Correspondence : with Carl Zigrosser, 1929-1962, n.d.

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Correspondence : with Carl Zigrosser, 1929-1962, n.d.

Elmer Adler was associated with Pynson Printers and The Colophon; he shared Zigrosser's dedication to fine printing. As a print collector, Adler was the force behind the Princeton Print Club. Zigrosser suggested speakers for the Print Club (Adelyn Breeskin on Mary Cassatt), and hired Kneeland McNulty, an Adler protegé, at the Philadelphia Museum of Art.

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McNulty, Kneeland

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Kneeland McNulty was Carl Zigrosser's assistant (from 1952) and successor (1964) at the Philadelphia Museum of Art. From the description of Correspondence with Carl Zigrosser, 1949-1971, n.d. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 155902111 ...

Adler, Elmer, 1884-1962

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Elmer Adler worked in his family's clothing firm in Rochester, N.Y. while developing an avocation as a book and print collector. In 1922 he came to New York City and established the Pynson Printers; he began to makea reputation as a book designer. Adler served as a typographic consultant to several magazines and to The New York Times. From 1930 to 1940 he published The colophon : a book collector's quarterly. In 1940 he was invited to establish a Department of Graphic Arts at Princeton Universit...

Cassatt, Mary, 1844-1926

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Mary Cassatt (b. Mary Stevenson Cassatt, May 22, 1844, Allegheny City, Pennsylvania-d. June 14, 1926, Paris, France) was an American Impressionist painter and printmaker....

Breeskin, Adelyn Dohme, 1896-1986

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Art historian, museum curator; Baltimore, Md., and Washington, D.C. Died 1986. From the description of Adelyn Dohme Breeskin papers, 1934-1978. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122565670 Adelyn Dohme Breeskin (1986-1986) was a museum director and art historian from Baltimore, Md. and Washington, D.C. From the description of Oral history interview with Adelyn Dohme Breeskin, 1979 Aug. 1-14. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 779477474 Adelyn D. Breeskin (1896-1...

Princeton Print Club.

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Pynson Printers

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Pynson Printers, founded in 1922 in New York by typographer Elmer Adler, was a private press that produced many limited edition books. In 1930 Adler began publishing The Colophon, a quarterly for book collectors. Both Pynson Printers and The Colophon ceased operations in 1940. From the guide to the Pynson Printers records, 1927-1933, (The New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division.) ...

Kent, Rockwell, 1882-1971

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Painter; New York, N.Y. From the description of Rockwell Kent interview, 1957 Sept. 12. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 80242441 Painter, illustrator, writer, lecturer; Ausable Forks, New York. From the description of Rockwell Kent letters to Robert T. Hatt, 1935-1936. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122553040 In addition to being a successful painter, printmaker, illustrator, designer, and commercial artist, Kent pursued careers as a writer, professional ...