Barry Moser Wood Engraving Blocks and Prints, ca. 1984

Summary

Creators:

Moser, Barry

Abstract:

Barry Moser (1940- )was a graphic artist and printmaker who worked in ink and wood. The collection consists of wood engraving blocks, pencil sketches, incipient drawings and illustrations for books he illustrated including Frankenstein, The Hunting of the Snark, The California Dante, The Inferno, Purgatorio and Paradiso.

Extent:

9 boxes (4.5 linear ft.) 2 oversize boxes

Language:

English.

Background

Scope and content:

Collection consists of wood engraving blocks for Frankenstein and The Hunting of the Snark, pencil sketches for The California Dante, incipient drawings and illustrations for The Inferno, and illustrations for Purgatorio and Paradiso.

Biographical / historical:

Moser was born on October 15, 1940 in Chattanooga, Tennessee; became a graphic artist and printmaker; attended Auburn University; studied with George Cress at the University of Tennessee, Chattanooga, and with Leonard Baskin and Jack Coughlin; head of studio art, Williston Northampton School (1967-82), and beginning in 1990, with the Rhode Island School of Design; exhibited in one-man shows at the Berkshire Museum (1973) and the Boston Athenaeum (1976); also exhibited at the Los Angeles National Print Show (1974) and the Library of Congress National Print Exhibit (1975-76); worked in ink and wood, and illustrated many books; member, American Printing History Association, and winner of American Book Award.

Acquisition information:

Gift of Barry Moser, 1985. Pennyroyal Press, purchase, 1985.

Arrangement:

Arranged in the following series:

1. Frankenstein wood engraving blocks (Boxes 1-9).
2. The Hunting of the Snark Wood engraving blocks (Box 9).
3. The California Dante (Box 10).
4. The Inferno drawings and illustrations (Box 10).
5. Purgatorio illustrations (Box 11).
6. Paradiso illustrations (Box 11).

Physical location:

Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact the UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information.

Related resources

Related material:

• Wood Engraving Blocks by Barry Moser Illustrating The Gold Rush (Collection 1537) . Available at Library Special Collections, UCLA.
• Moser, Barry, Gold Rush: Twenty-Five Wood Engravings (Call number: *NE 1112.M67 A67 1985). Available at Library Special Collections, UCLA.
• Moser, Barry, Wild Bill Hickock: Resident of Deadwood, 1876 {pencil and ink drawing}. Collection 99. Available at Library Special Collections, UCLA.
• Moser, Barry, Portrait of Lewis Carroll (Collection 99). Available at Library Special Collections, UCLA.
• Moser, Barry, Woodcut Portrait of Lewis Carroll (Call number: 123277**). Available at Library Special Collections, UCLA.
• Moser, Barry, The Owl and the Pussy-Cat. (Call number: 113793). Available at Library Special Collections, UCLA.
• Hunting of the Snark: an Agony, in Eight Fits / Lewis Carroll and illustrated by Barry Moser (Call number: 114552*). Available at Library Special Collections, UCLA.
• The Tinderbox / Hans Christian Andersen and adapted, illustrated, and designed by Barry Moser (Call number: G 000 054 802 4). Available at Library Special Collections, UCLA.
• Polly Vaughn: a Traditional British Ballad. Designed, illustrated, and retold in an American setting by Barry Moser (Call number: PZ 7 M834p 1992). Available at Library Special Collections, UCLA.

Indexed terms

Subjects:

Wood engravers--United States--Archival resources.
Illustrators--United States--Archival resources.
Wood blocks.
Wood engravings.

Location of this collection:

UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library

A1713 Charles E. Young Research Library

Box 951575

Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575, US

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