Singing Along with John Held, Jr.

Late in 2017 on eBay, six as yet unsold woodblock prints by John Held, Jr., caught my eye. And my ear.

This next print does not, I think, refer to any one specific song but, rather, to the entire genre of work featuring the sad clown known as Pierrot:

Note:  I've always wondered how many of these woodblock prints Held pulled or, to put it another way, what was the approximate edition size? Or did he just stop when he felt he got it right? Did he treat these as originals intended primarily for reproduction or as print editions to sell to his fans?

 

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