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Stanley Meltzoff: Picture Maker Hardcover Art Book - The Illustrated Press
Stanley Meltzoff: Picture Maker Hardcover Art Book - The Illustrated Press
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Explore the awe-inspiring, industry-changing career of a mid-century illustration pioneer with Stanley Meltzoff: Picture Maker in hardcover.
Published by the award-winning historical retrospective press The Illustrated Press, this luxurious 224-page premium hardcover serves as the first comprehensive monograph dedicated to the life and masterpiece portfolio of Stanley Meltzoff. Highly celebrated for his crisp draftsmanship and unmatched spatial dynamic, Meltzoff changed the face of mid-century publishing before passing away in 2006.
Meltzoff stands as one of the very first dedicated paperback cover artists to revolutionize the science fiction genre, crafting dramatic, atmospheric scenes that completely discarded the crude pulp cliches of the 1950s. Beyond sci-fi, he was a massive fixture for slick high-society periodicals, creating iconic cover designs and editorial art for Scientific American, Life, Fortune, and The Saturday Evening Post. Later in his historic career, he pivoted to become the world’s preeminent painter of large saltwater game fish, capturing marine life environments for Sports Illustrated and National Geographic.
Book Features:
- Unprecedented Career Archive: Compiles hundreds of full-color illustrations, including raw production sketches, original reference photos, and final published tear sheets.
- Award-Winning Legacy: Honors an artist who earned 25 prestigious awards from the Society of Illustrators and reshaped modern commercial graphic art.
- Elite Sportsman Appeal: Features sprawling, breathtaking underwater galleries that belong on the coffee tables of discriminating marine art collectors worldwide.
- Premium Deluxe Presentation: Oversized layout printed on heavy, archival-grade glossy paper stock that preserves every dramatic brushstroke and hue perfectly.
Product Details:
- Format: Heavy Oversized Hardcover with Dust Jacket
- Publisher: The Illustrated Press (March 1, 2020 First Edition)
- Page Count: 224 vibrant, full-color pages
- Language: English Text
- Dimensions: 9 x 12 inches (Oversized Coffee Table Format)
- ISBN-10: 0999513869 / ISBN-13: 978-0999513866
Secure this definitive retrospective of an American illustration master for your library shelf today!
224 pages, 9"x12", full color, hardbound with dust jacket. Limited to 900 copies!
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