Sportsman’s Portfolio of Color-Etch Prints by Sweney
Contributed by Josh Korwin
on Apr 20th, 2025. Artwork published in
circa 1960
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Photo: Josh Korwin. License: All Rights Reserved.
This Sportsman’s Portfolio of Color-Etch Prints by illustrator and painter Fred Sweney (1912–1996) was created by the Brown & Bigelow Division of Standard Packaging Corp. and published by Chase Metals Service in Denver around 1960. The cover makes early use of Safari, an informal face with many alternate and interlocking letterforms issued by Headliners in their range of “naïve gothics”.
Photo: Josh Korwin. License: All Rights Reserved.
Photo: Josh Korwin. License: All Rights Reserved.
Photo: Josh Korwin. License: All Rights Reserved.
Photo: Josh Korwin. License: All Rights Reserved.
Photo: Josh Korwin. License: All Rights Reserved.
Photo: Josh Korwin. License: All Rights Reserved.
2 Comments on “Sportsman’s Portfolio of Color-Etch Prints by Sweney”
I have this same portfolio with 4 framed etched prints. My booklet says, presented with the compliments and good wishes of R.A. Hebert Machine Tool Co., Inc. Medford Mass. Do you know the value?
There are currently two copies for sale on eBay, offered for $15 and $20, respectively.