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Osher Map Library and Smith Center for Cartographic Education<\/a>, at the University of Southern Maine in Portland, have just acquired for its permanent collection copies of Hudson Highlands: North River Suite Volume One<\/em> <\/a>(2017), and Palisades: North River Suite Volume Two<\/em><\/a> (2020); both published by Needlewatcher Editions<\/a>.<\/p>\n Drawn from the journals of James Lancel McElhinney,<\/a> author of the Sketchbook<\/a> Traveler<\/a><\/em> books released by Schiffer Publishing<\/a>, each portfolio contains seven archival pigment prints of images, with title-page, and an index page with colophon, bound in a handmade archival cloth-covered Solander box with blind-stamped titles on the cover and spine. Both were produced by Brilliant Graphics<\/a> in Exton, PA and Shenzhen China. The Hudson Highlands limited edition contains an illustrated chapbook, with texts by the author and an introduction by Steven Miller<\/a>. The Palisades includes a color intaglio copperplate etching on Somerset etching paper, with digital chine-coll\u00e9, produced by Philadelphia master printer Cindi Royce Ettinger<\/a>. From March to October 2018, McElhinney traveled along the northern Rio Grande in Colorado and New Mexico, filling his sketchbook with paintings from the journey. Images from these travels were published in Grand River Sketchbook<\/em><\/a>, a limited edition of 25 consisting of ten archival pigment prints, produced by Orion Studios Santa Fe, with a color intaglio copperplate etching with digital chine-coll\u00e9 produced by Philadelphia master printer Cindi Royce Ettinger. Contents are bound in a handmade cloth-covered portfolio by Peter Geraty of Praxis Bindery<\/a> in Easthampton, MA.James Lancel McElhinney<\/a> is represented by Gerald Peters Gallery i<\/a>n Santa Fe, and by William Havu Gallery<\/a> in Denver. His personal website is: https:\/\/www.mcelhinneyart.com<\/a><\/p>\n For more information<\/strong> about the limited editions, please contact:<\/p>\n NEEDLEWATCHER EDITIONS<\/strong> <\/p>\n
\nBoth of these works, including the prototype for Palisades, were exhibited at the Hudson River Museum<\/a> in the exhibition James McElhinney: Discover the Hudson Anew<\/a>, from September 13, 2019 to February 16, 2020. Hudson Highlands was previously shown in exhibitions at: The institute Library<\/a> in New Haven CT and at Boscobel House and Gardens<\/a> in Garrison NY. McElhinney\u2019s O.T.W. On the Water: The Schuylkill River (also produced by Brilliant) was the centerpiece of an eponymous installation<\/a> at Philadelphia\u2019s Independence Seaport Museum<\/a>, from October 24, 2018 to January 5, 2020<\/a>. Fine press editions published by Needlewatcher Editions<\/a>, and can be found in the following collections:
\nAlbany Institute of History and Art<\/a>
\nAvery Fine Art and Architecture Library, Columbia University<\/a>
\nBoscobel House and Gardens, Garrison, New York<\/a>
\nCity of Philadelphia. Water Department Archives<\/a>.
\nUniversity of Denver. Library Special Collections. Denver Colorado<\/a>
\nFree Library of Philadelphia. Print and Picture Collection<\/a>
\nHistorical Society of Pennsylvania<\/a>
\nHudson River Museum, Yonkers New York<\/a>
\nHuntington Library and Museum, San Marino, California<\/a>
\nIndependence Seaport Museum<\/a>
\nNewberry Library. Chicago, Illinois<\/a>
\nNew York Public Library. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photography<\/a>
\nOsher Map Library and Smith Center for Cartographic Education. Portland ME<\/a>
\nPennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. Archives and Special Collections<\/a>
\nSwarthmore College, Swarthmore PA<\/a>
\nTemple University. Samuel L. Paley Library Special Collections<\/a>
\nWest Point Museum, United States Military Academy<\/a>
\nYale Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library. New Haven CT,<\/a>
\nAnd in private collections in California, Colorado, Connecticut, Illinois, Massachusetts, Missouri, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, and New Zealand.<\/p>\n
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