Mary Pickford: Queen of the Silent Film Era Print - Limited Edition of 35

In this wordless biography, wood engraver George A. Walker celebrates the life of Mary Pickford, a silent film star whose groundbreaking contributions to the motion picture industry earned her the title ‘Queen of the Movies’. www.george-walker.com In this edition wood engraver George A. Walker tells the story of Pickford’s life in a sequential narrative not unlike the silent films of old, complete with inter-titles. A book pretending to be a silent film. The black-and-white wood engravings recall the monochromatic media of Pickford’s films, and echo the experience of interpreting stories visually.This limited edition of Mary Pickford: The Queen of the Silent Film Era contains 87 wood engravings hand printed on 250 gsm Revere Felt mouldmade paper created at the 600 year old Cartiere Magnani mill in Italy. The book comes fully bound in Asahi silk cloth with a clamshell protective box and a drawer that contains ephemera from Pickford's career. The number 87 was Pickford’s age when she died and the number 35 (copies of the limited edition) refers to the 35mm film on which silent movies were shot. An additional 10 hors commerce copies were made and these are lettered A–J. The book features hand marbled end leaves and bevelled cover boards with a wood engraving print counter sunk into the cover. Book size: 6.25" X 7.5" X 1.75" (160 pages printed recto) Edition size: 35 copies signed and numbered

Printmaking:Engraving on Paper

Artist Produced Limited Edition of:35

Size:6.3 W x 7.5 H x 1.7 D in

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