J. J. Lankes woodcut design #2, PEANUT MAN I, dated February 18, 1917. Block destroyed about 1920. Offest by CopyCat September 1977 fro the hand-burnished second impression by artist.

J. J. Lankes woodcut design #3 HORSE IN RAIN, cut 023017. block destroyed prior to 1922. Offset by CopyCat October 1977 from a print by the artist.

J. J. Lankes woodcut design #5, BOOKS, cut 031117. Forerunner of Moore Bookplate, #25 (First bookplate). Offset from a print by the artist.

J.J. Lankes Block #104, WILBUR MACY STONE'S LITTLE BOOK, cut 7-23-21.

J.J. Lankes Block #108, WILBUR MACEY BOOKPLATE STONE (spelling corrected), cut 8-1-21- both reproduced from original prints.

2 photocopies

J.J.Lankes woodcut design # 107, OCTOBER, cut 7/26/21. Believed to have been inspired by RObert Frost's poem, "After Apple Picking". Undated sketch is labelled, "Apple Picking". Offset by Copycat July 1976 from a signed print by the artist.

1 print and 2 photocopies

J.J.Lankes woodcut design #107M, modified from the cut OCTOBER, 1926, Osborn bookplate catalog #45. Offset from signed print #3 by the artist, March 1978.

1 photocopy

1 photoengraving

J.J.Lankes woodcut design # 111, WINTER ( 2nd state ), cut 9-15-21, worked over to 2nd state 1925 ( roof of house lightened, border lightened, "1921" out. Edition of 46 in 1st state. This is the design that attracted Robert Frost to JJL's work. Offset from signed print #10. See reverse of print for floorplan(?). 1 print and 4 photocopies

J.J.Lankes woodcut design #112, DIGGER, cut October 10, 1921. Offset from an original print by the artist. / J.J.Lanke's design #360, The End II, offset from a photograph. CORRECTION10-24-1975 This is actually J.J.Lankes woodcut design #112, DIGGER T/P, cut 101021, sold to Century magazine for $20. Print previously furnished was from the block. Above is offset from an offset..... 1 print and 1 photocopy

1 photocopy

J.J. Lankes woodcut design #114, TWO TREES AND COTTAGE, cut January 10, 1922. F.J.Lankes wrote July 3, 1963, " I believe the house was on Clinton Street a little beyond the village limit. The view would be from the north bank of Buffalo Creek". Offset March 1978 from a print by the artist.

1 print and 1 photocopy

J.J.Lankes Block #115, MODERN MINSTREL, used as a two-color personal greeting in 1921. Reproduced by offset from an original print. ("Back door" to Ellicott building? Buffalo)

1 print.

J.J. Lankes Block #116, CAROLINA PLAYERS, cut 3-6-1922. Reproduced by offset from preliminary sketch and from reduced heading on a program. / "Folk Plays" / Block to Prof. F.M. Koch. Offset reduced from the first trial proof in the Edward Ludsmith(?) Collection, 1977. 3 photocopies

J.J.Lankes woodcut design #117, CHURCH AND APPLE TREE, cut March 7, 1922. Offset from an IBM copy of a print hand-rubbed by the artist. 3 photocopies

J.J.Lankes Block #118, WINTER LANDSCAPE, cut 3-8-22. Reproduced by offset from an original print. 2 photocopies.

J.J.Lankes Block #119, CARL L. BREDEMEIER BOOKPLATE cut 3-9-22. ( not used). Both reproduced by offset from original prints. Osbourn, in the definitive work, says three designs; 15, 16 and 17 in 1922. Stone writes of five states in his portfolio. 2 photocopies.

J.J.Lnakes Block #120, CARL L. BREDEMEIER BOOKPLATE, cut 3-10-1922. Both reproduced by offset from original prints. Osbourn, in the definitive work, says three designs; 15, 16 and 17 in 1922. Stone writes of five states in his portfolio. 2 photocopies.

J.J.Lankes woodcut design #121, BOY PIPING, cut March 11, 1922. Cut for and rejected by Bryne Hackett. Offset from an original print by the artist. 1 print.

Printed October 1962 by Dard Hunter from Lankes Blocks in the Hunter Collections. 1 print.

Rochester - The Old North Gate into High Street / Drawn by Louis C. Rosenberg / Engraved by J. J. Lankes Block # 123, cut 4-24-22. Reproduced by offset from magazine. 1 print.

1 print

1 print

J.J.Lankes Block # 125, CLUMP OF TREES, cut 4-26-22. Reproduced by offset from an original print.

J.J.Lankes woodcut design #126, SELF PORTRAIT, cut April 27, 1922. Offset from a print by the artist in the Edward Hudspith Collection. Dated 1923 in lower left. 1 print

J.J.Lankes woodcut design # 127, SWAN , cut April 28, 1922. Offset from a cull print by the artist. 1 print

1 print

1 print

J.J.Lankes woodcut design # 130, PEEPING GIRL, cut May 2, 1922. Offset from a cull print by the artist. Also offset of original sketch marked "Tying shoe" and "Done 5/3/1922." Used in New Yorker, 7/20/30. 2 prints

J.J.Lankes woodcut design #131, TORTURED MAN, cut May 5, 1922. Offset from a cull print by the artist. 1 print

J.J.Lankes block #132, CLOUD AND TREES, cut 5-4-22. Offset from a reference print. / Offset from a print formerly owned by W. Stone and marked by him "May 1922", now in the Edward Hudspith Collection. The size in the "record" is given as 1.9 x 4.9, but this seems to be in error. Appeared in "Century" magazine. There may be confusion with #169, which appeared in the September 1923 "Century". 2 prints

J.J.Lankes woodcut design # 175, CAROLINA PLAYMAKERS MASK, cut July 26, 1922. Block to Professor Koch. Offset 1977 from a print in the Edward Hudspith Collection. 1 print

1 print

Preliminary sketch for J.J.Lankes woodcut #135, NORSE TITLE PAGE. Offset from the sketch. "Dreams" by Knut Hamsun. / A part of J.J.Lankes woodcut design #135, NORSE TITLE PAGE, cut 050722. Offset by CopyCat from a print by the artist. 4 prints

J.J.Lankes Block #136, DAVID EDWARD HAND B/P, offset from an original print. Cut 5-8-22. / J.J.Lankes pencil sketch. Offset from the original sketch and a commercial reproduction. 2 prints

J.J. Lankes Block #137, PLACE HENRI-QUATRE, ROUEN, from drawing by L.C.Rosenberg for the Journal of the American Institute of Architects. Reproduced by off-set from an original print. / Reproduced by offset March 1978 from a print signed by the artist. 2 prints

1 print

1 print

1 print

Instructions for "switching" procedures on the back. 1 print

1 print

1 print

J.J.Lankes Block # 145, AUTUMN, cut 6-7-22. Offset from an original print by the artist. 1 print

J.J.LANKES Blockk # 146, DOUBT, cut 6-8-22 (unfinished). Second state has been filled and re-lettered. Offset from original prints by the artist. 1 print

6 prints (including at least 1 photoengraving)

1 photoengraving

1 print

1 print

1 print

J.J.Lankes woodcut design #152, HAPPY NEW YEAR, cut June 17, 1922. Tint block cut later. Offset 1977 with IBM copy of original sketch from material in the Edward Hudspith Collection. 3 print

1 print

J.J.Lankes woodcut design #154, N INITIAL, cut June 20, 1922. Intended for use wiht Xmas card #147. Offset from a poor print in green ink, by JBL. The "T" is cataloged as X28. 2 prints

1 print

1 print

1 print

J.J.Lankes woodcut design #162, BOARS HEAD, cut July 4, 1922. OFfset from an illustration in Golden Book Magazine, before 1933. 1 print

1 print

[NOTE: #163 CONTAINS TWO DIFFERENT WOODCUT DESIGNS UNDER THE SAME NUMBER] Probably 163, 3rd state / Final state? March 31, 1958 - copy of page 3.1 of "Distribution Clearance Manual", distributed January 2, 1957. J.J.Lankes woodcut design, believed to be #163, which was originally cut 7-5-22. Offset from an original print by the artist, marked 1st imp. oct 4, 1927". Attached are offsets from print made by JBL from the unidentified block about 1961. It is thought that the 1922 design, the print above and the attached print are three stages of the same design. 4 print of DESIGN #1, 1 print of DESIGN #2.

J.J.LANKES Design #164, WEST WIND, cut 7-6-22. Linoleum (L.) and Cherry(Lankes). Offset from original prints by the artist. 1 print

J. J. Lankes Block #165 THE END, cut 7/7/22. Reproduced from an original print by the artist. 1 print

1 print

1 print

1 photoengraving

1 print

4 prints, at least 2 of which are photoengravings

J.J.Lankes Block #171, TWO POPLARS IN WINTER, cut 7-13-22. Probably unfinished. Offset from original print by the artist. 1 print

1 print

1 print --> see #189 for another print of #189

J.J.Lankes woodcut design Number 173, SKY, SEA, SHORE, cut July 16, 1922. Used in FORUM, October 1926. The scene is not the James River as might be supposed, but is more likely a Lake Erie shore scene. 1 print

1 photocopy

1 photoengraving

1 print

J.J.LANKES Block #177, JEHOVAH, cut 8-1-22. Block destroyed. Offset from an original print by the artist. 1 print

2 prints

J.J.Lankes woodcut design #179, on which at least five editions of Christmas cards were based. JJL card 108 ("Chimes from the belfry sound...") in black on white (red "C") printed Baker-Jones-Hansauer 1922; JJL card 108A ("Happy New Year") in black on white printed Baker-Jones-Hansauer 1925 (above offset from commercial card and first impression of lettering dated 3/17/25); Medici Society of America #105 ("Greetings", same as design 198) in blue and black on white printed 1928; American Artists Group #10168 ("All Good Wishes...") in brick-red(?) on gold (?) printed 1940; and JBL 1963 card ("Christmas Greetings", same as design 384) in blue on light blue. 3 prints

1 print

J.J.Lankes Block #181, PAUL DEBRY BENE B/P, designed by Paul Cret, cut 8-20-22. Offset from original print by the artist. 1 print

J.J.Lankes woodcut design # 183, LAMENTATIONS-SORROW (Weeping figure against wall, unfinished), record date August 22, 1922, print dated 9/1/22 by W.M.Stone. Offset from a print in the Edward Hudspith Collection. 1 print

1 print

1 print

J.J.LANKES Block #187, TRACTOR for "Soviet Russia", cut 8-30-22. Offset from original print by the artist. 1 print

1 print

1 print --> see #172 for another print of #189

J.J.Lankes woodcut design #190, ROAD OVER HILL, cut 091722. Offset by the Little Print Shop from a print by the artist, with corrections in white ink. 2 prints

1 print

J.J.Lankes woodcut design # 192, LANKES, HIS BOOKPLATE BOOK, cut 092522. Offset from a print by JBL from the block. 1 print

J.J.Lankes woodcut design # 193, BITTERSWEET, cut 092622. Edition - 10 signed and numbered. Used in modified form in CENTURY MAGAZINE. Offset from a print by JBL from the block. 1 print -->see entry #193 for another print of #193 (TWO PRINTS TOTAL)

1 print --> see entry #192 for another print of #193 (TWO PRINTS TOTAL)

J.J.LANKES Blcok # 194A, COOPER I, cut @ early October 1922. Reproduced by offset from an original print by the artist. 1 print

J.J.LANKES Block # 194B, AUTUMN IDYLL (COOPER II), cut 10-8-22. Reproduced by offset from an original print by the artist. 1 print

1 print

1 print

2 prints

1 print

J.J.LANKES BLOCK # 200, JULIEN BRYAN B/P, cut 12-2-22. Offset from an original print by the artist. 1 print

1 print

1 print

J.J.Lankes Woodcut Design # 203, FLERSHEM XMAS GREETING, cut 12-14-22. Unfinished, block destroyed. Offset 1977 from a print by the artist from the unfinished block in the Edward Hudspith Collection. 2 prints

1 print

Village Church I, a poor print by JBL from the original block. Believed to be geographically reversed. "14 Holy Helpers Church" at Union Road and Indian Church Road, Gardenville, NY. Frequently used by J.J. Lankes. 1 print

1 print

J.J.Lankes woodcut design #207, VILLAGE CHURCH II (DAWN), cut 012823. Mrs. ?.H.Fournier has black(?). Offset from the "1st trial proof" hand-burnished by the artist. This church was used many times, including #205, 209, 468, and 1075. It is shown in the correct physical layout with School Street between the tree and ???ter foreground building and Union Road at the bottom of the print. Sketch was probably made while leaning against the bridge over Buffalo Creek. 1 print and 1 photocopy

1 print

2 prints

J.J.Lankes woodcut design # 209, A HAPPY NEW YEAR (CHURCH), cut 020423. Mrs. E.L.Howard has electrotype. Offset from a print by JBL from the electrotype. Several states exist showing changes in the tower and in the sky. Used by JBL with different lettering for his 1975 Christmas card printing (to be sent 1976). 3 prints

J.J.Lankes woodcut design #210, MAPLE TREE I, cut 3-1-23, for A Dracula of the Hills by Amy Lowell, Century Magazine, June 1923. This was the first of three cuts, each successively with the tree structure less open, perhaps to suggest that the heart of Florella was still active in governing the appearance of the tree. "The church members wouldn't let Florella's be put back in hers, - So you won't find that, - only an open space with a maple in the middle of it, - They planted the tree so's no one would ever be buried in that spot ag'in." Offset from an original print by the artist. 1 print

1 print

J.J.Lankes woodcut #212, MAPLE TREE III, cut 3-3-23, used for A Dracula of the Hills by Amy Lowell, Century Magazine, June 1923. Illustration as used was cut down. Offset from a print from the block by F.J.Lankes. 1 print

J.J.Lankes woodcut designs #214 and #213, WASHING AND SILO and TWO ROTTING TREES, cut 3-5-23 and 3-4-23, for A DRACULA OF THE HILLS. Offset from cull prints by the artist. 1 print

J.J.Lankes woodcut design # 215, HEADING, HORSE SHED ON RIGHT ( for A Dracula of the Hills), cut 3-12-23. Offset from a signed print by the artist. 2 prints

J.J.Lankes woodcut design # 216, HEADING, STONES ( for A Dracula of the Hills. ), cut 3-13-23. Offset from a signed print by the artist. 2 prints

J.J.Lankes woodcut design 217, DRACULA TITLE PAGE, cut 031423, for Amy Lowell's "A Dracula of the Hills". (Century Magazine). Offset from a signed print by the artist. 1 print

J. J. Lankes Woodcut #218, Uprooted Tree, cut 3-16-23. Design by Charles Burchfield. Offset from a photostat. 1 print

1 print

1 print

1 print

J.J.Lankes woodcut design #222, FRAME HOUSE IN GEORGETOWN, cut April 4, 1923. Offset from a signed print by the artist. / Offset April 1978 from a print by the artist. Photo of this house was made about 1965. 2 prints

J.J.Lankes woodcut design #223, IVY HOUSE ( from church front), cut April 5, 1923. Offset from a cull print by the artist. / Offset from a print by the artist, marked for reduction to 6.5" wide. This house could not be found by JBL about 1965. 2 prints

1 print

J.J.Lankes woodcut design #225, WASHINGTON MONUMENT, cut April 13, 1923. Offset from a print pulled from the block by JBL. 2 prints

J. J. Lankes Block #226, cut 4-23-23, Eleanore Holmes B/P. Reproduced by offset from an original print by the artist. 1 print

J. J. Lankes Block #227, cut 4-24-23, Holbrook B/P. Reproduced by offset from an original print by the artist. 1 print

J.J.Lankes woodcut design #229, GALLEON - I BRING YOU GLAD TIDINGS, cut 042623. Believe that the listing of "three colors" is in error and that this catalog item was actually monochrome. Offset June 1976 from a print by the artist. 1 print

1 print

J. J. Lankes Block #231, cut 5-2-23, Bridge. (See Mt. Olive Bridge earlier) Reproduced by offset from an original print by the artist. 1 print

1 print

1 print

J.J.Lankes woodcut design # 234. STAR SPLITTER TITLE PAGE (Whitaker's Farm), cut 5-2-23. Appeared in September 1923 Century magazine with Robert Frost's poem. Offset from an early impression by the artist. 2 prints

1 print

First page of THE STAR-SPLITTER, offset from the September 1923 issue of CENTURY MAGAZINE. The sky part of the illustration is J.J. Lankes woodcut design #239, cut 060123. The other part is the lower part of design #237, cut 052523. The upper part of design #237 was perhaps too "dawnish" to be used with the poem. Original headpiece was #236, 1.87" x 11.5", for which a print cannot be found. All three parts are on one block, about 6.4 x 5.6 inches. Offset April 1978 from the first impression by the artist, probably hand-burnished. 2 prints for a combined #237 and #239, and 1 print for a "complete" #237.

1 print

1 print

1 print

1 print

1 photoengraving

1 photoengraving

1 print

1 print

1 print

1 print

1 print

1 piece