The Most of John Held, Jr. was published in 1972 and a book review appeared in Life magazine. The review identifies the medium seen in yesterday's post as linoleum block prints, which raises the question of whether each print was unique, created solely for the purpose of being reproduced in a magazine, or whether a number of prints were pulled for each image. Joel Sayre's review states these were made exclusively for the New Yorker. Is it possible they could have appeared in College Humor as well?
Note: Illustrator John Held, Jr. embodied the spirit of the 1920's. No doubt someone should dedicate an entire blog to him. From me you get just a few odd posts.
The Golden Age by Mr. Door Tree has a beautiful post on John Held, Jr. It's great stuff.
I have a few more posts about Lifemagazine including for some reason the old Life which is not at all the same thing.
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| Life, November 24, 1972, page 20 |
The book review appears in this issue:
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| Life, November 24, 1972 |
The Golden Age by Mr. Door Tree has a beautiful post on John Held, Jr. It's great stuff.
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John Held, Jr., "When the Theatre was Fraught with Romance The New Yorker, September 20, 1930Anna Held's Milk Bath Engraved by John Held Jr who is No Relation" |
I have a few more posts about Lifemagazine including for some reason the old Life which is not at all the same thing.
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