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Richard Wagener, born 3 September 1944 is an American wood engraver and letterpress printer. Working with Peter Koch Printers, Berkeley, California, he is the author/engraver of Zebra Noise with a flatted 7th, 1998. This book is in the Reva and David Logan collection of illustrated books that resides at the California Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco. This book is included in Artist's Books in the Modern Era 1870 - 2000.

Wagener also created the color wood engravings for The Fragments of Parmenides, translation by Robert Bringhurst, Editions Koch, Berkeley, 2004. In 2009, the Book Club of California published California in Relief, thirty wood engravings by Richard Wagener, forward by Victoria Dailey. Under his own imprint, Mixolydian Editions, Wagener has published Cracked Sidewalks, 2006, and Mountains & Religion, 2011.

Some of Wagener's wood engravings have been developed into large scale digital prints at Magnolia Editions Fine Art Studio, Oakland, California.

Wagener's work is in over fifty public collections including the Library of Congress, the National Library of Canada, The British Library, New York Public Library, California State Library, Stanford University, Bibliotheque Centrale, Zurich.

Wagener received a BS degree in Biology from the University of San Diego, and an MFA degree from Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, California. Wagener lives and works in northern California.

External Links

http://www.peterkochprinters.com http://www.magnoliaeditions.com http://richardwagener.com