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The Sound and the Fury – Pt II

Artist:Steven Stroud
Date:1980
Medium:Pen & Ink on Artist's Paper
Dimensions:Matted: 20" x 27" | Larger Sight Size: 13" x 12"
Condition:Good with some faint scattered spots of yellowing in the sky
Original Use:Interior Illustration for The Franklin Library's Publication of The Sound and the Fury
Price: $650.00
Full matted view

This pen & ink on artist’s paper depicts a man in a suit running down a waterfront street. He appears hurried and panicked. A young girl is seen despondently standing in the background. The illustration is broken into two segments (as were all of the illustrations created for this publication) and was printed across two pages. The empty space in between featured printed text identifying a new date/part in the story.

This illustration appears on pages 90-91 of The Sound and the Fury and marks the beginning of Part II.

The artist’s paper is loosely adhered to a foam core backing. A mat and black paper sheet are loosely attached over the top. This is unsigned by the artist.

Detail view

From its founding in 1973 until its closing in 2000 The Franklin Library produced public domain classic books, releasing series such as Greatest Books of the Twentieth Century. Often released in parallel series including leather bound and a non-leather bound (leatherette), the books were handsomely bound and included illustrations from contemporary illustrators.

American artist and illustrator Steven H. Stroud (b. 1947) was specially commissioned to create a series of interior illustrations for The Franklin Library’s 1980 publication of the 1929 novel The Sound and the Fury by William Faulkner.

Detail

 

Handwritten notations on matting

 

Verso

Born and raised in the Chicago area, Steven Stroud served four years in the U.S. Navy as a photographer and graphic artist before embarking on a 25-year career as an illustrator. His paintings have appeared on the covers of books by Isaac Asimov, Clive Cussler, and Stephen King. He has done special editions of works by Pearl Buck, John Cheever, William Faulkner, Joseph Heller, Joyce Carol Oates, and William Styron.

His work is in the collections of The Department of Defense, Hyatt Hotels, Omega Engineering, UPS and the Florence Griswold Museum. Stroud has been a guest lecturer and critic at all levels of education. He is a past president of the Society of Illustrators and his work is featured in The Illustrator in America by Walter Reed.

Several years ago, Stroud turned his attention full time to his first love, landscape painting. He is currently represented by galleries in Massachusetts and Vermont and has had a number of highly successful group and one-man shows.

The Sound and the Fury – Pt II

Artist: Steven Stroud
Price:  $650.00

Filed Under: Illustration & Advertising Art
Tagged With: 1980s, Franklin Library, original interior illustration, Pen & Ink, steven stroud
Added to Gallery: May 23, 2019

 

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