Published by Atheneum; 1st edition (January 1, 1965).
Borden Deal’s The Spangled Road, published by Scribner’s (1962).
This engraving of the Parthenon was made for a PERIHEMIN advertisement by the Lederle Laboratories Division of the American Cyanamid Company.
Illustration for Gladys Schmitt’s Beowulf, published by Legacy Books (1962). Ferro’s design for the book cover is available here.
Illustration for Gladys Schmitt’s Beowulf, published by Legacy Books (1962). Ferro’s design for the book cover is available here.
Woodcut design for an interior illustration of Jesse Stuart’s book, My Land Has A Voice, published by McGraw-Hill; First Edition.
Wood engraving for Joseph Wood Krutch’s The Best of Two World’s, published by William Morrow (1953).
This woodcut of a table spread with wine, vegetables, and sprigs of branches in vases with a town in the background was made for Gourmet Magazine, for which Walter Ferro illustrated on select occasions from 1962 – 1966.
A full pdf of this woodcut of the silhouettes of two trees within the larger article for Audubon is available here: Dubos, Rene, “A Theology of the Earth,” Audubon Magazine, July 1972.
A full pdf of this woodcut of the silhouettes of hills and brush grasses within the larger article for Audubon Magazine is available here: Dubos, Rene, “A Theology of the Earth,” Audubon Magazine, July 1972.
A full pdf of this woodcut of plants swaying within the article for Audubon is available here: Dubos, Rene, “A Theology of the Earth,” Audubon Magazine, July 1972.
To see the original wood block that Walter Ferro carved to print this work, see “Carved Woodblock for Taj Mahal.”
PERIHEMIN advertisement by the Lederle Laboratories Division of the American Cyanamid Company.
A full pdf of this woodcut of a desert cacti within the larger article for Audubon is available here: Dubos, Rene, “A Theology of the Earth,” Audubon Magazine, July 1972.
A full pdf of this woodcut of a tree silhouettes within the larger article for Audubon is available here: Dubos, Rene, “A Theology of the Earth,” Audubon Magazine, July 1972.
Fantastical Walter Ferro black and white woodcut illustration for Mlle May print of bottle with cap atop outdoor picnic table with curtain, window, and plane wheel in the background. A pdf of Ferro’s woodcuts and the complete story is available here.
Illustration for Loren Eiseley’s The Invisible Pyramid [First Edition], published by Charles Scribner’s Sons (New York).
During his tenure from 1951-1955 at the New York City-based ad agency Abbott Kimball Co., Inc. (1937 – present), Walter Ferro made four woodcuts in this series of monks in various scenes for Schieffelin & Co.’s La Grande Chartreuse advertisement, which ran from November 1953 to January 1954 in the following magazines: New Yorker, Gourmet, Cosmopolitan, Fortnight, Saturday Review, Promenade, Esquire, House & Garden, and House Beautiful. This engraving is one from the series.
This woodcut was made for Gourmet Magazine, for which Walter Ferro illustrated on select occasions from 1962 – 1966.