WALL, Bernhardt. Following Fra Junipero Serra and Others. Sierra Madre, 1943. 41 etchings (plus cover etching), 27 signed by Wall. Various colored inks. 25 x 22.5 cm. (9-7/8 x 8-3/4 inches), wove paper. Original hand-bound grey cloth over plain grey boards, etching on upper cover. D.j. with etched label on spine. Presentation copy to dedicatee: "To Hon. John Steven McGroarty, of Tunjunga, Verdugo Hills, California, with my deepest regards on Sept 3 1943 Bernhardt Wall Sierra Madre Calif."
Limited edition (#002A of 200 signed copies). Weber, p. 44: "This book is an outgrowth of sketches made during a 1943 journey along El Camino Real 'to get firsthand information on the California Missions.'" The etchings are a bit smaller than usual because of the scarcity of copper during the War. Airplanes, soldiers, and other evidences of wartime California are depicted in the etchings. 70000058
Plate list:
FOLLOWING FRA JUNIPERO SERRA AND OTHERS... [cover etching]. Black. 3.5 x 4 cm.
COPY NO...EDITION 200 COPIES FOLLOWING FRA JUNIPERO SERRA... [limitation leaf]. Tan. Signed. 5 x 5.5 cm.
FOLLOWING FRA JUNIPERO SERRA AND OTHERS... [illustrated title]. Crimson. 10 x 7.5 cm.
Fr. Junipero Serra | WALL 1943 [bust portrait with Serra's facsimile signature]. Mahogany. Signed. 10 x 7.5 cm.
TO HON. JOHN STEVEN McGROARTY POET-LAUREATE OF CALIFORNIA... [illustrated dedication leaf]. Green. Cutout etching in shape of diamond. 6 x 6 cm.
FOREWORD A Lame Alibi...B.W. [text]. Light olive green. 10 x 7.5 cm.
MISSIONS & THEIR FOUNDERS... [text]. Green. 10 x 7.5 cm.
San José de Guadalupe 1797...Mission San Rafael Arcangel [illustrated text]. Green. 10 x 7.5 cm.
Birthplace of Fra Junipero Serra, Island of Majorca... | WAll 1943 [illustration]. Brown. Signed. 7.5 x 10 cm.
SAN FERNANDO COLLEGE, MEXICO CITY | Wall [illustration]. Forest green. Signed. 7.5 x 10 cm.
1943, year of war, finds us motoring to the missions... [illustrated text. Green. 10 x 7.5 cm.
MISSION SAN DIEGO DE ALCALA | Wall 1943 SAN DIEGO [illustration]. Ochre. Signed. 7.5 x 10 cm.
MISSION SAN LUIS REY DE FRANCIA | WALL 1943 SAN LUIS REY [illustration]. Olive green. Signed. 7.5 x 10 cm.
ASISTENCIA DE PALA | WALL 1943 PALA [illustration]. Dark brown. Signed. 7.5 x 10 cm.
1775, under Fr. Luis Jayme the mission was prospering tremendously... [illustrated text]. Green. 10 x 7.5 cm.
MISSION SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO IN RUINS | Wall 1943 Capistrano [illustration]. Green. Signed. 7.5 x 10 cm.
SERRA'S CHAPEL | WALL 1943 SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO [illustration]. Brownish black. Signed. 10 x 7.5 cm.
MISSION SAN GABRIEL ARCANGEL | WALL SAN GABRIEL 1943 [illustration]. Tan. Signed. 7.5 x 10 cm.
MISSION NUESTRA SENORA DE LOS ANGELES... | WALL 1943 [illustration]. Brown. Signed. 7.5 x 10 cm.
ecclesiastical authorities. In the garden stands the first pepper tree...OLD MILL [illustrated text]. Green. 10 x 7.5 cm.
MISSION SAN FERNANDO DE ESPANA | Wall 1943 San Fernando [illustration]. Charcoal. Signed. 7.5 x 10 cm.
MISSION SAN BUENAVENTURA | Wall Ventura 1943 [illustration]. Forest green. Signed. 7.5 x 10 cm.
MISSION SANTA BARBARA | Wall 1943 [illustration]. Umber. Signed. 7.5 x 10 cm.
MISSION SANTA INEZ | Wall Solvang 1943 [illustration]. Burnt sienna. Signed. 7.5 x 10 cm.
Thirty-two miles thru the Cauenga Pass... [text]. Green. 10 x 7.5 cm.
MISSIÓN LA PURISIMA CONCEPCION | WALL 1943 LOMPOC [illustration]. Green. Signed. 7.5 x 10 cm.
MISSION SAN LUIS OBISPO de TOLOSA | WALL 1943 [illustration]. Brownish black. Signed. 7.5 x 10 cm.
MISSION SAN MIGUEL ARCANGEL | Wall San Miguel 1943 [illustration]. Mauve. Signed. 7.5 x 10 cm.
15 miles, and we come to Mission Santa Inéz... [text with vignette]. Green. 10 x 7.5 cm.
MISSION SAN ANTONIO DE PADUA | Wall 1943 [illustration]. Dark brown. Signed. 7.5 x 10 cm.
ROYAL PRESIDIO CHAPEL—MONTEREY | WALL 1943 [illustration]. Dark Brown. Signed. 10 x 7.5 cm.
MISSION SAN CARLOS BORROMEO | Wall 1943 [illustration]. Crimson. Signed. 7.5 x 10 cm.
MISSION LA SOLEDAD | WALL 1943 SOLEDAD [illustration]. Ochre. Signed. 7.5 x 10 cm.
the most pathetic ruin in the whole chain of missions...STATUE OF SERRA AT WASHINGTON, D.C. [illustrated text]. Green. 10 x 7.5 cm.
MISSION SAN JUAN BAUTISTA | Wall 1943 SAN JUAN BAUTISTA [illustration]. Forest green. Signed. 7.5 x 10 cm.
MISSION SANTA CRUZ | Wall Santa Cruz 1943 [illustration]. Sienna. Signed. 7.5 x 10 cm.
MISSION SANTA CLARA DE ASIS | WALL 1943 SANTA CLARA [illustration]. Ochre. Signed. 7.5 x 10 cm.
MISSION SAN JOSÉ DE GUADALUPE | Wall 1943 SAN JOSÉ [illustration]. Forest green. Signed. 7.5 x 10 cm.
de Guadelupe, much in ruins with a garden...Here Fra. Luis Jayme was killed. San Diego [illustrated text]. Green. 10 x 7.5 cm.
MISSION SAN FRANCISCO DE ASIS (DOLORES) | WALL 1943 S.F. [illustration]. Forest green. Signed. 7.5 x 10 cm.
MISSION SAN FRANCISCO SOLANO OF SONOMA | WALL 1943 SONOMA [illustration]. Umber. Signed. 7.5 x 10 cm.
BERNHARDT WALL. ETCHER [printer's illustrated device]. Pale ochre. 8 x 5.5 cm.
WALL, Bernhardt. Following Fra Junipero Serra and Others. Sierra Madre, 1943. 40 etchings, 25 signed by Wall. Various colored inks. 20 x 18 cm. (7-7/8 x 7-1/8 inches), wove paper. Disbound and preserved in plastic sleeves in red three-ring binder. Small library ink stamp on title-page. Lacking the plate: MISSION SAN FERNANDO DE ESPANA. Laid in is a Xerox of 2-page letter from Wall dated in April 1943 relating progress on the Serra book, visiting Markham's grave, U.S. role in international affairs, etc.
Limited edition (#19 of 200 signed copies). Another copy of preceding. 70000037
Plate list:
FOLLOWING FRA JUNIPERO SERRA AND OTHERS... [illustrated title]. Crimson. 10 x 7.5 cm.
COPY NO...EDITION 200 COPIES FOLLOWING FRA JUNIPERO SERRA... [limitation leaf]. Tan. Signed. 5 x 5.5 cm.
Fr. Junipero Serra | WALL 1943 [bust portrait with Serra's facsimile signature]. Mahogany. Signed. 10 x 7.5 cm.
TO HON. JOHN STEVEN McGROARTY POET-LAUREATE OF CALIFORNIA... [illustrated dedication leaf]. Green. Cutout etching in shape of diamond. 6 x 6 cm.
FOREWORD A Lame Alibi...B.W. [text]. Olive green. 10 x 7.5 cm.
MISSIONS & THEIR FOUNDERS... [text]. Green. 10 x 7.5 cm.
San José de Guadalupe 1797...Mission San Rafael Arcangel [illustrated text]. Green. 10 x 7.5 cm.
Birthplace of Fra Junipero Serra, Island of Majorca... | Wall 1943 [illustration]. Brown. Signed. 7.5 x 10 cm.
SAN FERNANDO COLLEGE, MEXICO CITY | Wall [illustration]. Forest green. Signed. 7.5 x 10 cm.
1943, year of war, finds us motoring to the missions... [illustrated text]. Green. 10 x 7.5 cm.
MISSION SAN DIEGO DE ALCALA | Wall 1943 SAN DIEGO [illustration]. Brown. Signed. 7.5 x 10 cm.
MISSION SAN LUIS REY DE FRANCIA | WALL 1943 SAN LUIS REY [illustration]. Olive green. Signed. 7.5 x 10 cm.
ASISTENCIA DE PALA | WALL 1943 PALA [illustration]. Dark brown. Signed. 7.5 x 10 cm.
1775, under Fr. Luis Jayme the mission was prospering tremendously... [illustrated text]. Green. 10 x 7.5 cm.
MISSION SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO IN RUINS | Wall 1943 Capistrano [illustration]. Green. Signed. 7.5 x 10 cm.
SERRA'S CHAPEL | WALL 1943 SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO [illustration]. Brownish black. Signed. 10 x 7.5 cm.
MISSION SAN GABRIEL ARCANGEL | WALL SAN GABRIEL 1943 [illustration]. Tan. Signed. 7.5 x 10 cm.
MISSION NUESTRA SENORA DE LOS ANGELES... | WALL 1943 [illustration]. Brown. Signed. 7.5 x 10 cm.
ecclesiastical authorities. In the garden stands the first pepper tree...OLD MILL [illustrated text]. Green. 10 x 7.5 cm.
MISSION SAN BUENAVENTURA | Wall Ventura 1943 [illustration]. Forest green. Signed. 7.5 x 10 cm.
MISSION SANTA BARBARA | Wall 1943 [illustration]. Umber. Signed. 7.5 x 10 cm.
MISSION SANTA INEZ | Wall Solvang 1943 [illustration]. Burnt sienna. Signed. 7.5 x 10 cm.
Thirty-two miles thru the Cauenga Pass... [text]. Green. 10 x 7.5 cm.
MISSIÓN LA PURISIMA CONCEPCION | WALL 1943 LOMPOC [illustration]. Green. Signed. 7.5 x 10 cm.
MISSION SAN LUIS OBISPO de TOLOSA | WALL 1943 [illustration]. Brownish black. Signed. 7.5 x 10 cm.
MISSION SAN MIGUEL ARCANGEL | Wall San Miguel 1943 [illustration]. Mauve. Signed. 7.5 x 10 cm.
15 miles, and we come to Mission Santa Inéz... [text with vignette]. Green. 10 x 7.5 cm.
MISSION SAN ANTONIO DE PADUA | Wall 1943 [illustration]. Dark brown. Signed. 7.5 x 10 cm.
ROYAL PRESIDIO CHAPEL—MONTEREY | WALL 1943 [illustration]. Dark Brown. Signed. 10 x 7.5 cm.
MISSION SAN CARLOS BORROMEO | Wall 1943 [illustration]. Crimson. Signed. 7.5 x 10 cm.
MISSION LA SOLEDAD | WALL 1943 SOLEDAD [illustration]. Ochre. Signed. 7.5 x 10 cm.
the most pathetic ruin in the whole chain of missions...STATUE OF SERRA AT WASHINGTON, D.C. [illustrated text]. Green. 10 x 7.5 cm.
MISSION SAN JUAN BAUTISTA | Wall 1943 SAN JUAN BAUTISTA [illustration]. Forest green. Signed. 7.5 x 10 cm.
MISSION SANTA CRUZ | Wall Santa Cruz 1943 [illustration]. Sienna. Signed. 7.5 x 10 cm.
MISSION SANTA CLARA DE ASIS | WALL 1943 SANTA CLARA [illustration]. Ochre. Signed. 10 x 7.5 cm.
MISSION SAN JOSÉ DE GUADALUPE | Wall 1943 SAN JOSÉ [illustration]. Forest green. Signed. 7.5 x 10 cm.
de Guadelupe, much in ruins with a garden...Here Fra. Luis Jayme was killed. San Diego [illustrated text]. Green. 10 x 7.5 cm.
MISSION SAN FRANCISCO DE ASIS (DOLORES) | WALL 1943 S.F. [illustration]. Forest green. Signed. 7.5 x 10 cm.
MISSION SAN FRANCISCO SOLANO OF SONOMA | WALL 1943 SONOMA [illustration]. Umber. Signed. 7.5 x 10 cm.
BERNHARDT WALL. ETCHER [printer's illustrated device]. Pale ochre. 8 x 5.5 cm.
WALL, Bernhardt. Following Fra Junipero Serra and Others. Sierra Madre, 1943. 28 etchings, all signed by Wall. Brown inks. Approximately 10 x 7.5 cm. (4 x 2-7/8 inches). Unbound, each etching on post card stock (14 x 8.5 cm. [5-1/2 x 3-1/4 inches]). Presentation copy "Presented to 'Mitzi,' Bernhardt Wall May 22 1952."
The post card edition of preceding, without the etched text leaves. Limitation unstated, but with Wall's hand-written note "Set No. 1." Extremely rare in this format. 70001783, 70001785-70001807, 70001809-70001811, 70001924
Plate list:
FOLLOWING FRA JUNIPERO SERRA AND OTHERS... [title with vignette]. Brown. Signed. 10 x 7.5 cm.
Fr. Junipero Serra | WALL 1943 [bust portrait with Serra's facsimile signature]. Brown. Signed. 10 x 7.5 cm.
Birthplace of Fra Junipero Serra, Island of Majorca... | Wall 1943 [illustration]. Brown. Signed. 7.5 x 10 cm.
SAN FERNANDO COLLEGE, MEXICO CITY | Wall [illustration]. Brown. 7.5 x 10 cm.
MISSION SAN DIEGO DE ALCALA | Wall 1943 SAN DIEGO [illustration]. Brown. Signed.
MISSION SAN LUIS REY DE FRANCIA | WALL 1943 SAN LUIS REY [illustration]. Brown. Signed. 7.5 x 10 cm.
ASISTENCIA DE PALA | WALL 1943 PALA [illustration]. Brown. Signed. 7.5 x 10 cm.
MISSION SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO IN RUINS | Wall 1943 Capistrano [illustration]. Brown. Signed. 7.5 x 10 cm.
SERRA'S CHAPEL | WALL 1943 SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO [illustration]. Brown. Signed. 10 x 7.5 cm.
MISSION SAN GABRIEL ARCANGEL | WALL SAN GABRIEL 1943 [illustration]. Brown. Signed. 7.5 x 10 cm.
MISSION NUESTRA SENORA DE LOS ANGELES... | WALL 1943 [illustration]. Brown. Signed. 7.5 x 10 cm.
MISSION SAN FERNANDO DE ESPANA | Wall 1943 San Fernando [illustration]. Brown. Signed. 7.5 x 10 cm.
MISSION SAN BUENAVENTURA | Wall Ventura 1943 [illustration]. Brown. Signed. 7.5 x 10 cm.
MISSION SANTA BARBARA | Wall 1943 [illustration]. Brown. 7.5 x 10 cm.
MISSION SANTA INEZ | Wall Solvang 1943 [illustration]. Brown. Signed. 7.5 x 10 cm.
MISSIÓN LA PURISIMA CONCEPCION | WALL 1943 LOMPOC [illustration]. Brown. Signed. 7.5 x 10 cm.
MISSION SAN LUIS OBISPO de TOLOSA | WALL 1943 [illustration]. Brown. Signed. 7.5 x 10 cm.
MISSION SAN MIGUEL ARCANGEL | Wall San Miguel 1943 [illustration]. Brown. Signed. 7.5 x 10 cm.
MISSION SAN ANTONIO DE PADUA | Wall 1943 [illustration]. Brown. Signed. 7.5 x 10 cm.
ROYAL PRESIDIO CHAPEL—MONTEREY | WALL 1943 [illustration]. Brown. Signed. 10 x 7.5 cm.
MISSION SAN CARLOS BORROMEO | Wall 1943 [illustration]. Brown. Signed. 7.5 x 10 cm.
MISSION LA SOLEDAD | WALL 1943 SOLEDAD [illustration]. Brown. Signed. 7.5 x 10 cm.
MISSION SAN JUAN BAUTISTA | Wall 1943 SAN JUAN BAUTISTA [illustration]. Brown. Signed. 7.5 x 10 cm.
MISSION SANTA CRUZ | Wall Santa Cruz 1943 [illustration]. Brown. Signed. 7.5 x 10 cm.
MISSION SANTA CLARA DE ASIS | WALL 1943 SANTA CLARA [illustration]. Brown. Signed. 10 x 7.5 cm.
MISSION SAN JOSÉ DE GUADALUPE | Wall 1943 SAN JOSÉ [illustration]. Brown. Signed. 7.5 x 10 cm.
MISSION SAN FRANCISCO DE ASIS (DOLORES) | WALL 1943 S.F. [illustration]. Brown. Signed. 7.5 x 10 cm.
MISSION SAN FRANCISCO SOLANO OF SONOMA | WALL 1943 SONOMA [illustration]. Brown. Signed. 7.5 x 10 cm.
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