Rhymes of Early Jungle Folk
A Replica of the 1922 Edition Featuring the Poems of Mary E. Marcy with Woodcuts by Wharton Esherick
This facsimile edition of a 1922 children's book features seventy-three dynamic and whimsical woodcut illustrations-the first woodcuts that the famed American craftsman Wharton Esherick produced. A high-quality replica authorized by the Wharton Esherick Museum, this book reveals the foundation of Esherick's direction as an artist. Edited by Museum director Paul Eisenhauer, it also features a foreword by Museum assistant curator Laura Heemer. The illustrations frame verses that introduce children to the principles of evolution, a highly controversial topic at the time: the book was published three years before the famous Scopes Monkey trial of…
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Weitere Autoren: The Wharton Esherick Museum (Beitr.) / Esherick, Wharton (Illustr.) / Heemer, Laura (Vorb.)
- ISBN: 978-0-7643-4937-9
- EAN: 9780764349379
- Produktnummer: 17576066
- Verlag: Schiffer Publishing
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2015
- Seitenangabe: 128 S.
- Masse: H22.8 cm x B15.2 cm 424 g
- Abbildungen: 73 b/w illus
- Gewicht: 424
Über den Autor
Paul Eisenhauer is the Executive Director and Curator of the Wharton Esherick Museum. He has edited or co-edited two other books about Wharton Esherick for Schiffer Publishing.American artist and craftsman Wharton Esherick (18871970) is known primarily as a sculptor and furniture maker. His studio in Paoli, Pennsylvania, is open to the public as part of the Wharton Esherick Museum.
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