Portfolio 2: with Eight Prints from the Drawings appearing in "The Catholic Worker
by Fritz Eichenberg
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- Condition
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New York: Thistle Press, 1955. New old stock from the estate of Thistle Press publisher David Way, in 'LIKE NEW' condition. portfolio in wrappers. Fine. New York, Thistle Press, 1955, Loose plates in printed wrapper
Thistle Press, 1955, portfolio, with 8 prints each, each print 17 x 11.5 inches, printed on light cream moulded paper imported from Germany. Housed in their original wrapper cover. The photoengravings are at the size Eichenberg intended for the images, instead of how they appeared in the newspaper originally.
New old stock from the estate of publisher David Way, in 'LIKE NEW' condition. -- Dorothy Day (1897-1980), founder and director of the Catholic Worker, met the Quaker artist Fritz Eichenberg (1901-1990) in 1949 at a conference on religion and publishing. Day asked the artist if he would donate some images to her publication and he agreed without hesitation. In fact, over the next thirty years, Eichenberg allowed her to use anything he had drawn or printed anytime she pleased. And she did. His most famous wood engraving "The Peaceable Kingdom" (1950) was reprinted in The Catholic Worker ten times between 1953 and 1989.
Thistle Press, 1955, portfolio, with 8 prints each, each print 17 x 11.5 inches, printed on light cream moulded paper imported from Germany. Housed in their original wrapper cover. The photoengravings are at the size Eichenberg intended for the images, instead of how they appeared in the newspaper originally.
New old stock from the estate of publisher David Way, in 'LIKE NEW' condition. -- Dorothy Day (1897-1980), founder and director of the Catholic Worker, met the Quaker artist Fritz Eichenberg (1901-1990) in 1949 at a conference on religion and publishing. Day asked the artist if he would donate some images to her publication and he agreed without hesitation. In fact, over the next thirty years, Eichenberg allowed her to use anything he had drawn or printed anytime she pleased. And she did. His most famous wood engraving "The Peaceable Kingdom" (1950) was reprinted in The Catholic Worker ten times between 1953 and 1989.
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- Seller
- Rare Books Honolulu (US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 1947a
- Title
- Portfolio 2: with Eight Prints from the Drawings appearing in "The Catholic Worker
- Author
- Fritz Eichenberg
- Format/Binding
- Portfolio in wrappers
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Quantity Available
- 4
- Edition
- New old stock from the estate of Thistle Press publisher David W
- Publisher
- Thistle Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1955
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- Artbooks; Illustrated Books; Fine Press;
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