Description
E. Weyhe, Published 1960. Hardcover, [48] pp (unpaginated); 29 cm; First Edition; illustrated throughout with over 80 reproductions of pen-and-ink and ink wash drawings.
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Condition & notes
In Very Good condition, issued in a plain glassine wrapper which is not present here. Tan linen cloth boards, Sopher line drawing and his script signature reproduced in black on front cover, mild shelf and edge wear, a hint of nicking to cloth at head and foot of spine and at corner tips, a few small dark specks to lower front board. Binding tight. Mild toning to endpapers and page edges. Otherwise unmarked. Sopher (1905-1972) drew Baltimore for the Evening Sun and the Sun for most of his career, and this is the only book devoted to him published in his lifetime, the plates chosen by the artist himself. Published by E. Weyhe, the Lexington Avenue art bookshop and gallery that was an institution in the New York art world. Introduction by Wilbur Harvey Hunter, Jr., director of the Peale Museum, who sets Sopher alongside Mencken as a Baltimorean who drew nourishment from the city without being stunted by it. Subjects include a Johns Hopkins Hospital clinic, a steel mill from the Hutzler Brothers Maryland Institutions portfolio, the Baltimore Symphony in rehearsal, married couples, bars and the zoo. Several plates carry collection credits, including the Cone Collection at the Baltimore Museum of Art.