Personal Letterhead and Label

1925

J. J. Lankes

Associated Names
J. J. Lankes

Artist, American, 1884 - 1960

J. B. Lankes

Printer, American, 1915 - 2010

This is a drawing of a sign with text. The drawing features a sign with the text "JULIUS J. LANKES, HILTON VILLAGE, VIRGINIA" printed in bold letters. The sign is bordered on the left by the silhouette of a leafy tree, and the sign itself is bordered with a simple rectangular outline. The design is monochrome, likely made using a printmaking technique like woodcut or linocut, with a stark contrast between the black ink and the light background. The composition is simple, focusing on the typography and the natural motif of the tree.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    wood engraving in black on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Corcoran Collection (Gift of the children of J.J. Lankes)

  • Dimensions

    image: 3.18 × 8.57 cm (1 1/4 × 3 3/8 in.)
    sheet: 14.13 × 17.94 cm (5 9/16 × 7 1/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2015.19.3307

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Lankes 1958, no. 381

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

the artist, Durham, North Carolina; J. B. Lankes (the artist's son), Hampton, Virginia, 1960; Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 2004; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Bibliography

n.d.

  • Lankes, J.J. Woodcut Record. Unpublished (College of William and Mary Special Collection), p. 8, no. 381.

Inscriptions

lower center edge in graphite by unknown hand: 381
text in block:
Julius J. Lankes / Hilton Village / Virginia

Markings

stamped lower right in black ink: Del & Sculp:JJL:****:Imp:JBL / Reproduction Rights Reserved

Wikidata ID

Q77010217

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