Paul Landacre : California hills, Hollywood & the world beyond : catalogue raisonné /

"With his virtuosic prints of rolling California hills, classically inspired nudes, and natural and manmade forms--from a seashell to his own printing press--Paul Landacre elevated wood engraving to a high art form in twentieth-century America. Landacre's ceaseless stylistic innovation pla...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Wien, Jake (Author)
Other Authors: Bidwell, John (writer of foreword.), Gioia, Dana (writer of afterword.)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Abbeville Press, [2025]
Edition:First edition.
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Table of Contents:
  • Foreword / John Bidwell
  • Light from darkness: introducing Paul Landacre's bold new world
  • Paul Landacre's methods and materials
  • Records kept by Paul Landacre and his estate
  • Glossary of additional terms used in the catalogue
  • Catalogue raisonné
  • Appendix A: Wood engravings by Paul Landacre printed posthumously in books designed and printed by Ward Ritchie
  • Solo exhibitions
  • Life chronology
  • Selected primary sources
  • Afterword / Dana Gioia.