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Title: Barry Moser Wood Engraving Blocks and Prints,
Date (inclusive): ca. 1984
Collection number: 1383
Creator:
Moser, Barry
Extent: 9 boxes (4.5 linear ft.)
2 oversize boxes
Repository:
University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections.
Los Angeles, California 90095-1575
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.
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.
Language:
English.
Restrictions on Use and Reproduction
Property rights to the physical object belong to the UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections. Literary rights, including
copyright, are retained by the creators and their heirs. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds
the copyright and pursue the
copyright owner or his or her heir for permission to publish where The UC Regents do not hold the copyright.
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF: Open for research. Advance notice required for access. Contact the UCLA Library, Department
of Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information.
Provenance/Source of Acquisition
- Gift of Barry Moser, 1985.
- Pennyroyal Press, purchase, 1985.
[Identification of item], Barry Moser Wood Engraving Blocks and Prints (Collection 1383). Department of Special Collections,
Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
UCLA Catalog Record ID:
4233459
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.
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.
Arranged in the following series:
- Frankenstein wood engraving blocks (Boxes 1-9).
- The Hunting of the Snark Wood engraving blocks (Box 9).
- The California Dante (Box 10).
- The Inferno drawings and illustrations (Box 10).
- Purgatorio illustrations (Box 11).
- Paradiso illustrations (Box 11).
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Moser, Barry.
Wood engravers--United States--Archival resources.
Illustrators--United States--Archival resources.
Wood blocks.
Wood engravings.
- 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.