Hedcuts
Picturing Business in America, Hedcuts in The Wall Street Journal is a new show at the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery featuring the paper’s iconic portraits of business leaders, including the portrait of Oprah on the left by stipple artist Noli Novak. Journal artist Kevin Sprouls came up with the distinctive dot-layering technique in 1979. I’ve always thought it was a pretty good match for the Journal, says Sprouls. They’re like fine engravings.
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