''The Print Connoisseur: A Quarterly Magazine for the Print Collector'' was a quarterly

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published from 1920 to 1932 by Winfred Porter Truesdell of

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. Starting with Volume 1, No. 1 (October 1920) it lasted through 46 issues to Volume 12, No. 2 (1932). Most issues contained at least one original print as the frontispiece. Original prints were done by leading American and European artists including: John Taylor Arms, Frank W. Benson, George Elmer Burr, Emil Fuchs, Arthur William Heintzelman, Norman Kent,

Paul Landacre Paul Hambleton Landacre (July 9, 1893, Columbus, Ohio - June 3, 1963, Los Angeles, California) was an active participant in the cultural flowering of interwar Los Angeles, described by Jake Zeitlin as a "small Renaissance, Southern California styl ...

J. J. Lankes Julius John Lankes (1884–1960) was an illustrator, a woodcut print artist, author, and college professor. Early life and education Lankes was born on August 31, 1884 in Buffalo, New York to parents of German heritage. His father worked in a ...

, Frederick Reynolds,

Howard Simon Howard Simon (1902–1979) was an American illustrator, painter, and printmaker who is known for his woodcut Woodcut is a relief printing technique in printmaking Printmaking is the process of creating artworks by printing, normally ...

Birger Sandzén Sven Birger Sandzén (February 5, 1871 – June 22, 1954), known more commonly as Birger Sandzén, was a Swedish painter best known for his landscapes. He produced most of his work while working as an art professor at Bethany College, Linds ...

Lynd Ward Lynd Kendall Ward (June 26, 1905 – June 28, 1985) was an American artist and novelist, known for his series of wordless novels using wood engraving, and his illustrations for juvenile and adult books. His wordless novels have influenced ...

, and others. The periodical appeared in different versions: * issued quarterly in wraps (paper covers.) This allowed some subscribers to have their copies privately bound. The cover design could change from quarter to quarter. In some cases, the same issue could come out in different cover colors. * at the end of the year a subscriber could order a bound version from the publisher. * a limited edition (need to get more information to estimate the edition size) that had some signed prints. In other cases the limited edition had a frontispiece that was different from the regular edition e.g. an Arms print was done in colours for the limited edition but just black & white in the regular edition. In another case the limited edition got a drypoint but since the plate wouldn't stand up, the regular edition only got a reproduction. In 2006 a complete index was published by Alan Wofsy Fine Arts.Jackson, Jeffrey B. and Yoram Meroz, eds. ''The Print Connoisseur: Complete Index, 1920-1932''. San Francisco: Alan Wofsy Fine Arts, 2006.

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Searchable index of all 46 issues at artistarchive.com
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