted by Chavez to help teach others. It was from Chavez that he developed the building blocks of his act, including card and cigarette manipulation.