[The American Stationer, May 9, 1914. Click for a larger view.]
“Round, having a novel finish of small squares in assorted colors,” says the advertisement. “Most effective in appearance.” You can see the pencil in color at Brand Name Pencils. It’s a wow.
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Friday, February 10, 2023
Cubist pencil
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I wondered if, at 1914, this predated the use of "Cubism" as an art movement, but I read that Cubism came in at 1909 and 1911.
And the Armory Show was in 1913. So Cubism was in the air.
I was trying to figure out where on my hard drive I have a copy of an alphabet-book spoof of Cubism. It’s called The Cubies. (No wonder I couldn’t find it by searching for cubism and cubist.) Archive.org has it. It’s from 1913.
pen and pencil combo
https://www.google.com/books/edition/National_Association_News/wQ4dAQAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=eagle+pencil+cubist&pg=PA151&printsec=frontcover
cubist valentine
https://books.google.com/books/content?id=bmBYAAAAYAAJ&pg=RA14-PA30&img=1&zoom=3&hl=en&bul=1&sig=ACfU3U18Z9d85-Uz72j4A4kL45O_w_fmKQ&w=1025
Wow! Just wow! "G is for Gertrude Stein's limpid lucidity." Thanks for pointing to this.
Thanks for the links, Anon.
And you’re welcome, George. I was trying to remember how I found about it and found the answer — where else? — in a post about the Armory Show.
1232 pen and pencil combo, different name?
https://books.google.com/books/content?id=Xpk7AQAAMAAJ&pg=RA6-PA25&img=1&zoom=3&hl=en&bul=1&sig=ACfU3U1gOIic6YUhXFFGYymgm9PpjuwXdQ&w=1025
Or it might just be a checked pattern — not as outré as the Cubist design.
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