Westvaco Inspirations for Printers: 1942 1943. Numbers 133 to 144
No Place: West Virginia Pulp and Paper Company. Wraps. Good. Item #020983
No place: 1942/43. Dark beige cloth. Unpaginated, several hundred pages. Color and black and white illustrations throughout. A bound volume of sorts, collecting 12 issues of Inspirations for Printers spanning the years 1942 to 1943. Original covers are preserved/included. Issued by Westvaco, a mill and paper company originally known as the West Virginia Pulp and Paper Company. The company underwent a variety of acquisitions through the later 1900s and 2000s, and is now essentially part of the Verso Corporation. Each issue here depicts ideas for printing and advertising, demonstrating various printing techniques, various papers, artists and photographers. Artists with artwork present include Thomas Hart Benton, Miguel Covarrubias, Salvador Dali, Fernand Leger, Henri Matisse, Picasso, Edward Steichen and others. Many pieces relate to World War II, either promoting the US Armed Forces, or envisioning air travel after the war was over. GOOD condition. Moderate to heavy toning, especially to the spine. Minor soiling. Heavy scuffing along the extremities. Paper toned in the interior, with very minor scattered soiling.
Price: $100.00