E-catalogue 99: Lynd Ward

E-catalogue 99: Lynd Ward

For our 99th e-catalogue, we present a cross-section of Lynd Ward’s oeuvre from a small private collectionThose who have fallen under the spell Ward conjured from the dramatic interplay of light and dark in his wood engravings typically encounter it through the six wordless novels he published between 1929 and 1937. And yet, Ward illustrated more than 200 books over a half-century career. Ward imbued his spirit—the spirit of his age, of hope and resiliency, of grief and recognition—into each of his projects. As a collected corpus, such as that assembled here, they likewise portray the spirit of a life.