(Letter to Mr. Powers with woodengraved portrait of a man smoking a pipe ) by Stanley Rice

(Letter to Mr. Powers with woodengraved portrait of a man smoking a pipe ) by Stanley Rice

(Letter to Mr. Powers with woodengraved portrait of a man smoking a pipe )

Stanley Rice

Title

(Letter to Mr. Powers with woodengraved portrait of a man smoking a pipe )

 
Artist

Stanley Rice

 
Year
1952  
Technique
woodengraving pasted onto typed letter 
Image Size
engraving: 2-15/16 x 2-1/8" 
Signature
ink, lower right 
Edition Size
not stated 
Annotations
pencil numbered "40" in upper right; contact information in ink, along bottom edge 
Reference
 
Paper
print: fibrous wove; letter: smooth ivory wove 
State
proof 
Publisher
artist 
Inventory ID
17942 
Price
SOLD
Description
In this letter from Rice to Mr. Powers of New York, Rice discusses his work as an art director and typographer of a large, unnamed book company. With humor, he is persuading the recipient of the letter to consider the use of abstract art in his commercial adverstising -- in particular, Rice's own art.