A selection of works by Vera Bock including archival materials, original artwork, proofs from the originals and illustrated books and book jackets
Object Detail
Artist
Period
20th century
Classification
Subject Category
Illustration
Credit Line
Gift of Alice Tischler in memory of her aunt, Vera Bock, 2016.4
Accession No
2016.4
Context
A recent donation from the artist Vera Bock’s niece, included over fifty drawings for book interior and jacket illustrations designed by Bock, and a selection of books in which her illustrations appear. Bock and her mother spent a number of summers in Lincolnville, Maine, and it was during that time that she became acquainted with the Farnsworth and then-director Wendell Hadlock, who mounted two shows of her work, including a display of some of her book jackets. In 1957 Vera Bock designed the Poseidon logo for the Museum; it was subsequently modified by designer David Niles, and used during Marius Péladeau’s tenure as Farnsworth director through the late 1970s and 1980s.
Featured in “Maine and American Art: Farnsworth Art Museum” with thanks to the Henry Luce Foundation and Wyeth Foundation for American Art.
Featured in “Maine and American Art: Farnsworth Art Museum” with thanks to the Henry Luce Foundation and Wyeth Foundation for American Art.