Dolmen Press Collection, Printing Blocks Series
The Dolmen Press was founded by Liam and Josephine Miller in 1951. The Press operated in Dublin from 1951 until Liam Miller's death in 1987. Founded to provide a publishing outlet for Irish poetry, the Press also heavily featured the work of Irish artists. This series consists of printing blocks used by the Dolmen Press. A number of Cuala Press printing blocks are also included. The blocks range in date from 1902 to 1985, with the bulk of the blocks dating from the mid-1960s to the mid-1980s. The blocks include wood engravings, wood cuts, linocuts and various metal plates. Paper prints of each block are also in the collection.
Biographical and Historical Note
The Dolmen Press was founded by Liam and Josephine Miller in 1951. The Press operated in Dublin from 1951 until Liam Miller's death in 1987. Founded to provide a publishing outlet for Irish poetry, the Press also heavily featured the work of Irish artists. The scope of the press grew to include prose literature by Irish authors as well as a broad range of critical works about Irish literature and theater.
Collection Overview
This series consists of printing blocks used by the Dolmen Press. A number of Cuala Press printing blocks are also included. The blocks range in date from 1902 to 1985, with the bulk of the blocks dating from the mid-1960s to the mid-1980s. The blocks include wood engravings, wood cuts, linocuts and various metal plates. Major artists featured in the series include Tate Adams, Ruth Brandt, Pauline Bewick, Juanita Casey, Bernard Childs, Jack Coughlin, Mia Cranwill, Louis LeBrocquy, Leslie MacWeeney, Michael Morrow, Elizabeth Rivers, Bridget Swinton, and Leonard Baskin. Paper prints of each block are also in the collection.
Collection Arrangement
this collection's items are arranged by artist and publication title, if known; by title, when artists are unidentified; or by subject.
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Administrative Information
- Publication Information
- Processed by: Jennifer O'Brien Roper and Craig Fansler; machine-readable finding aid created by: Jennifer O'Brien Roper and Craig Fansler, 2004
- Access Restrictions
- This collection is open for use.
- Copyright Notice
- Copyright for materials resides with the creators of the items in question or their descendants, unless otherwise designated. Users of this collection are responsible for using the materials in conformance with U.S. copyright law.
- Preferred Citation
- [Identification of item], MS 1007, Dolmen Press Collection, Printing Blocks Series, Z. Smith Reynolds Library Special Collections and Archives, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC, USA.