WALL, Bernhardt. The Californian Missions. Sierra Madre, 1947. 33 miniature etchings (plus cover label). Various colored inks. 4.5 x 3 cm. (1-3/4 x 1-3/8 inches), wove paper. Original hand-bound red paper-covered boards, etched label on upper cover. Presentation copy: "To Dr. Martin H. Burge My best wishes to him. June 9 1950."
#75 of a signed "numbered unlimited edition." Weber, p. 48: "This is a pictorial portrayal, in twenty-four plates, of the historic foundations along California's El Camino Real... This book is the rarest of all the Wall miniatures." Wall first drew the missions during his 1943 trip, published as Following Fra Junipero Serra and Others. In the present miniature, Wall redrew the etchings in smaller format and removed the wartime iconography. 70000125
Plate list:
THE CALIFORNIAN MISSIONS [cover label]. Red. 1 x 3 cm.
COPY NO...THE CALIFORNIAN MISSIONS...NUMBERED UNLIMITED EDITION [limitation leaf]. Forest green. Signed. 4.5 x 3 cm.
THE CALIFORNIAN MISSIONS... [title]. Ochre. 4.5 x 3 cm.
F Junipero Serra | WALL 1947 [bust portrait with Serra's facsimile signature]. Black. 4.5 x 3 cm.
FOREWORD In putting out this third miniature-booklet, I am decided in calling these diminutive items Multum in Parvo series, a bit of Latin, meaning, "a lot in a little." In 1943 we motored some 1500 miles...on the lookout for missions, or ruins... [text]. Sienna. 4.5 x 3 cm.
2 with the custodians and friars... [text]. Sienna. 4.5 x 3 cm.
MISSIONS AND THEIR FOUNDERS... [text]. Sienna. 4.5 x 3 cm.
2 San Buenaventura. Fr. Serra 1782... [text]. Sienna. 4.5 x 3 cm.
3 San Luis Rey de Francia...SAN RAFAEL MISSION [illustrated text]. Sienna. 4.5 x 3 cm.
MISSION SAN DIEGO DE ALCALA | Wall 1947 [illustration]. Black. 3 x 4.5 cm.
SAN LUIS REY DE FRANCIA [illustration]. Brown. 3 x 4.5 cm.
ASISTENCIA DE PALA | Wall [illustration]. Brown. 3 x 4.5 cm.
SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO [illustration]. Black. 3 x 4.5 cm.
SERRA'S CHAPEL SAN CAPISTRANO | WAll [illustration]. Greenish black. 4.5 x 3 cm.
SAN GABRIEL ARCANGEL [illustration]. Brown. 3 x 4.5 cm.
NUESTRA SENORA DE LOS ANGELES [illustration]. Forest green. 3 x 4.5 cm.
MISSION SAN FERNANDO DE ESPANA | WALL [illustration]. Black. 3 x 4.5 cm.
SAN BUENAVENTURA [illustration]. Violet. 3 x 4.5 cm.
SANTA BARBARA | Wall [illustration]. Brown. 3 x 4.5 cm.
MISSION SANTA YNEZ | Wall [illustration]. Umber. 3 x 4.5 cm.
MISSION LA PURISIMA CONCEPCION | Wall 1947 [illustration]. Forest green. 3 x 4.5 cm.
SAN LUIS OBISPO | WALL [illustration]. Black. 3 x 4.5 cm.
SAN MIGUEL ARCANGEL | Wall [illustration]. Forest green. 3 x 4.5 cm.
SAN ANTONIO DE PADUA | Wall [illustration]. Forest green. 3 x 4.5 cm.
ROYAL PRESIDIO CHAPEL MONTEREY | WALL [illustration]. Brownish black. 4.5 x 3 cm.
SAN CARLOS BORROMEO | Wall [illustration]. Brown. 3 x 4.5 cm.
MISSION LA SOLEDAD | WALL 1947 [illustration]. Black. 3 x 4.5 cm.
MISSION SAN JUAN BAUTISTA | WAll [illustration]. Forest green. 3 x 4.5 cm.
MISSION SANTA CRUZ | Wall [illustration]. Burnt sienna. 3 x 4.5 cm.
SANTA CLARA DE ASIS | Wall [illustration]. Brownish black. 4.5 x 3 cm.
SAN JOSé DE GUADELOUPE | Wall [illustration]. Forest green. 3 x 4.5 cm.
MISSION DOLORES [illustration]. Forest green. 3 x 4.5 cm.
MISSION SAN FRANCISCO SOLANO OF SONOMA | WALL 1947 [illustration]. Olive green. 3 x 4.5 cm.
[Printer's illustrated device]. Lavender. 1.5 x 1 cm.
WALL, Bernhardt. The Californian Missions. Sierra Madre, 1947. 33 miniature etchings (plus etcher's slip). Various colored inks. 4.5 x 3 cm. (1-3/4 x 1-1/4 inches), wove paper. Original hand-bound red paper-covered boards. Presentation copy: "To Father Keating, with my best regards. Bernhardt Wall May 3 '50."
#79 of a signed "numbered unlimited edition." 70000128
Plate list:
COPY NO...THE CALIFORNIAN MISSIONS...NUMBERED UNLIMITED EDITION [limitation leaf]. Dark forest green. Signed. 4.5 x 3 cm.
THE CALIFORNIAN MISSIONS... [title]. Ochre. 4.5 x 3 cm.
F Junipero Serra | WALL 1947 [bust portrait with Serra's facsimile signature]. Black. 4.5 x 3 cm.
FOREWORD In putting out this third miniature-booklet, I am decided in calling these diminutive items Multum in Parvo series, a bit of Latin, meaning, "a lot in a little." In 1943 we motored some 1500 miles...on the lookout for missions, or ruins... [text]. Sienna. 4.5 x 3 cm.
2 with the custodians and friars... [text]. Sienna. 4.5 x 3 cm.
MISSIONS AND THEIR FOUNDERS... [text]. Sienna. 4.5 x 3 cm.
2 San Buenaventura. Fr. Serra 1782... [text]. Sienna. 4.5 x 3 cm.
3 San Luis Rey de Francia...SAN RAFAEL MISSION [illustrated text]. Sienna. 4.5 x 3 cm.
MISSION SAN DIEGO DE ALCALA | Wall 1947 [illustration]. Black. 3 x 4.5 cm.
SAN LUIS REY DE FRANCIA [illustration]. Black. 3 x 4.5 cm.
ASISTENCIA DE PALA | Wall [illustration]. Brown. 3 x 4.5 cm.
SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO [illustration]. Brown. 3 x 4.5 cm.
SERRA'S CHAPEL SAN CAPISTRANO | WAll [illustration]. Black. 4.5 x 3 cm.
SAN GABRIEL ARCANGEL [illustration]. Brown. 3 x 4.5 cm.
NUESTRA SENORA DE LOS ANGELES [illustration]. Blue. 3 x 4.5 cm.
MISSION SAN FERNANDO DE ESPANA | WALL [illustration]. Black. 3 x 4.5 cm.
SAN BUENAVENTURA [illustration]. Brown. 3 x 4.5 cm.
SANTA BARBARA | Wall [illustration]. Umber. 3 x 4.5 cm.
MISSION SANTA YNEZ | Wall [illustration]. Dark brown. 3 x 4.5 cm.
MISSION LA PURISIMA CONCEPCION | Wall 1947 [illustration]. Black. 3 x 4.5 cm.
SAN LUIS OBISPO | WALL [illustration]. Forest green. 3 x 4.5 cm.
SAN MIGUEL ARCANGEL | Wall [illustration]. Black. 3 x 4.5 cm.
SAN ANTONIO DE PADUA | Wall [illustration]. Forest green. 3 x 4.5 cm.
ROYAL PRESIDIO CHAPEL MONTEREY | WALL [illustration]. Forest green. 4.5 x 3 cm.
SAN CARLOS BORROMEO | Wall [illustration]. Brown. 3 x 4.5 cm.
MISSION LA SOLEDAD | WALL 1947 [illustration]. Black. 3 x 4.5 cm.
MISSION SAN JUAN BAUTISTA | WAll [illustration]. Forest green. 3 x 4.5 cm.
MISSION SANTA CRUZ | Wall [illustration]. Black. 3 x 4.5 cm.
SANTA CLARA DE ASIS | Wall [illustration]. Mahogany. 4.5 x 3 cm.
SAN JOSé DE GUADELOUPE | Wall [illustration]. Forest green. 3 x 4.5 cm.
MISSION DOLORES [illustration]. Forest green. 3 x 4.5 cm.
MISSION SAN FRANCISCO SOLANO OF SONOMA | WALL 1947 [illustration]. Black. 3 x 4.5 cm.
[Printer's illustrated device]. Black. 1.5 x 1 cm.
ETCHT PRINTED & BOUND BY BERNHARDT WALL [etcher's slip mounted on pastedown]. 0.5 x 4 cm.
WALL, Bernhardt. The Californian Missions. Sierra Madre, 1947. 34 miniature etchings. Various colored inks. 4.5 x 3 cm. (1-3/4 x 1-1/4 inches), wove paper. Original hand-bound red paper-covered boards.
#77 of a signed "numbered unlimited edition." This copy has a 2 copies of the etching of Mission San Fernando de España. 70001926
Plate list:
COPY NO...THE CALIFORNIAN MISSIONS...NUMBERED UNLIMITED EDITION [limitation leaf]. Black. Signed. 4.5 x 3 cm.
THE CALIFORNIAN MISSIONS... [title]. Ochre. 4.5 x 3 cm.
F Junipero Serra | WALL 1947 [bust portrait with Serra's facsimile signature]. Black. 4.5 x 3 cm.
FOREWORD In putting out this third miniature-booklet, I am decided in calling these diminutive items Multum in Parvo series, a bit of Latin, meaning, "a lot in a little." In 1943 we motored some 1500 miles...on the lookout for missions, or ruins... [text]. Sienna. 4.5 x 3 cm.
2 with the custodians and friars... [text]. Sienna. 4.5 x 3 cm.
MISSIONS AND THEIR FOUNDERS... [text]. Sienna. 4.5 x 3 cm.
2 San Buenaventura. Fr. Serra 1782... [text]. Sienna. 4.5 x 3 cm.
3 San Luis Rey de Francia...SAN RAFAEL MISSION [illustrated text]. Sienna. 4.5 x 3 cm.
MISSION SAN DIEGO DE ALCALA | Wall 1947 [illustration]. Black. 3 x 4.5 cm.
SAN LUIS REY DE FRANCIA [illustration]. Brown. 3 x 4.5 cm.
ASISTENCIA DE PALA | Wall [illustration]. Brown. 3 x 4.5 cm.
SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO [illustration]. Black. 3 x 4.5 cm.
SERRA'S CHAPEL SAN CAPISTRANO | WAll [illustration]. Greenish black. 4.5 x 3 cm.
SAN GABRIEL ARCANGEL [illustration]. Black. 3 x 4.5 cm.
NUESTRA SENORA DE LOS ANGELES [illustration]. Sienna. 3 x 4.5 cm.
MISSION SAN FERNANDO DE ESPANA | WALL [illustration]. Black. 3 x 4.5 cm.
MISSION SAN FERNANDO DE ESPANA | WALL [illustration]. Black. 3 x 4.5 cm.
SAN BUENAVENTURA [illustration]. Umber. 3 x 4.5 cm.
SANTA BARBARA | Wall [illustration]. Brown. 3 x 4.5 cm.
MISSION SANTA YNEZ | Wall [illustration]. Dark brown. 3 x 4.5 cm.
MISSION LA PURISIMA CONCEPCION | Wall 1947 [illustration]. Black. 3 x 4.5 cm.
SAN LUIS OBISPO | WALL [illustration]. Forest green. 3 x 4.5 cm.
SAN MIGUEL ARCANGEL | Wall [illustration]. Forest green. 3 x 4.5 cm.
SAN ANTONIO DE PADUA | Wall [illustration]. Forest green. 3 x 4.5 cm.
ROYAL PRESIDIO CHAPEL MONTEREY | WALL [illustration]. Greenish black. 4.5 x 3 cm.
SAN CARLOS BORROMEO | Wall [illustration]. Brown. 3 x 4.5 cm.
MISSION LA SOLEDAD | WALL 1947 [illustration]. Black. 3 x 4.5 cm.
MISSION SAN JUAN BAUTISTA | WAll [illustration]. Black. 3 x 4.5 cm.
MISSION SANTA CRUZ | Wall [illustration]. Burnt sienna. 3 x 4.5 cm.
SANTA CLARA DE ASIS | Wall [illustration]. Dark brown. 4.5 x 3 cm.
SAN JOSé DE GUADELOUPE | Wall [illustration]. Black. 3 x 4.5 cm.
MISSION DOLORES [illustration]. Forest green. 3 x 4.5 cm.
MISSION SAN FRANCISCO SOLANO OF SONOMA | WALL 1947 [illustration]. Black. 3 x 4.5 cm.
[Printer's illustrated device]. Forest green. 1.5 x 1 cm.
WALL, Bernhardt. The Californian Missions. Sierra Madre, 1947. 28 etchings: 26 miniature etchings, approximately 4.5 x 3 cm. (1-3/4 x 1-1/4 inches), wove paper, each mounted within an etched ornamental frame border (7.5 x 6.5 cm. [2-7/8 x 2-1/2 inches]), various colored inks, mostly signed. Plus half-title hand-lettered in dark brown ink and larger etched printer's device in green ink with Wall's penciled note. Unbound, each etching on printed post card stock (14 x 8.5 cm. [5-1/2 x 3-1/4 inches]).
Limited edition (#1 noted in pencil on signed title leaf). Post card issue of preceding with the addition of embellished etched frames, omitting the text leaves and the limitation leaf, and substituting his larger printer's device. Extremely rare in this format. 70001713, 70001718-70001722, 70001725, 70001726, 70001784, 70001808, 70001812, 70001814-70001830
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["28 ETCHINGS CALIFORNIAN MISSIONS..."] [half-title]. Pen and ink half-title within a brown etched ornate frame border. 4.5 x 3 cm.
THE CALIFORNIAN MISSIONS... [title]. Red within a red etched ornamental frame border. Signed. 4.5 x 3 cm.
F Junipero Serra | WALL 1947 [bust portrait with Serra's facsimile signature]. Brown within an olive green etched ornamental frame border. Signed. 4.5 x 3 cm.
MISSION SAN DIEGO DE ALCALA | Wall 1947 [illustration]. Brown within a sienna etched ornamental frame border. Signed. 4.5 x 3 cm.
SAN LUIS REY DE FRANCIA [illustration]. Lavender within a mahogany etched ornamental frame border. Signed. 4.5 x 3 cm.
ASISTENCIA DE PALA | Wall [illustration]. Olive green within a sienna etched ornamental frame border. Signed. 3 x 4.5 cm.
SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO [illustration]. Brown within a burnt sienna etched ornamental frame border. 4.5 x 3 cm.
SERRA'S CHAPEL SAN CAPISTRANO | WAll [illustration]. Brown within a burnt sienna etched ornamental frame border. 4.5 x 3 cm.
SAN GABRIEL ARCANGEL [illustration]. Olive green within an olive green etched ornamental frame border. Signed. 4.5 x 3 cm.
NUESTRA SENORA DE LOS ANGELES [illustration]. Red within a carmine etched ornamental frame border. Signed.
MISSION SAN FERNANDO DE ESPANA | WALL [illustration]. Black within a green etched ornamental frame border. Signed. 3 x 4.5 cm.
SAN BUENAVENTURA [illustration]. Rose within an umber etched ornamental frame border3 x 4.5 cm.
SANTA BARBARA | Wall [illustration]. Red within a rose etched ornamental frame border. Signed. 3 x 4.5 cm.
MISSION SANTA YNEZ | Wall [illustration]. Carmine within a Burnt sienna etched ornamental frame border. Signed. 3 x 4.5 cm.
MISSION LA PURISIMA CONCEPCION | Wall 1947 [illustration]. Brown within a sienna etched ornamental frame border. Signed. 3 x 4.5 cm.
SAN LUIS OBISPO | WALL [illustration]. Black within a mahogany etched ornamental frame border. Signed. 3 x 4.5 cm.
SAN MIGUEL ARCANGEL | Wall [illustration]. Black within an olive green etched ornamental frame border. Signed. 3 x 4.5 cm.
SAN ANTONIO DE PADUA | Wall [illustration]. Brown within a sienna etched ornamental frame border. Signed. 3 x 4.5 cm.
ROYAL PRESIDIO CHAPEL MONTEREY | WALL [illustration]. Greenish black within a green etched ornamental frame border. 4.5 x 3 cm.
SAN CARLOS BORROMEO | Wall [illustration]. Brown within a light brown etched ornamental frame border. Signed. 3 x 4.5 cm.
MISSION LA SOLEDAD | WALL 1947 [illustration]. Brown within a burnt sienna etched ornamental frame border. Signed. 3 x 4.5 cm.
MISSION SAN JUAN BAUTISTA | WAll [illustration]. Brown within a mahogany etched ornamental frame border. Signed. 3 x 4.5 cm.
MISSION SANTA CRUZ | Wall [illustration]. Black within a burnt sienna etched ornamental frame border. 3 x 4.5 cm.
SANTA CLARA DE ASIS | Wall [illustration]. Dark forest green within a green etched ornamental frame border. 3 x 4.5 cm.
SAN JOSÉ DE GUADELOUPE | Wall [illustration]. Black within a burnt sienna etched ornamental frame border. 3 x 4.5 cm.
MISSION DOLORES [illustration]. Black within an umber etched ornamental frame border. Signed. 3 x 4.5 cm.
MISSION SAN FRANCISCO SOLANO OF SONOMA | WALL 1947 [illustration]. Brown within a brown etched ornamental frame border. Signed. 3 x 4.5 cm.
BERNHARDT WALL. ETCHER [printer's illustrated device]. Green. Wall's pencil note: "This set is composed of 25 cards. Bernhardt Wall Etcher of 'THE CALIFORNIAN MISSIONS IN " [sic] FRAMES.'" 8 x 5.5 cm.
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