American Woodcut
Illustrator J. J. Lankes “Village Church Greeting”
Untitled
card. Title: “Village Church Greeting” 4 pages. 5-1/16 x 4 inches. Wove paper. Blank
interior. Block Signature: “L” lower left. Printed, reverse, back side: “No. 111
/ J. J. Lankes / Hilton Village, Va.”
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- - Lankes was from the Tidewater, Virginia area. (Newport News & Hampton).
Historical
Notes:
Village
Church Greeting
Catalogue
Number: 471
Title:
Village Church Greeting
Alternative
Titles: Village Church, No. 4
Creation
Date: January 4, 1927
Printing
Method: wood engraving
Woodblock:
maple
Image
Size (mm): 113 x 90 mm
Image
Size (in.): 4 7/16 x 3 9/16 in.
Paper:
thin cream laid paper
Paper
Size (in.): 7 5/8 x 5 3/4 in.
Edition
State: 1st state
Edition:
11 signed and numbered
Block
Signature: “L.” lower left
Pencil
Signature: “J.J. Lankes” lower left, dated lower right, numbered lower center
Bibliography
of Published Image:
•
The Woman’s Journal (December, 1928) p. 11
•
Club Dial (December, 1928) p. 11
•
Upper Pasture by Charles Malam (New York: Farrar & Rinehart, Inc.) 1930
p.61
Exhibitions:
•
“J. J. Lankes Woodcuts” Burchfield Center, State University College at Buffalo
- Buffalo, NY (September - November 1978)
•
“Julius J. Lankes and the Art of the American Woodcut” The Trout Gallery,
Dickinson College - Carlisle, PA (December 2, 2011 – February 18, 2012)
Public
Collections:
•
Buffalo & Erie County Public Library - Buffalo, NY (No. 5)
•
Burchfield Penney Art Center - Buffalo, NY (No. 2)
•
The Trout Gallery, Dickinson College - Carlisle, PA
•
Wheaton College Special Collections, Wheaton College - Wheaton, IL
Notes
from Woodcut Record:
P.C.
- 2, 3, 4, 1 Ed. = 11 s. and n.
Additional
Notes:
Subject
is the Fourteen Holy Helpers Church in Gardenville, NY.
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