August 19 Introduction

August 26 General remarks. Meryon
Field & Goddard Sets & Series, Field "sentences," Siqueros handout, Burke Meryon (1-29).

September 2 France
Boyer L'Estampe Originale (9-45), Cate French Society (84-169), Ives Bonnard (3-38, 52-67, 120-144), .Seguin Dumont (17-22, 61),

September 9 France and Low Countries
Brettell Gauguin (317-338), Field "Noa Noa," Solomon Godeau "Going Native," Gilman, "The Hottentot and the Prostitute" Newman Vallotton (43-92), Goddard Ubu.

September 16 Germany
Riesenfeld Portfolio (9-43), Carey & Griffiths Germany (43-75), Goddard XX (75-97)..

September 23 England and books
Stetz "Bodley Head," The Turn of a Century, Block essay in Goddard XX (98-125), Vaughan "Voyage D'Urien."

September 30 Research Library visit (Kelmscott Chaucer, Van nu en Straks)
Robinson Morris, Goddard XX (339-340, 354-355)

October 7 Short reports

October 14 [Goodfriend visit]

October 21 Short reports

October 28 [Houston Trip]

November 4

November 11 Papers

November 18 Papers

December 2 Papers

 

Short Reports

Select one item from the list of organizations and two from the list of series. Prepare a short factual sheet on each which can be handed out to everyone in class.

Term Papers

Papers should be about 20 pages in length and should deal with an aspect of print propagation (such as the patronage, packaging, presentation, reception of prints of specific prints; the conditions of their production etc.) or broader art historical issues as they relate to a specific set, series, or portfolio of pirnts. Here are a few research ideas beyond those that might be generated by the lists of series and organizations:

Series based on Edgar A. Poe
The Problem of Narrative in Gauguin's Noa Noa
Origins of the Limited Edition Portfolio
Julius Meier-Graeffe as publisher
Ambroise Vollard as publisher.
Auguste Delâtre as publisher

Other Goals

If we keep track of ideas that come up in the course of the semester it would be useful to assemble a short document "Sentences on Prints in Series" modelled on Field's "Sentences on Printed Art."

We will make a few forays into the large arena of the "the art of the book" but will focus primarily on print series -- we might try to verbalize how and why these differ.

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