A Guide to the Wood Blocks and Prints of Julius J. Lankes, 1923 and 1951 #10164-h

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Administrative Information

Access Restrictions

There are no restrictions.

Use Restrictions

Mr. Lankes reserves copyright. Contact Manuscripts Curator for terms.

Preferred Citation

Julius J. Lankes, Wood Blocks and Prints, 1923 and 1951, Accession #10164-h, Special Collections Dept., University of Virginia Library, Charlottesville, Va.

Acquisition Information

This collection was given to the Library on January 9, 1987 by J.B. Lankes of Hampton, Virginia and Mrs. Madeleine deBarthe Schuermann of Temple Hill, Maryland in memory of his father, J.J. Lankes.

Scope and Content Information

The thirty items, 1923 and 1951, in this collection pertain chiefly to J.J. Lankes' illustration of Marvin Neel's Weather Sayings and, to a lesser extent, Robert Frost's "The star-splitter" ( The Century Magazine , September 1923). Included are thirteen woodblocks, cut in end grain maple by J.J. Lankes between April and June 1951, with thirteen accompanying reference prints, used to illustrate Weather Sayings . There are also four reference prints made from woodblocks used to illustrate "The star- splitter."

Contents List

Weather Sayings

Wood block 1137 1951 April 30

January--Half moon, barn. Accompanied by reference print.
Wood block 1138 1951 May 1

February -- Brook. Accompanied by reference print.
Wood block 1141 1951 May 4

August -- Sunset. Accompanied by reference print.
Wook block 1142 1951 May 5

June -- Windy Hilltop. Accompanied by reference print.
Wood block 1143 1951 May 11

September -- Rain in Vermont. Accompanied by reference print.
Wood block 1144 1951 May 14

March -- Wind. Accompanied by reference print.
Wood block 1145 1951 May 17

November -- "Frost Poem." Accompanied by reference print.
Wood block 1147 1951 May 24

Frontispiece -- Skating II. Accompanied by reference print.
Wood block 1149 1951 May 31

May -- Orchard, church, clouds II. Accompanied by reference print.
Wood block 1150 1951 June 12

July -- Hay V. Accompanied by reference print.
Wood block 1151 1951 June 14

April -- Plowing. Accompanied by reference print.
Wood block 1153 1951 June 26

December -- Getting Xmas Tree II. Accompanied by reference print.
Wood block 1154 1951 June 27

October -- Cornfield II. Accompanied by reference print.

"The Star-Splitter"

Print from wood block 234 1923 May 20

Title Page -- Whitaker's Farm, NJ.
Print from wood block 235 1923 May 23

Dawn I -- Lightning wrong.
Print from wood block 237 1923 May 25

Headpiece. Printed together with wood block 239.
Print from wood block 239 1923 June 1

Headpiece Top. Printed together with wood block 237.
Print from wood block 240 1923 June 2

Farmhouse.