John Doerr Kleiner Perkins VC WSJ Original Hedcut Author "Measure What Matters"

Description

Iconic hand drawn artwork created and used by the
Wall Street Journal
in its news coverage. One-of-a-kind portrait art. This artwork was purchased directly from the
WSJ
in an auction they held in 2002 and includes a Certificate of Authenticity.
Subject is
John Doerr, venture capitalist and current Chairman of Kleiner Perkins Caulfield & Byers
. Doerr and KPCB, one of the early backers of Google as well as other high tech success stories, turned a .5m investment in Google in 1999 into billions in 2004 when the company went public. He is author of the recently released "Measure What Matters".
Size: approximately 5-5/8" x 9-5/8".
Hedcut
('headine cut) is a term referring to a style of
drawing
, associated with
The Wall Street Journal
half-column portrait illustrations. They use the
stipple
method of many small dots and the
hatching
method of small lines to create an image, and are designed to emulate the look of
woodcuts
from old-style
newspapers
, and engravings on certificates and currency.
The Wall Street Journal adopted the current form of this portraiture in 1979. Today, there are five hedcut artists employed by The Wall Street Journal.
Each drawing takes between three and five hours to produce. These drawings are traditionally created at 18 by 31
picas
(3" by 5.167"), and then later reduced to fit the column size.
In 2002 the
Smithsonian Institution
acquired 66 original hedcut drawings and have put them on permanent display in the
National Portrait Gallery
.