Lynd Ward
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Lynd Kendall Ward was an American artist and novelist, known for his series of wordless novels using woodcuts, and his illustrations for juvenile and adult books. His wordless novels have influenced t
1930 self-portrait
A wood block engraved by Lynd Ward for plate #29 of his Prelude to a Million Years
Beowulf wrestles with Grendel by Lynd Ward (1933)
Prelude to a Million Years
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Prelude to a Million Years: A Book of Wood Engravings is a 1933 wordless novel consisting of thirty wood engravings by American artist Lynd Ward. It was the fourth of Ward's six wordless novels, a gen
Lynd Ward
…next four years, it sold more than 20,000 copies in six editions. Ward published five more such works: Madman's Drum (1930), Wild Pilgrimage (1932), Prelude to a Million Years (1933), Song Without Words (1936), and Vertigo (1937). Around 1940, he produced roughly twenty wood engravings for another woodcut narrative, titled…
The protagonist hunches over his creation.