Giant Picture Printer. An Arnold Arnold Toy.

[ Toys ]. Arnold, Arnold.

Published by Greenwich, Conn.: The Chaspec Manufacturing Company, [n.d., ca. 1950s].

About this Item

This educational printmaking kit encourages children to Òprint, invent, and create thousands of pictures and designsÓ using techniques like overprinting (Òmake any color by overprintingÓ) and using the basic geometric stamps to make more complex scenes. How to Play with Your Child specifically addresses the topic of educational play and providing children with creative supplies: ÒA child of twelve who is given a saw, shown how to use it, and is steered to develop projects for himself, has a more educational and creative toy than one who is given a prefabricated assembly kitÉA toy is creative if it permits the child to use many of his creative faculties; it is educational if it arouses in him the desire for experienceÓ (p. 54). The book also includes advice on how to manage a childÕs independent playtime, decorate a childÕs room and play spaces (with a list of art reproductions to choose as d cor), and select enriching books for children (with a reading list). 21 x 13 x 1 in. Complete with all twenty-four rubber stamps and the four ink pads (red, blue, yellow, black) in metal tins. Also, with a booklet of paper (some blank, some used). PublisherÕs paper-covered box lid printed in color and black. Some general wear to box lid. Ink offsetting from stamps to inside of lid and some ink smudges to bottom of box. Ink has dried out and there is some rust to the ink pad tins. A very good copy and a remarkable survival of a rare educational toy. [ Together with:] Arnold, Arnold. How to Play with Your Child. New York: Ballantine Books, [1955]. 4 x 7 in. [6], 185 pp. Diagrams and chapter heading vignettes. Color-printed paperback covers. Some creasing to front cover. Contemporary ink mark to fore-edge. Uniform toning due to paper quality. A very good copy. First edition of this handbook for parents on how to lead children in educational play. Arnold Ferdinand Arnold (1921 Ð 2012), a German-born Jewish artist and game designer, fled with his family to England during HitlerÕs rise to power in the 1930s. As a young man, he was educated at the Bedales School in Hampshire. While living in New York in the 1950s and 60s, Arnold pursued a design career, taught at the New School, and eventually exhibited at the MoMA on multiple occasions, including both a solo show and Premium Toys Designed for IndustryÊ(1953), a two-person show with Joseph Zalewski. One of ArnoldÕs most enduring designs was the Parker BrotherÕs swirl logo, which he created in 1964. He also designed record sleeves for EPIC Records. Arnold wrote primarily on early childhood education through play. Along with How to Play with Your Child, he published The Arnold Arnold Book of Toy Soldiers (1963), an interactive reader issued with cut-out paper soldiers. He also wrote a column, ÒParents and Their Children,Ó for the Chicago Tribune, which covered childcare and education topics. ArnoldÕs first wife was the photographer Eve Arnold (1912 Ð 2012), the first woman to join the Magnum Photos agency, who was perhaps best known for her photographs of Marilyn Monroe and American First Ladies. His other long-term partner was Gail E. Hailey (b. 1939), the Caldecott Medal-winning childrenÕs author and illustrator. Seller Inventory # 17741

Bibliographic Details

Title: Giant Picture Printer. An Arnold Arnold Toy.

Publisher: Greenwich, Conn.: The Chaspec Manufacturing Company, [n.d., ca. 1950s].

Binding: Soft cover

Edition: 1st Edition