Philip G. Reed (1908-1989) was a printer,
typographer, book designer, and skilled wood engraver. Reed grew up in Park
Ridge, IL, where his father ran a printing shop in the family home. As a
student at the Art Institute in Chicago, he developed innovative wood engraving
techniques which used individual wood blocks to produce color prints. Reed
served as an artist technician in the Army Corps of Engineers and started The
Printing Office of Philip Reed after the war.
His shop designed and illustrated several books
including "The Seven Voyages of Sinbad the Sailor." Reed designed
over 40 books and his work won awards from the American Institute of Graphic
Arts and was displayed at the Krasl Art Center in St. Joseph Michigan (where he
lived and worked) and at libraries across the country.
Up for sale is a RARE set of (6) woodcut prints plus
(2) additional woodcut prints. The set of (6) appeared as illustrations in
“Mother Goose and Nursery Rhymes” published by Atheneum Publishers, New York,
and were printed by A. & R. Roe, Printers, of St Joseph, Michigan. I have
included (2) additional prints that were in the folder when I purchased the set
of (6). The prints are c. 1963 and measure 12 ½ inches by 9 inches (set of 6),
print with chicken on roost is 8 ½ by 11 and the print with man and golf clubs
is 8 ¼ by 10 3/4.
All of the prints are in near MINT condition to Mint
condition and ready to be framed. If you are a collector these are incredible
pieces! Make me an Offer!