Description

Description: A striking image of a bouquet within a bouquet. This uncommon wood engraving is titled, inscribed, and signed in graphite at the lower margin. “The Bouquet for Elspeth and Henry Lynd Ward”.

Image is 12″ x 5 1/4″ printed on a 15 1/2″ x 11″ sheet of Japanese tissue. Item #PR00584

Lynd Ward (1905-1985), American artist, illustrator, and novelist, is often credited with providing the catalyst for today’s graphic novels with his wordless novels… God’s Man, Prelude to a Million Years, etc.

Condition: Lightly toned, otherwise very good.