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

Item Details

Illustrations for short stories The Broken Journey and Buckskin Empire (part 1 of 5), circa 1941
Ink drawings on illustration board
Each initialed “LFB” 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; edge and corner wear to illustration boards.

Dimensions

- measures one of two.

Item #

ITMG331388