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| 6818 |  | Details | Landacre, Paul Hambleton | 1932 |
| The Gold Fields |
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Landacre, Paul Hambleton |
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| 1932 |
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| $0.00 | Landacre--Paul-Hambleton | The-Gold-Fields | This Item Is no longer in our inventory. Please enquire about other examples.
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A beautiful map of west-central California after a wood-block print by acclaimed wood-block engraver Paul Landacre: "The Gold Fields". Based on my research, I have been able to discover only two cartographic works attributed to Landacre, the other is the very rare "Cinema Heaven" produced by Landacre in 1932. This map was issued in 1933.
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From the book "A Gil Blas in California" (1) where Landacre provided not only this fine map, but also the wood-block engraved chapter vignettes. The book, by Alexander Dumas, author of The Count of Monte Cristo and The Three Musketeers, describes a Frenchman's voyage to San Francisco and his disappointing attempt to get rich prospecting for gold near Stockton, California during the 1849 gold rush. <br><br>
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<img id="6818" src="/ZoomifyImages/SC_6818/SC_6818_detail_1.jpg" alt="" width="150"/> <br><br> <font size="-2">Chapter vignette by Paul Landacre.</font>
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(1) A Gil Blas in California. Alexander Dumas. Translated by Marguerite Eyer Wilbur. Primavera Press. Los Angeles. 1933. |
| 6753 |  | Details | Landacre, Paul Hambleton | 1932 |
| Rare Pictorial Map of Beverly Hills with homes of the stars |
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Landacre, Paul Hambleton |
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| 1932 |
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| $0.00 | Landacre--Paul-Hambleton | Rare-Pictorial-Map-of-Beverly-Hills-with-homes-of-the-stars | SOLD <br><br> Rare lithographed pictorial map of Beverly Hills, California, 1932, with homes of movie stars by California artist and printmaker Paul Landacre. Should be a foundational item for Landacre collectors as it is his most ambitious known single work of commercial advertising and is the earliest and only the second cartographic creation of Landacre I have found (1). Signed in the plate by Landacre. Key at bottom references movie stars by name to homes on the map. These stars include Douglas Fairbanks, Buster Keaton, Marion Davies, Mary Pickford, Lionel Barrymore, Stan Laurel, Jack Warner, and Charles Chaplin. The map is after a wood-block engraving, by Landacre "Cinema Heaven", now cracked and held in the Clark Memorial Library at UCLA.
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Reviewing numerous online images by Landacre it is apparent that the map is a departure from Landacres' usual output of landscapes, still life's, nudes, and abstractions. However, in 1932 the U.S. was in the depth of the Great Depression and Landacre was probably pleased to have the income from this commercial commission.
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Verso with the Francis Nicholl Pictograph Guide of Los Angeles, including Pasadena, Culver City, Brentwood, Long Beach, and San Pedro. Includes alphabetic list of movie stars with their addresses.
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No examples of "Cinema Heaven" or this publication of Landacre's "Newe Mappe" map is found online. No record of a sale found on WorthPoint.
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(1) Landacre, Paul. The Gold Fields. 1933.<br>
Reference: https://www.themagazineantiques.com/article/paul-landacres-world/ |