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Chapter-opening drawing for Cather, “My Mortal Enemy” (Knopf, 1926). “Although she had returned so ardently to the faith of her childhood, Myra Henshawe never changed the clause in her will . . .”
Jacket design/lettering/decoration by WAD for Knopf, 1936. (Same scheme used for cloth cover.) A rare example of his using tonal rather than line art for such purposes. Love love love his ital. Note differing styles for title on front and spine.
Sample ad from W. A. Dwiggins’s “Layout in Advertising” (Harper, 1928). WAD imagined and drew the hundreds of examples the book rather than using existing ads. #FontSunday #soap
Title page from 1923 book about Franklin, designed by WAD. Frontispiece by N. C. Wyeth, apparently commissioned for the book.
Happy birthday Ben Franklin! WAD portrait w/two variations: a folder published by Franklin Printing, and a paper sample/insert in “Direct Advertising.” 1921.
Illustration and lettering by Roger Excoffon. Part of his publicity campaign for Bally shoes, 1960s. Posted on large billboards in Paris and other urban landscapes.