Lorence F. Bjorklund Ink Illustrations for "Street & Smith's Wild West Weekly"

Item Details

Illustrations for the short stories Puncher from the Owl-Hoot and Gold on the Hoof (part 2), circa 1939
Ink drawings on illustration board
Each initialed “LFB” within imagery
Print notations, labels, and inscriptions to margins and versos
Artist’s stamp to versos
Illustrations published in Street & Smith’s Wild West Weekly magazine, vol. 127 no.6 and vol. 141 no.6

Born in Minnesota, Bjorklund was known for his Western genre scenes. Bjorklund earned his first education in art as an apprentice to a mural painter and drawing lessons from his father. In 1927, he received a scholarship to study art at the Pratt Institute. During this time, he illustrated Western genre pulp publications. Throughout his career, his illustrations were published in over 300 books, including some that Bjorklund authored. He is listed in the 1975 book Fifty Great Western Illustrators by Jeff Dykes.

Condition

- toning, foxing, corner wear, uneven discolorations and label residues throughout the compositions and notable along the margins; title text torn away in parts to one illustration; slight bow to illustration boards.

Dimensions

- measures one of two.

Item #

ITMG269338