Original WWI Rotogravures in Large-Format Presentation—3 Collections Now Available
An important collection of historic rotogravures from World War I. All three collections have now been released which depict important images from the tumultuous years of the Great War (sometimes also called "The War to End All Wars"). This global conflict was centered in Europe, beginning 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918, and ultimately involved all the world’s great powers and cost millions of lives. These collections include artwork, photography, maps, portraits, and more, all via rotogravure.
Rotogravure is a printing method using a rotary press with intaglio cylinders which allows for very high quality halftone reproductions to be printed at high speed on inexpensive paper stock. Newspapers, beginning with The New York Times, were able to make effective use of this technology, and many published regular rotogravure pictorial sections in their publications during the early 20th century.