Cleonike Damianakes (1895–1979) was an American illustrator, especially of book dust jackets.
Damianakes was born in Berkeley, California.[1]
She designed dust jackets for Ernest Hemingway (The Sun Also Rises and A Farewell to Arms), F. Scott Fitzgerald (All the Sad Young Men), and Zelda Fitzgerald (Save Me the Waltz).[1] Also, Conrad Aiken and David Hamilton.[1] She designed the cover for David Burnham's first novel This Our Exile.[2] She designed the cover of Arthur B. Reeve's Pandora in 1926.[1]
Her second marriage was to Ralph Wilkins, and she was later also known as Cleonike or Cleo Wilkins.[1]
Six of her etchings are in the permanent collection of the National Gallery of Art.[3] Her work is also in the permanent collections of the Art Institute of Chicago,[4] the Smithsonian American Art Museum[5] and the Indianapolis Museum of Art.[6]
References
- ^ a b c d e Salisbury, Martin (2017). The illustrated dust jacket, 1920-1970. London. pp. 62–65. ISBN 9780500519134. Retrieved 20 September 2022.
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: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ "This Our Exile David BURNHAM". Bauman Rare Books. Retrieved 21 September 2022.
- ^ "Cleo Damianakes". The National Gallery of Art. Retrieved 21 September 2022.
- ^ "Cleo Damianakes". Art Institute of Chicago. Retrieved 21 September 2022.
- ^ "Cleo Damianakes". Smithsonian American Art Museum. Retrieved 21 September 2022.
- ^ "Wind Cleo Damianakes (American, 1895-1979)". Indianapolis Museum of Art. Retrieved 21 September 2022.