Barry Moser Wood Engraving Blocks and Prints, ca. 1984

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Barry Moser Wood Engraving Blocks and Prints, ca. 1984

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 , , , , and . Frankenstein The Hunting of the Snark The California Dante The Inferno Purgatorio Paradiso

9 boxes (4.5 linear ft.); 2 oversize boxes

eng,

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Moser, Barry

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Barry Moser was born October 15, 1940, in Chattanooga, Tenn. As he grew up he rebelled against the strictures of his southern, male-oriented family and their notion that art was not a man's job. He attended military school from seventh through twelfth grade, where he learned discipline and orderliness, but also developed a distrust of authority of any kind. Eventually he became an artist, illustrator, author, educator and lecturer. He has illustrated a large number of books, including classics i...