Five decades of the burin : the wood engravings of John DePol / with a foreword by Timothy D. Murray & an introduction by David R. Godine.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

DePol, John, 1913-2004, author, illustrator.

Contributor:

Godine, David R., writer of introduction.

Murray, Timothy D., writer of foreword.

Kelly, Jerry, 1955- book designer.

David R. Godine, Publisher, publisher.

University of Delaware. Library, associated name.

Jean-François Vilain and Roger S. Wieck Collection of Private Presses, Ephemera, & Related References (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

DePol, John, 1913-2004--Catalogs.

DePol, John.

Wood-engraving, American--20th century--Catalogs.

Wood-engraving, American.

DePol, John, 1913---Catalogs.

DePol, John, 1913-2004.

Local Subjects:

DePol, John, 1913---Catalogs.

Genre:

catalogs (documents)

Catalogs

Catalogs.

Private press books (Printing)

Typefaces (Type evidence) -- Miller.

Cougar Opaque (Paper).

Penn Provenance:

Traister, Daniel (donor) (Kislak copy)

Stocker, Eric (former owner) (Kislak copy)

Vilain, Jean-François, 1942- (donor) (Vilain-Wieck Collection copy)

Wieck, Roger S. (donor) (Vilain-Wieck Collection copy)

Physical Description:

xvi, 78, [2] pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Jaffrey, New Hampshire. : David .R. Godine, Publisher in association with the University of Delaware Library, 2004.

Summary:

Born in 1913, John DePol is among those classic, self-taught graphic artists (like J.J.Lankes and Rockwell Kent) who worked in a variety of media, but whose main contribution was to the Weld of wood engraving. Although he has illustrated countless books & magazines, and been a friend to most letterpress printers and private presses of the latter half of the last century (Robert Jones's Glad Hand Press, Arthur Rushmore's Golden Hind Press, Neil Shaver's Yellow Barn Press, New York's Typophiles & John Anderson's Pickering Press, among others), his work remains little known, his contributions unheralded. In anticipation of a celebration of his life and work at the University of Delaware, we are presenting more than 100 of his best engravings from five decades with an extensive text examining his place in American graphic art.

Contents:

1950s

1960s

1970s

1980s

1990s.

Notes:

This tribute was published in anticipation of the exhibit, John DePol: artist and engraver, at the University of Delaware Library, 2004.

"Set in Miller, a digital typeface designed by Matthew Carter and based upon a class of workmanlike and sturdy 'Scotch Roman' faces developed in the United Kingdom and widely used in the United States during the nineteenth century. The display fonts are Engravers Inline and Caslon Open Face. The book was designed by Jerry Kelly and printed and bound by Friesens Printers of Altona, Manitoba, on Cougar Opaque smooth paper, an entirely acid-free sheet."--Colophon.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 77-78).

Local Notes:

Kislak Center Vilain-Wieck Collection of Private Presses copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2014 by Jean-François Vilain and Roger Wieck.

Vilain-Wieck Collection copy has invitations to exhibition in envelope laid in.

ISBN:

1567921620

9781567921625

OCLC:

55846421