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Michael McCurdy Illustrator & Author
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Biography
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THE BOSTON PUBLIC LIBRARY ACQUIRES THE MICHAEL McCURDY ARCHIVE! The archive of Michael's work as an author and illustrator and covering a period of 48 years, will find a home soon in Boston's venerable Boston Public Library. Original work, dating from McCurdy's first wood engraving in 1962, to current work for both adult and children is included, as is correspondence with authors and publishers, initial sketches, proofs, and wood blocks. The archive will not be available for viewing by the general public for at least two years. Michael has executed nearly 600 wood engravings, in addition to his scratchboard drawings. His Penmaen Press archive is housed at the Thomas Dodd Center, University of Connecticut, Storrs. The UCONN archive preserves books and ephemera printed and published at McCurdy's Penmaen Press from 1969 to 1985. The work includes first-edition books of poetry, fiction, and translation, and it is already available for public viewing, The letters between McCurdy and his friend and close associate Robert Hauser, offer an intriguing glimpse, into a fruitful and creative relationship from which a variety of projects have come into being. |
 Wood engraving for Esquire magazine.
This page updated 19 August, 2010 |
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WORK IN PROGRESS With the very successful completion of the Boston Public Library Project indicated above, all commercial products and services previously offered on this site have ceased. We thank you all for the wonderful support you have provided over the years.
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