Frontispiece Series: Drawings over Vintage Book Titles, Large - Home Smith
Frontispiece Series: Drawings over Vintage Book Titles, Large - Home Smith
Frontispiece Series: Drawings over Vintage Book Titles, Large - Home Smith
Frontispiece Series: Drawings over Vintage Book Titles, Large - Home Smith
Frontispiece Series: Drawings over Vintage Book Titles, Large - Home Smith
Frontispiece Series: Drawings over Vintage Book Titles, Large - Home Smith
Frontispiece Series: Drawings over Vintage Book Titles, Large - Home Smith
Frontispiece Series: Drawings over Vintage Book Titles, Large - Home Smith
Frontispiece Series: Drawings over Vintage Book Titles, Large - Home Smith
Frontispiece Series: Drawings over Vintage Book Titles, Large - Home Smith

Frontispiece Series: Drawings over Vintage Book Titles, Large

Sale price$995.00 CAD
Subject:Mask - Large
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Frontispiece Series: Drawings over Vintage Book Titles, Large

Mask - Large

2599 Yonge Street

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2599 Yonge Street
Toronto ON M4P 2J1
Canada

+14164843702

The artist Gayle Harismowich has overlapped her graphic black ink drawings over famous titles of vintage books. Subjects include:

  • A Mask Over "Le Corbeau" by Edgar Poe  (known in English as "The Raven" 
  • Flower over "The City of Fire" by Grace Livingston Hill
  • Flower over "Self Raised" by Mrs. E. D. E. N. Southworth
  • A female bust over "Much Adoe About Nothing" by William Shakespeare
  • Vase over "Evangeline: A Tale of Acadie" by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
  • A historic tribute to "Notre Dame De Paris" by Victor Hugo (known in English as "The Hunchback of Notre Dame"
  • Rabbits over "Universal Architecture - Book II" by Thomas Wright
  • Ferns over "Opere Varie" by Giambattista Piranesi
  • Maze Pattern over "Q. Horatius Flaccus" by Richardi Bentleil
  • Face among flowers over "House of White Shadows" by B.  L. Farjeon
The Frontispiece Series literally sandwiches the new and the old. A "Frontispiece" is the decorative illustration which faces a book’s title page and Harismowich has overlapped her graphic black ink drawings over famous title pages of vintage books. You’ll love the assortment of Mask, Rabbit, Fern and Floral images of these wonderfully quirky pieces. Mix them up in gallery hangings or hang a trio over a sofa for a literary/ artsy punch.Available in large and small prints. Please also see our listing for the Small series if you are looking for a beautiful addition to your gallery wall or make it a smaller feature on a shelf or bookcase.

  • Outside Dimensions: 42" x 52"

Unless currently in stock in our shop, our art pieces are custom made to order.  Please allow 6 to 8 weeks for delivery. 

Please note that these prints can not be shipped and are available for in-store pickup only.