Graphic designer, calligrapher, type designer, illustrator, author and marionette maker.
Among those significant individuals in the field, Dwiggins is widely acknowledged as one of the foremost of the mid-century American designers of type faces, and book designs, and is unique for his artistry in the realm of marionette puppetry. At his Hingham home he built a theater, designing not only the puppets but their costumes, the stage sets and lighting, as well as writing the plays which were performed for friends and acquaintances.
The Boston Public Library Rare Books Department houses a room devoted to him, and outfitted with his drawing table and tools used for lettering and illustration, as well as shelves of the 100s of books he designed, or provided jackets and spine illustrations for. The vast majority of this work was done for the publisher Alfred A. Knopf. Many of his works are considered highly collectible such as the designs for HG Wells' "Time Machine", and Rabelais "Gargantua and Pantagruel".
Also available for the researcher in the archive in protective boxes are original drawings and lettering done while employed as a "graphic artist" (a term he coined), and more significantly, the working drawings and correspondence associated with his numerous type designs while working with Mergenthaler Linotype as an independent contractor.
In addition the Library has a room devoted to, and displaying many of the marionettes he designed and created, and various ephemera associated with this unique pursuit.
Among those significant individuals in the field, Dwiggins is widely acknowledged as one of the foremost of the mid-century American designers of type faces, and book designs, and is unique for his artistry in the realm of marionette puppetry. At his Hingham home he built a theater, designing not only the puppets but their costumes, the stage sets and lighting, as well as writing the plays which were performed for friends and acquaintances.
The Boston Public Library Rare Books Department houses a room devoted to him, and outfitted with his drawing table and tools used for lettering and illustration, as well as shelves of the 100s of books he designed, or provided jackets and spine illustrations for. The vast majority of this work was done for the publisher Alfred A. Knopf. Many of his works are considered highly collectible such as the designs for HG Wells' "Time Machine", and Rabelais "Gargantua and Pantagruel".
Also available for the researcher in the archive in protective boxes are original drawings and lettering done while employed as a "graphic artist" (a term he coined), and more significantly, the working drawings and correspondence associated with his numerous type designs while working with Mergenthaler Linotype as an independent contractor.
In addition the Library has a room devoted to, and displaying many of the marionettes he designed and created, and various ephemera associated with this unique pursuit.
Graphic designer, calligrapher, type designer, illustrator, author and marionette maker.
Among those significant individuals in the field, Dwiggins is widely acknowledged as one of the foremost of the mid-century American designers of type faces, and book designs, and is unique for his artistry in the realm of marionette puppetry. At his Hingham home he built a theater, designing not only the puppets but their costumes, the stage sets and lighting, as well as writing the plays which were performed for friends and acquaintances.
The Boston Public Library Rare Books Department houses a room devoted to him, and outfitted with his drawing table and tools used for lettering and illustration, as well as shelves of the 100s of books he designed, or provided jackets and spine illustrations for. The vast majority of this work was done for the publisher Alfred A. Knopf. Many of his works are considered highly collectible such as the designs for HG Wells' "Time Machine", and Rabelais "Gargantua and Pantagruel".
Also available for the researcher in the archive in protective boxes are original drawings and lettering done while employed as a "graphic artist" (a term he coined), and more significantly, the working drawings and correspondence associated with his numerous type designs while working with Mergenthaler Linotype as an independent contractor.
In addition the Library has a room devoted to, and displaying many of the marionettes he designed and created, and various ephemera associated with this unique pursuit.
Among those significant individuals in the field, Dwiggins is widely acknowledged as one of the foremost of the mid-century American designers of type faces, and book designs, and is unique for his artistry in the realm of marionette puppetry. At his Hingham home he built a theater, designing not only the puppets but their costumes, the stage sets and lighting, as well as writing the plays which were performed for friends and acquaintances.
The Boston Public Library Rare Books Department houses a room devoted to him, and outfitted with his drawing table and tools used for lettering and illustration, as well as shelves of the 100s of books he designed, or provided jackets and spine illustrations for. The vast majority of this work was done for the publisher Alfred A. Knopf. Many of his works are considered highly collectible such as the designs for HG Wells' "Time Machine", and Rabelais "Gargantua and Pantagruel".
Also available for the researcher in the archive in protective boxes are original drawings and lettering done while employed as a "graphic artist" (a term he coined), and more significantly, the working drawings and correspondence associated with his numerous type designs while working with Mergenthaler Linotype as an independent contractor.
In addition the Library has a room devoted to, and displaying many of the marionettes he designed and created, and various ephemera associated with this unique pursuit.
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