Meridian Printing
The Works of Gretchen Dow Simpson
Providence RI: Meridian Printing, 1988
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Providence RI: Meridian Printing, 1988. Original pictorial card cover with spiral spine. The text of 2 or three pps. is signed by Dennis Glass, President of Meridian Printing, as he writes of his discovery of the artist. She is most known outside of her Rhode Island home as a creator of New Yorker covers. Her style is very classic New England and instantly recognizable to readers of the magazine. The artist explains her "working method" the result of which evokes a "sense of place". The New Yorker is one publication which still clings to the old fashioned thought that a picture (in this case the cover) evokes memories and thoughts as a bonus in the reading of a publication which deals with words and opinions. . Presumed First Edition. Spiral Paper Wraps. Good/No D.j.. Illus. by The Artist. Elephant Folio - over 15" - 23" tall. Catalogue.
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