Letterpress & offset lithograph
8.5 x 11"
1961, Toledo (3 versions)
I did this drawing directly onto a paper offset plate and printed it, as an experiment on different papers in several different ink colors. This version was created by intentionally printing the second color off-register.
Leonard Dryansky, a friend from Cleveland, was a part-time graduate student in art history at Western Reserve, director of the art program at Karamu (a Cleveland settlement house), and an amateur poet. The quote is from "Mac Dougal Alley," a poem he had written some years earlier when he lived in Greenwich Village.
(Ed. Note - For those who may not know, Leonard Dryansky was an artist, playwright, and Professor Emeritus of theater history and design at Syracuse University. He was chief designer and production supervisor for the Syracuse Repertory Theatre Festival; resident designer and production supervisor for Berkshire Theatre Festival; resident designer and art director for the Karamu House in Cleveland; project director for the Labor Arts Center in New York City; and a founding member of the Sandisfield Arts and Restoration Committee.
Among his many achievements, he directed an acclaimed production of Samuel Beckett's "Waiting for Godot" at Syracuse University.
He also served in the Merchant Marine during World War II and was an early organizer of the Merchant Seamen's Union. Source)
"Leonard Dryansky, Art Director of Karamu Theater, with Mrs. Paul Oppenheim, of the Suburban Temple Sisterhood (from 3388 Norwwod Rd., Shaker Hts.), at Karamu House."
- Text on back of photo taken from The Cleveland Memory Project
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