The Old Print Shop

Midsummernight. A scene of of a nude man holding a ladle and a branch.

  • ARTIST: Lynd Ward

  • PUBLISHER: Published by Farrar and Rinehart.

  • MEDIUM: Wood engraving,

    DATE: 1930.

  • EDITION SIZE: Image size 2 1/4 x 3 1/2" (6.4 x 6.4 cm).

  • DESCRIPTION: Lynd Ward is famous for his wordless books. "Midsummernight" was one of them. The wood engravings bound in each book were never signed, and were printed on thick paper. Impressions such as this one are from the limited signed edition Ward printed on tissue and sold individually after the book's publication.

  • ADDITIONAL INFO: Signed in pencil.

  • CONDITION: Good condition.

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