[WOOD ENGRAVERS]. Face to Face: Twelve Contemporary American Artists Interpret Themselves in a Limited Edition of Original Wood Engravings. Introduction by Leonard Baskin. Great Barrington, MA: Penmaen-Busyhaus Publications, 1985.
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[WOOD ENGRAVERS]. Face to Face: Twelve Contemporary American Artists Interpret Themselves in a Limited Edition of Original Wood Engravings. Introduction by Leonard Baskin. Great Barrington, MA: Penmaen-Busyhaus Publications, 1985.
Folio. 13 original wood engraved self-portraits. Unbound as issued in original folders with letterpress descriptive text; housed in card folder (without original linen box).
LIMITED EDITION, number 68 of 250 copies, of which 200 copies for sale. Comprising 13 wood engravings, each in two states (one on different paper). All signed by their respective artist in both states, but Lynd Ward whose death occurred prior to completion of the project. Wood engravers include: Fred Becker, Jack Coughlin, John DePol, Fritz Eichenberg, Raymond Gloeckler, James Grashow, Judith Jaidinger, Stefan Martin, Michael McCurdy, Barry Moser, Gillian Tyler, and Herbert Waters.
Property from the Collection of Mr. Barry Moser
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