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Prelude to a Million Years
''Prelude to a Million Years: A Book of Wood Engravings'' is a 1933 wordless novel consisting of thirty wood engravings by American artist Lynd Ward (1905–1985). It was the fourth of Ward's six wordless novels, a genre Ward discovered while studying wood engraving in Europe, and delved into under the influence of the works of Frans Masereel and Otto Nückel. The symbol-rich story tells of a sculptor who, in his quest for ideal beauty, neglects the reality of the struggles of his neighbors in the depths of the Great Depression. The engravings are done in a softer Art Deco style in contrast to the German Expressionism-influenced artwork of Ward's earlier works.
==Background==
Lynd Ward (1905–1985) was a son of Methodist minister and social activist Harry F. Ward (1873–1966). Throughout his career the younger Ward displayed in his work the influence of his father's interest in social injustice. Ward married writer May McNeer in 1926 and the couple left for Europe, where Ward spent a year studying wood engraving in Leipzig, Germany. There he encountered German Expressionist art and read the wordless novel ''The Sun'' (1919) by Flemish woodcut artist Frans Masereel (1889–1972).
Ward returned to the United States and freelanced his illustrations. In 1929, he came across German artist Otto Nückel's wordless novel ''Destiny'' (1926) in New York City. The work inspired Ward to create a wordless novel of his own, (1929), which he followed with ''Madman's Drum'' (1930) and ''Wild Pilgrimage'' (1932). In December 1931, Ward and McNeer were among the nine cofounders of Equinox Cooperative Press, dedicated to a hands-on approach to bookmaking.
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