Friday, September 25, 2020

Hour of Space (1962)



This book is a soviet history of spaceflight and text heavy. what is notable about it are the color plates and some of the chapter header illustrations. I have many of these books so it is a treat to find something new to share. This is probably an adult popular book rather than a children's book and the art medium might be?

Vladimir Lvov. Illustrated by V. Noskov. Hour of Space. Moscow: Publishing House of the Central Committee if the Komsomol. 206 p. 20 cm. 1962.












3 comments:

  1. Lovely book. The illustrations could have been scratchboard, of course, but they sure look like old school woodcuts.

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  2. I was thinking the same thing....linoeum or woodcuts most likely. I really like the idea of a very ancient technique being used to illustrator something so forward-thinking!

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  3. I will admit that linoleum seems more likely.

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