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The Print Connoisseur: A Quarterly Magazine for the Print Collector was a quarterly periodical published from 1920 to 1932 by Winfred Porter Truesdell of New York
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Starting with Volume 1, No. 1 (October 1920) it lasted through 46 issues to Volume 12, No. 2 (1932). Most issues contained at least one original print as the frontispiece
. Original prints were done by leading American and European artists including: John Taylor Arms, Frank W. Benson, George Elmer Burr, Emil Fuchs, Arthur William Heintzelman, Norman Kent, Paul Landacre
, J. J. Lankes
, Frederick Reynolds, Howard Simon
, Birger Sandzén
, Lynd Ward
, and others.
The periodical appeared in different versions:
New York
New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...
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Starting with Volume 1, No. 1 (October 1920) it lasted through 46 issues to Volume 12, No. 2 (1932). Most issues contained at least one original print as the frontispiece
Book frontispiece
A frontispiece is a decorative illustration facing a book's title page. The frontispiece is the verso opposite the recto title page. Elaborate engraved frontispieces were in frequent use, especially in Bibles and in scholarly books, and many are masterpieces of engraving...
. Original prints were done by leading American and European artists including: John Taylor Arms, Frank W. Benson, George Elmer Burr, Emil Fuchs, Arthur William Heintzelman, Norman Kent, Paul Landacre
Paul Landacre
Paul Hambleton Landacre was one of the outstanding printmakers of the modern era. His distinguished body of work was largely responsible for elevating the wood engraving to an art form in twentieth-century America...
, J. J. Lankes
J. J. Lankes
Julius John Lankes was an illustrator, a woodcut print artist, author, and college professor.-Early life and education:Lankes was born on August 31, 1884 in Buffalo, New York to parents of German heritage. His father worked in a lumber mill and brought home small scraps of wood...
, Frederick Reynolds, Howard Simon
Howard Simon
Howard Simon was a notable American illustrator, painter, and printmaker who is known for his woodcuts.Simon provided illustrations for several dozen books, and his work is displayed in numerous museums.-External links:*...
, Birger Sandzén
Birger Sandzén
Sven Birger Sandzén , known more commonly as Birger Sandzén, was a Swedish-American painter best known for his landscapes...
, Lynd Ward
Lynd Ward
Lynd Kendall Ward was an American artist and storyteller, and son of Methodist minister and prominent political organizer Harry F. Ward. He illustrated some 200 juvenile and adult books...
, and others.
The periodical appeared in different versions:
- issued quarterly in wraps (paper covers.) This allowed some subscribers to have their copies privately bound. The cover design could change from quarter to quarter. In some cases, the same issue could come out in different cover colors.
- at the end of the year a subscriber could order a bound version from the publisher.
- a limited edition (need to get more information to estimate the edition size) that had some signed prints. In other cases the limited edition had a frontispiece that was different than the regular edition eg. an Arms print was done in colours for the limited edition but just black & white in the regular edition. In another case the limited edition got a drypoint but since the plate wouldn’t stand up, the regular edition only got a reproduction.