Picture Book Treasures from the library book sale!
Now Open the Box, 1934
illustrations by Dorothy Kunhardt
Friday, February 27, 2015
Tuesday, February 17, 2015
ANTONIO FRASCONI
Recently, I've found some picture book treasures at the local library.
Brilliant woodcuts by the Italian artist, Antonio Frasconi.
From See and Say, 1955
A picture book in four languages,
English is in black,
Italian is in blue,
French is in red
and Spanish is in green
Saturday, February 14, 2015
Thursday, February 12, 2015
Happy Darwin Day
Amazing collection of bones! from the
Museum of Comparative Anatomy and Paleontology, Paris
Museum of Comparative Anatomy and Paleontology, Paris
Monday, February 9, 2015
Early Infographics
from WORDS,1948
The Little Golden Books
by Selma Lola Chambers
illustrated by Gertrude Elliot
from Exploring the Weather, 1957
by Roy Gallant
illustrated by Lowell Hess
from Facts and Figures, 1962
by Bertha Morris Parker
Illustrated by Lowell Hess
from MATHEMATICS
The Story of Numbers, Symbols and Space, 1958
by Irving Adler
Illustrated by Lowell Hess
Friday, February 6, 2015
Wednesday, February 4, 2015
MARC SIMONT
Illustrations by Marc Simont
from The Big World and the Little House by Ruth Kraus, 1949
Found a Ruth Kraus/Marc Simont book I had never seen before.
The cover has seen better days, but how perfect is that?
The cover has seen better days, but how perfect is that?
Monday, February 2, 2015
Wadsworth Antheneum
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| Banner from a Coney Island side show |
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| Robert Rauschenberg, Retroactive 1, 1964 |
Wadsworth Antheneum has a new installation
Coney Island: Visions of an American Dreamland, 1861–2008
and a re-installation of Contemporary Art
Robert Rauschenberg
Vanessa German
Kara Walker
John Nares
Charles LeDray
to name a few...
both exhibitions worth a visit if you're in or near Hartford
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