Leonard Cline's bookplate is reproduced at right. According to Cline's daughter, it was designed by Arthur Marschner while both he and Cline worked at the
Detroit News. Evidently only a small number of bookplates were made at the time, and examples survive in less than ten volumes owned by Cline, all published between 1918 and 1921.
Arthur A. Marschner (1884-1950) was, in his lifetime, a well-known Detroit artist and illustrator. He published three illustrations in 1921 in
The Liberator, a socialist magazine in which Cline published six poems in 1918 through 1921.
Here are the three pieces of Marschner's art (probably linoleum or wood cuts):
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| March 1921 |
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| March 1921 |
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| September 1921 |
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And here is Cline's poem, "Vision," from July 1921.
I found some other Marschner artwork on the web, and here are a few oil paintings.
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| Still with Fruit and Copper Pot |
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| Two Landscapes |
Leonard Cline's bookplate is reproduced at right. According to Cline's daughter, it was designed by Arthur Marschner while both he and Cline worked at the Detroit News. Evidently only a small number of bookplates were made at the time, and examples survive in less than ten volumes owned by Cline, all published between 1918 and 1921.
