Susan cleaned up a couple bookplates I'd photographed in old books--took out the handwriting, so they can be printed for use.
I'd posted this sower on FB, and people had guessed it was by Rockwell Kent. Finally found the artist this morning---the somewhat similar printmaker Lynd Ward created this bookplate in the 1940s. I found it and several other Ward bookplates in this blog post from the Smithsonian. (It's in their collection.)
“As though it had a soul”? “As though?”
ReplyDelete+1 for Lynd Ward. He did a number of wordless novels — I remember getting them from the library some years ago (reprinted as a set).
"As though" maybe to leave wriggle room--taking into accounts such as "The Art of the Deal"?
ReplyDeleteWard's graphic novel God's Man (1927) opened my eyes to storytelling with no words.
What a great way to preserve these bits of ephemera. That second one is really taking book preservation seriously! (Not that I object.)
ReplyDeleteBook plates! I'd forgotten about them, it's been so long since I've seen any.
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