Eleonora
Eleonora
Artist
Fritz Eichenberg
(American, 1901-1990)
Author
Edgar Allan Poe
(American, 1809-1849)
Publisher
Print Club of Cleveland
, no. 59, 1981
Printer
Penmaen Press, Ltd.
Unknown Role(Introduction by)
Richard Wilbur
(American, 1921 - 2017)
Place of OriginCleveland
Date(combined publication with print, 1981)
DimensionsOverall (9 1/8 x 6 x 7/16 in. (203 x 145 x 11 mm)
sheet/page: 11 1/4 x 8 1/2 in. (285 x 215 mm)
plate: 5 7/8 x 3 3/4 in. (151 x 95 mm)
sheet/page: 11 1/4 x 8 1/2 in. (285 x 215 mm)
plate: 5 7/8 x 3 3/4 in. (151 x 95 mm)
MediumBook with wood-engraved frontispiece, plus extra unbound wood-engraving, letterpress text
ClassificationBooks
Credit LineGift of Ray W. Clarke in honor of Marilyn C. and Wilber F. Hesselbart
Object number
2003.41A-B
Not on View
DescriptionOriginal print: wood engraving on Mohawk Superfine wove; plus a separate print of the wood engraving on Curtis Stonehenge wove paper
text: letterpress (typeface: Palatino)
One limited edition book with wood-engraved frontispiece, printed from the original wood block on Curtis Stonehenge paper by Penmaen Press, Ltd. Includes an extra wood-engraving on separate sheet.
Published Referencescf. The Print Club of Cleveland, 1969--1994, Cleveland, 1994, p. 51.Comparative ReferencesSee also: Kay Cassil, "Fritz Eichenberg. The Gentle Touch of Humanity," American Artist, October, 1975. cf.: The Wood and The Graver, introduction by Alan Fern (New York: Clarkson n. Petter, 1977). cf.: Sylvan Cole, Jr., Fritz Eichenberg, Fifty Years of Wood Engraving (New York: Associated American Artists Gallery, 1977).
Pierre Delabarre
Glass: before 1630; Mount: c. 1630; Case: c. 1700
about 1785 (Frame about 1820)
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