Merlin Holland collection of Peter Forster's De Profundis color woodblock prints, approximately 1991-2011
Scope and Contents
Peter Forster's color prints and masks of the image "Awful Brevity" used in the 1991 Folio Society edition of Oscar Wilde's De Profundis. The prints serve as an illustrative example of the printmaking process.
Dates
- Creation: 1991 - 2011
Creator
- Forster, Peter, 1934- (Artist, Person)
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open for research use with the signing of the Reader's Registration Form.
Use and Copyright
This material is owned by the University of Tulsa, McFarlin Library, Department of Special Collections. Unpublished manuscripts are under copyright. Therefore, permission to publish, quote, or reproduce must be secured from both the repository and the copyright holder.
Biographical / Historical
Peter Forster (b. 1934) is a British wood engraver, watercolorist, illustrator, poster designer, commercial artist, and satirist. He publishes his own wood engravings and books. (Allgemeines Kuenstlerlexikon via Library of Congress Authorities)
Extent
0.25 Linear Feet (1 half box)
Language of Materials
English
Physical Location
Collection shelved on 3rd floor.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift
- Title
- Merlin Holland collection of Peter Forster's De Profundis woodblock prints, approximately 1991-2011
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Alison Greenlee
- Date
- 2011
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- English
Repository Details
Part of the The University of Tulsa, McFarlin Library, Department of Special Collections & University Archives Repository
McFarlin Library
University of Tulsa
2933 E. 6th St
Tulsa 74104-3123 USA
(918) 631-2496
speccoll@utulsa.edu