Lorence F. Bjorklund Ink Illustrations for "Street & Smith's Western Story"

Item Details

Illustrations for short stories The Tenderfoot and Heads I Win, circa 1946
Ink drawings on illustration board
Each signed within imagery
Print notations, labels, and inscriptions throughout
Artist’s stamp to versos
Illustrations published in Street & Smith’s Western Story magazine

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; slight bow and edge wear to illustration boards; white paint drip through center of one piece.

Dimensions

- measures one of two.

Item #

ITMG331387