This woodcut was among a series of cards commissioned by Newsweek’s International Editions, for their “World Trade” series, their 1965 Christmas card, as well as a series of advertisements.  Another card in the Newsweek International series is available here.

Newsweek’s Bristlecone Pine, Card, Side 2

Untitled woodcut of a European village with yellow buildings and orange rooftops, with three women in white bonnets in the foreground.

This watercolor was included in Ferro’s application for the Guggenheim Fellowship, which he received and completed in 1972.

For more information about the work included in the Guggenheim application, as well as those works completed during the fellowship, please visit the ABOUT section.

Engraving of Parthenon for PERIHEMIN advertisement by the Lederle Laboratories Division of the American Cyanamid Company.  An image of the original engraving is in the gallery, Woodcuts, here.  A copy of the back side of the advertisement card is below.

Woodcut of an angel for printed Newsweek card.  The original woodcut from 1959 is available here.

In 1965 this woodcut was printed for Newsweek International, a description of which is available on Side 2 of the card, here.

Woodcut design of navigational logo for Franklin Avenue, Garden City, Long Island, New York

Design for Mobil on Parade’s “Observations” column.

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 woodcut by Walter Ferro of an elf was made for Aramco World magazine, for which Walter Ferro worked as art director and illustrator from 1956-1966.

This watercolor study of a sunflower is part of series that Walter Ferro made on the lifecycle of a flower for an (unpublished) artist book.

For other works in the series, click on the tags “Artist Book” or “Sunflower.”

This 6-color woodcut shows the artist’s daughter as a child.