Gordon Gilkey Print Collection 1933-1939

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Gordon Gilkey Print Collection 1933-1939

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Signed etchings by printmaker, Gordon Gilkey, including his 35 official etchings of the grounds for the New York World's Fair (1937-39).

44 prints

eng,

Lew s & Clark College Special Collections and Archives

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Gilkey, Gordon

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Gordon Waverly Gilkey (1912-2000) was a gifted etcher and printmaker. Gilkey was born in Albany, Oregon, and during the 1930s he served as a student art teacher at Albany College. In 1936, he graduated from the University of Oregon with a Master's of Fine Arts degree, and in 1937, Gilkey was selected to document the 1939 World’s Fair in New York as its official artist. During World War II, Gilkey was assigned command of a military unit that attemped to minimize the theft and destruction of Europ...