Flight Through the Forest

[Los Angeles, CA: Paul Landacre, 1932, 1933].

Electrotyped wood engraving reused on a holiday greeting card. Image: 2 1/16 x 6 1/16 inches. Greeting Card is a Bifold, 8 3/16 x 6 1/4 inches. Corner-mounted so no adhesive is used to hold the bifold to the stiff paper board that measures 16 x 13 inches; small stain at the top margin of the bifold. The stiff sheet of board is hinge mounted to the bottom board, this upper board with a window to expose the front of the holiday card; there is also with a small plastic sheet hinge-mounted to the bottom stiff board to offer protection to the artwork beneath; some light soiling to the top board and minor shelf wear. LL723-010. Very Good.

Paul Landacre's wood engraving Flight Through The Forest was conceived for The Limited Editions Club edition of Green Mansions by W. H. Hudson. It was created during the winter of 1932-33. It is here reused to decorate a holiday card tor Catherine and Leigh Harline. Text printed letterpress above and below the image reads "All the better wishes for the New Year, from Catherine & Leigh Harline." "Paul Landacre" is printed below the abstract image. "The edition size and date of printing of the card are unknown." Wien.

Leigh Adrian Harline (1907-1969) was an American composer and songwriter. He was known for his musical sophistication that was uniquely Harline-esque by weaving rich tapestries of mood-setting underscores and penning memorable melodies for animated shorts and features. After graduating from the University of Utah where he studied piano and organ, Harline moved to California where he worked at radio stations in San Francisco and Los Angeles as a composer, conductor, arranger, instrumentalist, singer, and announcer. In 1931, he provided music for the first transcontinental radio broadcast to originate from the West Coast. He was then hired by Walt Disney where he scored more than 50 tunes, including the Silly Symphonies cartoon series of the 1930s. He is perhaps best-known for the song When You Wish Upon a Star." from the film Pinocchio (1940). Other notable tunes to his credit include Whistle While You Work, Heigh-Ho, and Some Day My Prince Will Come from the film Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937). Wikipedia.

REFERENCE: Wien, 124. Other examples of the Harline's holiday card are to be found at the William Andrews Clark Memorial Library, the Occidental College Library, and UCLA (Zeitlin Papers).