[FROST, Robert (1874-1963)] -- A group of 5 prints and posters related to Robert FROST, comprising:

3 woodcut prints by Julius John LANKES (“J.J. Lankes”) (1884-1960), including:

Briarfield, ca 1930, signed “J.J. Lankes” lower left of printed image, visible area 163 x 203 mm, a few small spots. Lankes created woodcuts to illustrated Frost’s poems they worked together for over 40 years after meeting in 1923. -- Vermont Pasture (Robert Frost’s) (No. 9), 1924, signed “J.J. Lankes” lower left of printed image, visible area 208 x 282 mm, light toning around plate mark. In this woodcut, Lankes depicted Frost’s historic farm property in South Shaftsbury, Vermont, also known as “The Gully.” Frost resided here from 1929 through 1938, during which time he won two of his four Pulitzer Prizes for Poetry. -- Robert Frost Stone House Museum, South Shaftsbury, Vermont, 2002. Limited edition poster woodcut print, 2002, visible area 418 x 317 mm, a few very tiny spots. This poster was reproduced from the 1923 woodcut print Lankes created for Frost to use as his personal bookplate, featuring the Stone House next to a dirt road.

[With:]

A commemorative stamp on “American Poet Series Robert Frost” envelope with portrait printed in green, visible area 87 x 158 mm. – Robert FROST, author. Ed YOUNG (b. 1931), illustrator. Birches, From Birches, Henry Holt and Company, 1988. Poster, 596 x 442 mm, framed (unexamined out of frame). -- Together, 5 prints and posters, all matted and framed (not examined out of frame) (except where noted).

Property from the Collection of Robert and Norma Cotner