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Style: Modern
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Medium: Woodcut
The Inferno, Canto 34 - Apparition de Dite
Located in OPOLE, PL
Salvador Dali (1904-1989) -The Inferno, Canto 34 - Apparition de Dite Original woodcut from 1960. Dimensions of work: 33 x 26.2 cm Publisher: Les Heures Claires, Paris. Reference...
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1960s Modern Art by Medium: Woodcut

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Woodcut

The Purgatory, Canto 1 - The Fallen Angel
Located in OPOLE, PL
Salvador Dali (1904-1989) -The Purgatory, Canto 1 - The Fallen Angel Original woodcut from 1960. Dimensions of work: 33 x 26.2 cm Publisher: Les Heures Claires, Paris. Reference:...
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1960s Modern Art by Medium: Woodcut

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Woodcut

The Inferno, Canto 30 - Les Hommes qui s'entre-dévorent
Located in OPOLE, PL
Salvador Dali (1904-1989) - The Inferno, Canto 30 - Les Hommes qui s'entre-dévorent Original woodcut from 1960. Dimensions of work: 33 x 26.2 cm Publisher: Les Heures Claires, Par...
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1960s Modern Art by Medium: Woodcut

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Woodcut

The Inferno, Canto 31 - Les Géants
Located in OPOLE, PL
Salvador Dali (1904-1989) - The Inferno, Canto 31 - Les Géants Original woodcut from 1960. Dimensions of work: 33 x 26.2 cm Publisher: Les Heures Claires, Paris. Reference: Catal...
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1960s Modern Art by Medium: Woodcut

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Woodcut

Umegaye. Hayakawa Takakage in... - Woodcut by Utagawa Kuniyoshi - 19th century
Located in Roma, IT
Woodcut print realized by Utagawa Kuniyoshi in 19th century. Good condition.
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Mid-19th Century Modern Art by Medium: Woodcut

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Woodcut

'The Wolf and the Little Kids' — Graphic Modernism
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Fritz Eichenberg, 'The Wolf and the Little Kids' from the suite 'Fables with a Twist', wood engraving, 1975-76, artist's proof apart from the edition of c. 50. Signed, titled, and annotated 'Artist’s Proof' in pencil. Signed in the block, lower right. A fine, richly-inked impression, on cream wove paper, with full margins (7/8 to 1 1/2 inches), in excellent condition. Complete with vellum folder with descriptive text in red and black linotype. Printed by master printer Harold McGrath at The Gehenna Press, Northampton, MA. Image size 13 15/16 x 12 1/8 inches (354 x 308 mm); sheet size 16 1/2 x 14 inches (419 x 356 mm). Archivally sleeved, unmatted. Collection: Harvard Museums. ABOUT THE ARTIST Fritz Eichenberg (1901–1990) was a German-American illustrator and arts educator who worked primarily in wood engraving. His best-known works were concerned with religion, social justice, and nonviolence. Eichenberg was born to a Jewish family in Cologne, Germany, where the destruction of World War I helped to shape his anti-war sentiments. He worked as a printer's apprentice and studied at the Municipal School of Applied Arts in Cologne and the Academy of Graphic Arts in Leipzig, where he studied under Hugo Steiner-Prag. In 1923 he moved to Berlin to begin his career as an artist, producing illustrations for books and newspapers. In his newspaper and magazine work, Eichenberg was politically outspoken and sometimes wrote and illustrated his reporting. In 1933, the rise of Adolf Hitler drove Eichenberg, who was a public critic of the Nazis, to emigrate with his wife and children to the United States. He settled in New York City, where he lived most of his life. He worked in the WPA Federal Arts Project and was a member of the Society of American Graphic Artists. In his prolific career as a book illustrator, Eichenberg portrayed many forms of literature but specialized in works with elements of extreme spiritual and emotional conflict, fantasy, or social satire. Over his long career, Eichenberg was commissioned to illustrate more than 100 classics by publishers in the United States and abroad, including works by renowned authors Dostoyevsky, Tolstoy, Charlotte and Emily Brontë, Poe, Swift, and Grimmelshausen. He also wrote and illustrated books of folklore and children's stories. Eichenberg was a long-time contributor to the progressive magazine The Nation, his illustrations appearing between 1930 and 1980. Eichenberg’s work has been featured by such esteemed publishers as The Heritage Club, Random House, Book of the Month Club, The Limited Editions Club, Kingsport Press, Aquarius Press, and Doubleday. Raised in a non-religious family, Eichenberg had been attracted to Taoism as a child. Following his wife's unexpected death in 1937, he turned briefly to Zen Buddhist meditation, then joined the Religious Society of Friends in 1940. Though he remained a Quaker until his death, Eichenberg was also associated with Catholic charity work through his friendship with Dorothy Day...
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1970s American Modern Art by Medium: Woodcut

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Woodcut

Asagiri - Woodcut by Utagawa Hiroshige - 1832
Located in Roma, IT
Asagiri is a woodcut print realized by Utagawa Hiroshige in 1832. It is part of the suite "The Fifty-three Stations of Tokaido". Very good condition.
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1830s Modern Art by Medium: Woodcut

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Woodcut

The Inferno, Canto 27 - Un diable logicien
Located in OPOLE, PL
Salvador Dali (1904-1989) - The Inferno, Canto 27 - Un diable logicien Original woodcut from 1960. Dimensions of work: 33 x 26.2 cm Publisher: Les Heures Claires, Paris. Referenc...
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1960s Modern Art by Medium: Woodcut

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Woodcut

The Inferno, Canto 26 - The Dwellers of Prato
Located in OPOLE, PL
Salvador Dali (1904-1989) - The Inferno, Canto 26 - The Dwellers of Prato Original woodcut from 1960. Dimensions of work: 33 x 26.2 cm Publisher: Les Heures Claires, Paris. Refer...
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1960s Modern Art by Medium: Woodcut

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Woodcut

The Inferno, Canto 24 - Les Voleurs
Located in OPOLE, PL
Salvador Dali (1904-1989) - The Inferno, Canto 24 - Les Voleurs Original woodcut from 1960. Dimensions of work: 33 x 26.2 cm Publisher: Les Heures Claires, Paris. Reference: Cata...
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1960s Modern Art by Medium: Woodcut

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Woodcut

Salute to 1965, Modern Lithograph with Woodblock and Intaglio
Located in Long Island City, NY
June Mary Ann Hildebrand - Salute to 1965, Year: 1965, Medium: Lithograph, Woodblock and Intaglio on Japon, signed, titled and numbered in pencil, Edition: 5/8, Image Size: 22 x ...
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1960s Modern Art by Medium: Woodcut

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Lithograph, Woodcut

Quartet No. 1
By Eugene Larkin
Located in Kansas City, MO
Eugene Larkin Quartet No. 1 Woodcut in two colors Signed and titled by hand Size: 20 x 29.5 inches COA provided Eugene Larkin (1921-2010) The late Eugene Larkin was an artist who worked in the Twin Cities area for many years and needs little introduction. His works have been shown, collected and appreciated by numerous galleries, museums and collectors throughout the United States. Larkin was influential both as an artist and as a teacher. He taught at the Minneapolis College of Art and Design between 1954 and 1969, where he was head of printmaking and Chairman of the Division of Fine Arts. From 1969-1991 he was a professor in the Design Department at the University of Minnesota. Eugene Larkin, a lithographer, teacher and artist who left behind scores of works, some of them in the permanent collections of the Library of Congress and the Museum of Modern Art. He was considered an early promoter of lithography education, Larkin introduced it into arts programs while teaching at the Minneapolis College of Art and Design and the University of Minnesota. He held a prominent place in the art world through decades of working and teaching in Minneapolis. His work depicted a wide range of subjects, from musicians to nature, including a series of woodcuts based on William Blake's ""Songs of Innocence and Experience." Larkin also wrote a textbook, ""Design: The Search for Unity."" It was his work with lithography, an 18th-century printmaking process, for which he was best known. His last local exhibit was a retrospective at The University of Minnesota Weisman Museum in 2005. ""Sometimes I start the artistic process from a literary source - Adam and Eve, the Egyptian nature gods, or classical Greek themes but sometimes I start from nature. Trees have always been a favorite subject. I see trees as people, as vertical objects...
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15th Century and Earlier Modern Art by Medium: Woodcut

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Woodcut

'Verdi' — American Modernism - Italian Opera Composer
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Paul Landacre, 'Verdi', wood engraving, 1936, edition 60, (only 14 printed), Wien 188. Signed, titled, and numbered '10/60' in pencil. A fine impression, on cream, laid Japan paper, ...
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1930s American Modern Art by Medium: Woodcut

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Woodcut

Kandinsky, Motif aus Improvisation N°25, XXe siècle (after)
Located in Southampton, NY
Woodcut on vélin paper. Paper Size: 12.4 x 9.65 inches. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Notes: From the album, XXe siècle, Nouvelle série, XXIe Année, N° 13, Noël 19...
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1950s Modern Art by Medium: Woodcut

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Woodcut

Ada (Purple)
Located in Fairfield, CT
Edition of 75 1 Color Woodcut on Somerset Satin White, 300 gsm
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2010s Contemporary Art by Medium: Woodcut

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Woodcut

Ada
Located in Miami, FL
TECHNICAL INFORMATION Alex Katz Ada 2011 Japanese woodblock in 31-colors on New Hosho paper 22 x 30 in. Edition of 70 Pencil signed & numbered Accompanied with COA by Gregg Shi...
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2010s Contemporary Art by Medium: Woodcut

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Woodcut

Sanjûroku Kasen... - Woodcut by Mizuno Toshikata - 1893
Located in Roma, IT
Nishiki-e (woodcut print), in vertical oban format (31x20.5) realized by Mizuno Toshikata in 1893 (Meiji 26). Belongs to the Series "Sanjûroku Kasen" (Thirty-Six Beauties in Compari...
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1890s Modern Art by Medium: Woodcut

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Woodcut

The Inferno, Canto 22 - The Liars
Located in OPOLE, PL
Salvador Dali (1904-1989) - The Inferno, Canto 22 - The Liars Original woodcut from 1960. Dimensions of work: 33 x 26.2 cm Publisher: Les Heures Claires, Paris. Reference: Catalo...
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1960s Modern Art by Medium: Woodcut

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Woodcut

The Inferno, Canto 20 - Devins et sorciers
Located in OPOLE, PL
Salvador Dali (1904-1989) - The Inferno, Canto 20 - Devins et sorciers Original woodcut from 1960. Dimensions of work: 33 x 26.2 cm Publisher: Les Heures Claires, Paris. Referenc...
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1960s Modern Art by Medium: Woodcut

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Woodcut

The Inferno, Canto 19 - The Simonists
Located in OPOLE, PL
Salvador Dali (1904-1989) - The Inferno, Canto 19 - The Simonists Original woodcut from 1960. Dimensions of work: 33 x 26.2 cm Publisher: Les Heures Claires, Paris. Reference: Ca...
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1960s Modern Art by Medium: Woodcut

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Woodcut

The Inferno, Canto 16 - The Mount of Geryon
Located in OPOLE, PL
Salvador Dali (1904-1989) - The Inferno, Canto 16 - The Mount of Geryon Original woodcut from 1960. Dimensions of work: 33 x 26.2 cm Publisher: Les Heures Claires, Paris. Referen...
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1960s Modern Art by Medium: Woodcut

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Woodcut

The Inferno, Canto 17 - The Usurers
Located in OPOLE, PL
Salvador Dali (1904-1989) -The Inferno, Canto 17 - The Usurers Original woodcut from 1960. Dimensions of work: 33 x 26.2 cm Publisher: Les Heures Claires, Paris. Reference: Catal...
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1960s Modern Art by Medium: Woodcut

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Woodcut

The Inferno, Canto 14 - Blasphémateurs
Located in OPOLE, PL
Salvador Dali (1904-1989) - The Inferno, Canto 14 - Blasphémateurs Original woodcut from 1960. Dimensions of work: 33 x 26.2 cm Publisher: Les Heures Claires, Paris. Reference: C...
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1960s Modern Art by Medium: Woodcut

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Woodcut

"The Bighorn at Night, " a Woodcut, Signed
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"The Bighorn at Night" is an original woodcut signed and titled by the artist, Carol Summers. It is edition 48/50. Catalogue raisonné listing: cat. 105...
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1970s Contemporary Art by Medium: Woodcut

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Woodcut

A Rural Genji - Woodcut by Utagawa Kunisada - 1829-1842
Located in Roma, IT
A rural Genji is an original artwork realized in 1829-1842 by Utagawa Kunisada (1786-1865). Illustrated book in two volumes. Book title "Nise Murasaki Inaka Jenji", 9th instalment....
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19th Century Modern Art by Medium: Woodcut

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Woodcut

City Scene II — Mid-Century Modernism, Precisionism
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Bernard Brussel-Smith, 'City Scene II', wood engraving, 1949, artist's proof, edition 100. Signed, titled, and annotated 'A.P.' in pencil. A superb, richly-inked impression, on whit...
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1940s American Modern Art by Medium: Woodcut

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Woodcut

High Tide
Located in Lyons, CO
Color woodcut, Edition 30 The left panel of High Tide captures the reflections of the edge of a pond and surrounding trees and hills. The right panel depi...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art by Medium: Woodcut

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Woodcut

Cat - Woodcut by Giselle Halff - Mid 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Black Cat is an Original Woodcut Print realized in the Mid-20th Century by Giselle Halff (1899-1971). Good condition, monogrammed on the lower right corner. Giselle Halff (1899-197...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Art by Medium: Woodcut

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Woodcut

The Inferno, Canto 9 - The Furies
Located in OPOLE, PL
Salvador Dali (1904-1989) - The Inferno, Canto 9 - The Furies Original woodcut from 1960. Dimensions of work: 33 x 26.2 cm Publisher: Les Heures Claires, Paris. Reference: Catal...
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1960s Modern Art by Medium: Woodcut

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Woodcut

The Inferno, Canto 12 - The Minotaur
Located in OPOLE, PL
Salvador Dali (1904-1989) - The Inferno, Canto 12 - The Minotaur Original woodcut from 1960. Dimensions of work: 33 x 26.2 cm Publisher: Les Heures Claires, Paris. Reference: Cat...
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1960s Modern Art by Medium: Woodcut

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Woodcut

The Inferno, Canto 11 - On the Edge of the Seventh Circle
Located in OPOLE, PL
Salvador Dali (1904-1989) - The Inferno, Canto 11 - On the Edge of the Seventh Circle Original woodcut from 1960. Dimensions of work: 33 x 26.2 cm Publisher: Les Heures Claires, P...
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1960s Modern Art by Medium: Woodcut

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Woodcut

The Inferno, Canto 8 - The Angry Ones
Located in OPOLE, PL
Salvador Dali (1904-1989) - The Inferno, Canto 8 - The Angry Ones Original woodcut from 1960. Dimensions of work: 33 x 26.2 cm Publisher: Les Heures Claires, Paris. Reference: Ca...
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1960s Modern Art by Medium: Woodcut

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Woodcut

The Inferno, Canto 3 - Charon and the Shore of Acheron
Located in OPOLE, PL
Salvador Dali (1904-1989) - The Inferno, Canto 3 - Charon and the Shore of Acheron Original woodcut from 1960. Dimensions of work: 33 x 26.2 cm Publisher: Les Heures Claires, Pari...
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1960s Modern Art by Medium: Woodcut

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Woodcut

The Inferno, Canto 5 - Minos
Located in OPOLE, PL
Salvador Dali (1904-1989) - The Inferno, Canto 5 - Minos Original woodcut from 1960. Dimensions of work: 33 x 26.2 cm Publisher: Les Heures Claires, Paris. Reference: Catalogue r...
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1960s Modern Art by Medium: Woodcut

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Woodcut

The Inferno, Canto 4 - Limbo
Located in OPOLE, PL
Salvador Dali (1904-1989) - The Inferno, Canto 4 - Limbo Original woodcut from 1960. Dimensions of work: 33 x 26.2 cm Publisher: Les Heures Claires, Paris. Reference: Catalogue r...
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1960s Modern Art by Medium: Woodcut

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Woodcut

Woman - Woodcut by Mino Maccari - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
"Woman" is an original woodcut realized by Mino Maccari (1898-1989). In good conditions. This artwork represents a standing woman at the top left and a detailed leg while a hand is...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Art by Medium: Woodcut

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Woodcut

Katsura Kyoto (L)
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: Kiyoshi Saito – Japanese – (1907-1997) Title: Katsura, Kyoto (L) Year: 1964 Medium: Woodblock Image size: 18 x 24 inches. Sheet size: 21.5x 28.5 inches. Signature: Signed, ...
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1960s Modern Art by Medium: Woodcut

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Paper, Woodcut

"Pura Vida" original color woodcut print signed by Carol Summers
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Pura Vida" is an original color woodcut signed by Carol Summers. A multi-colored piece shows a waterfall with red flames behind it in the middle of the piece. On the left stands a tree with yellow leaves on a hill. To the right is a rainbow. This is an excellent example of Summer's printmaking, not just because of the technique and imagery, but because it numbered 1 of the edition of 125. In addition, it contains a personal inscription to the Milwaukee gallerist David Barnett, who has championed the work of Summers and produced catalogs of his work. Indeed, this print appears as no. 189 in the David Barnett Gallery's 1988 catalogue raisonné of Summer's woodcuts. Feel free to inquire if you would like to purchase a copy of the catalogue raisonné along with your Carol Summers print. Art: 24.25 x 24.75 in Frame: 36 x 35 in signed lower right titled and inscribed to David [Barnett] lower right edition (1/125) lower right Carol Summers (1925-2016) has worked as an artist throughout the second half of the 20th century and into the first years of the next, outliving most of his mid-century modernist peers. Initially trained as a painter, Summers was drawn to color woodcuts around 1950 and it became his specialty thereafter. Over the years he has developed a process and style that is both innovative and readily recognizable. His art is known for it’s large scale, saturated fields of bold color, semi-abstract treatment of landscapes from around the world and a luminescent quality achieved through a printmaking process he invented. In a career that has extended over half a century, Summers has hand-pulled approximately 245 woodcuts in editions that have typically run from 25 to 100 in number. His talent was both inherited and learned. Born in 1925 in Kingston, a small town in upstate New York, Summers was raised in nearby Woodstock with his older sister, Mary. His parents were both artists who had met in art school in St. Louis. During the Great Depression, when Carol was growing up, his father supported the family as a medical illustrator until he could return to painting. His mother was a watercolorist and also quite knowledgeable about the different kinds of papers used for various kinds of painting. Many years later, Summers would paint or print on thinly textured paper originally collected by his mother. From 1948 to 1951, Carol Summers trained in the classical fine and studio arts at Bard College and at the Art Students League of New York. He studied painting with Steven Hirsh and printmaking with Louis Schanker. He admired the shapes and colors favored by early modernists Paul Klee (Sw: 1879-1940) and Matt Phillips (Am: b.1927- ). After graduating, Summers quit working as a part-time carpenter and cabinetmaker (which had supported his schooling and living expenses) to focus fulltime on art. That same year, an early abstract, Bridge No. 1 was selected for a Purchase Prize in a competition sponsored by the Brooklyn Museum. In 1952, his work (Cathedral, Construction and Icarus) was shown the first time at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City in an exhibition of American woodcuts. In 1954, Summers received a grant from the Italian government to study for a year in Italy. Woodcuts completed soon after his arrival there were almost all editions of only 8 to 25 prints, small in size, architectural in content and black and white in color. The most well-known are Siennese Landscape and Little Landscape, which depicted the area near where he resided. Summers extended this trip three more years, a decision which would have significant impact on choices of subject matter and color in the coming decade. After returning from Europe, Summers’ images continued to feature historical landmarks and events from Italy as well as from France, Spain and Greece. However, as evidenced in Aetna’s Dream, Worldwind and Arch of Triumph, a new look prevailed. These woodcuts were larger in size and in color. Some incorporated metal leaf in the creation of a collage and Summers even experimented with silkscreening. Editions were now between 20 and 50 prints in number. Most importantly, Summers employed his rubbing technique for the first time in the creation of Fantastic Garden in late 1957. Dark Vision of Xerxes, a benchmark for Summers, was the first woodcut where Summers experimented using mineral spirits as part of his printmaking process. A Fulbright Grant as well as Fellowships from the Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation and the Guggenheim Foundation followed soon thereafter, as did faculty positions at colleges and universities primarily in New York and Pennsylvania. During this period he married a dancer named Elaine Smithers with whom he had one son, Kyle. Around this same time, along with fellow artist Leonard Baskin, Summers pioneered what is now referred to as the “monumental” woodcut. This term was coined in the early 1960s to denote woodcuts that were dramatically bigger than those previously created in earlier years, ones that were limited in size mostly by the size of small hand-presses. While Baskin chose figurative subject matter, serious in nature and rendered with thick, striated lines, Summers rendered much less somber images preferring to emphasize shape and color; his subject matter approached abstraction but was always firmly rooted in the landscape. In addition to working in this new, larger scale, Summers simultaneously refined a printmaking process which would eventually be called the “Carol Summers Method” or the “ Carol Summers Technique”. Summers produces his woodcuts by hand, usually from one or more blocks of quarter-inch pine, using oil-based printing inks and porous mulberry papers. His woodcuts reveal a sensitivity to wood especially its absorptive qualities and the subtleties of the grain. In several of his woodcuts throughout his career he has used the undulating, grainy patterns of a large wood plank to portray a flowing river or tumbling waterfall. The best examples of this are Dream, done in 1965 and the later Flash Flood Escalante, in 2003. In the majority of his woodcuts, Summers makes the blocks slightly larger than the paper so the image and color will bleed off the edge. Before printing, he centers a dry sheet of paper over the top of the cut wood block or blocks, securing it with giant clips. Then he rolls the ink directly on the front of the sheet of paper and pressing down onto the dry wood block or reassembled group of blocks. Summers is technically very proficient; the inks are thoroughly saturated onto the surface of the paper but they do not run into each other. The precision of the color inking in Constantine’s Dream in 1969 and Rainbow Glacier in 1970 has been referred to in various studio handbooks. Summers refers to his own printing technique as “rubbing”. In traditional woodcut printing, including the Japanese method, the ink is applied directly onto the block. However, by following his own method, Summers has avoided the mirror-reversed image of a conventional print and it has given him the control over the precise amount of ink that he wants on the paper. After the ink is applied to the front of the paper, Summers sprays it with mineral spirits, which act as a thinning agent. The absorptive fibers of the paper draw the thinned ink away from the surface softening the shapes and diffusing and muting the colors. This produces a unique glow that is a hallmark of the Summers printmaking technique. Unlike the works of other color field artists or modernists of the time, this new technique made Summers’ extreme simplification and flat color areas anything but hard-edged or coldly impersonal. By the 1960s, Summers had developed a personal way of coloring and printing and was not afraid of hard work, doing the cutting, inking and pulling himself. In 1964, at the age of 38, Summers’ work was exhibited for a second time at the Museum of Modern Art. This time his work was featured in a one-man show and then as one of MOMA’s two-year traveling exhibitions which toured throughout the United States. In subsequent years, Summers’ works would be exhibited and acquired for the permanent collections of multiple museums throughout the United States, Europe and Asia. Summers’ familiarity with landscapes throughout the world is firsthand. As a navigator-bombardier in the Marines in World War II, he toured the South Pacific and Asia. Following college, travel in Europe and subsequent teaching positions, in 1972, after 47 years on the East Coast, Carol Summers moved permanently to Bonny Doon in the Santa Cruz Mountains in Northern California. There met his second wife, Joan Ward Toth, a textile artist who died in 1998; and it was here his second son, Ethan was born. During the years that followed this relocation, Summers’ choice of subject matter became more diverse although it retained the positive, mostly life-affirming quality that had existed from the beginning. Images now included moons, comets, both sunny and starry skies, hearts and flowers, all of which, in one way or another, remained tied to the landscape. In the 1980s, from his home and studio in the Santa Cruz mountains, Summers continued to work as an artist supplementing his income by conducting classes and workshops at universities in California and Oregon as well as throughout the Mid and Southwest. He also traveled extensively during this period hiking and camping, often for weeks at a time, throughout the western United States and Canada. Throughout the decade it was not unusual for Summers to backpack alone or with a fellow artist into mountains or back country for six weeks or more at a time. Not surprisingly, the artwork created during this period rarely departed from images of the land, sea and sky. Summers rendered these landscapes in a more representational style than before, however he always kept them somewhat abstract by mixing geometric shapes with organic shapes, irregular in outline. Some of his most critically acknowledged work was created during this period including First Rain, 1985 and The Rolling Sea, 1989. Summers received an honorary doctorate from his alma mater, Bard College in 1979 and was selected by the United States Information Agency to spend a year conducting painting and printmaking workshops at universities throughout India. Since that original sabbatical, he has returned every year, spending four to eight weeks traveling throughout that country. In the 1990s, interspersed with these journeys to India have been additional treks to the back roads and high country areas of Mexico, Central America, Nepal, China and Japan. Travel to these exotic and faraway places had a profound influence on Summers’ art. Subject matter became more worldly and nonwestern as with From Humla to Dolpo, 1991 or A Former Life of Budha, 1996, for example. Architectural images, such as The Pillars of Hercules, 1990 or The Raja’s Aviary, 1992 became more common. Still life images made a reappearance with Jungle Bouquet in 1997. This was also a period when Summers began using odd-sized paper to further the impact of an image. The 1996 Night, a view of the earth and horizon as it might be seen by an astronaut, is over six feet long and only slightly more than a foot-and-a-half high. From 1999, Revuelta A Vida (Spanish for “Return to Life”) is pie-shaped and covers nearly 18 cubic feet. It was also at this juncture that Summers began to experiment with a somewhat different palette although he retained his love of saturated colors. The 2003 Far Side of Time is a superb example of the new direction taken by this colorist. At the turn of the millennium in 1999, “Carol Summers Woodcuts...
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1980s Contemporary Art by Medium: Woodcut

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Woodcut

Rancho Woodcut Heart, 1982
Located in Palo Alto, CA
One of Jim Dine’s most iconic motifs, the romantic Rancho Woodcut Heart work illustrates the story of hope and love through a symbolic image of a large red heart. With the contrast o...
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1980s Modern Art by Medium: Woodcut

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Woodcut

Fugaku Hyakkei - View of Mount Fuji from Edo by Katsushika Hokusai - 1834
Located in Roma, IT
Woodcut print realized by Hokusai in 1834. From the Series "One Hundred Views of Mount Fuji". Good condition and little signs of aging.
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1830s Modern Art by Medium: Woodcut

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Woodcut

Kabukie - Woodcut by Utagawa Kunisada - 1840
Located in Roma, IT
Kabukie is an original artwork realized in 1840 by Utagawa Kunisada (1786-1865). Dialogue on stage between the actors Mimasu Gennosuke and Nakamura Shikan as a courtesan. Signed: ...
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1850s Modern Art by Medium: Woodcut

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Woodcut

Flying Demons - Woodcut by Maurits Cornelis Escher - 1932
Located in Roma, IT
Woodcut print from the Series "Der vreeselijke avonturen vas Scholastica" (The Terrible Adventures of Scholastica). Edition of 300, published by A. J. van Dishoeck. Unsigned, ass i...
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1930s Modern Art by Medium: Woodcut

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Woodcut

Bijinga - Woodcut by Utagawa Kunisada - 1844
Located in Roma, IT
Bijinga is an original artwork realized in the half of the 19th Century by Utagawa Kunisada (1786-1865). From the series "SHyakunin isshu esho" (Girl's pictures and 100 poets' card...
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1840s Modern Art by Medium: Woodcut

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Woodcut

Portrait de Jules Renard - Woodcut by Paul Emile Colin - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Woodcut print realized by Paul Emile Colin in the early 20th Century. Beautiful proof of 2nd state, in only 2 copies. Edition 1/2. Hand signed and numbered in pencil.
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Early 20th Century Modern Art by Medium: Woodcut

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Woodcut

Tide Race, Japanese Woodcut Art, Ocean Art, Art for your Beach House, Coastal
Located in Deddington, GB
Tide Race by Artist Rod Nelson is a limited edition print. The scene captures the violently beautiful way in which waves crash. Rod Nelson is a printmaker w...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art by Medium: Woodcut

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Paper, Woodcut

"Follow", Abstract Patterns, Geometric Abstraction, Woodcut Monoprint on Panel
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This piece titled "Follow" is an original piece by Alexis Nutini and is made from a woodcut monoprint mounted on panel. This piece measures 7.25"h x 9.5"w. Born in Mexico City, Ale...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art by Medium: Woodcut

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Panel, Monoprint, Woodcut

Horizontal 'Spots' II, Minimalist Woodcut Print, 2018
Located in New York, NY
The minimalist's dream, the large-scale iconic contemporary pop art Horizontal 'Spots' with multi-color dots by Damien Hirst is one of fifty-five limited edition woodcut prints on So...
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2010s Contemporary Art by Medium: Woodcut

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Woodcut

Portrait of the Actor Nakamura Shikan - Woodcut Print by Masunao - 1847
Located in Roma, IT
Half-length portrait of the actor Nakamura Shikan is an original modern artwork realized by Masunao in 1847. Original Woodcut Print Chuban Format, 1847. From the series "Shukoku se...
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19th Century Modern Art by Medium: Woodcut

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Woodcut

Lion - Original Woodcut Print by P. C. Antinori - 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Zodiac Signs - Lion is original Black and white woodcut print, realized by Italian artist Piero C. Antinori. Excellent condition. Written on the lower left; Original woodcut by Pie...
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20th Century Contemporary Art by Medium: Woodcut

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Woodcut

Signpost - Woodcut by Maurits Cornelis Escher - 1931
Located in Roma, IT
Woodcut print realized by Escher in 1931. It belongs to the series "Emblemata". Monogrammed in the plate upper right. Excellent condition. Prov. Collection W.F. Veldhuysen, Baarn...
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1930s Modern Art by Medium: Woodcut

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Woodcut

Conked
By Alison Saar
Located in New York, NY
Alison Saar was born in 1956 to Betye Saar, a well-known African American artist, and Richard Saar, an art conservationist. Her parents inspired her to be...
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1990s Contemporary Art by Medium: Woodcut

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Woodcut

Steamroller - Woodcut by Maurits Cornelis Escher - 1931
Located in Roma, IT
Woodcut print realized by Escher for the series "Emblemata", and published in 1931. On Hollande van Gelder paper. Edition of 300. Unsigned, as issued. Excellent condition, matted....
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1930s Modern Art by Medium: Woodcut

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Woodcut

La Grande Preugne - by Skadi Engeln Contemporary Abstract Wood Print
Located in DE
Skadi Engeln, a Berlin- and France-based artist, studied sculpture at FH Ottersberg with Robert van de Laar and painting with Michael Kohr and Hermanus Westendorp. Her work has been exhibited in numerous solo and group shows in cities like Berlin, Düsseldorf, Paris, New York, and more, and is part of international collections. Engeln explores landscape as a dynamic, ever-changing entity dissolving into light, water, and weather, only to reassemble itself. Like painting, landscapes blur the line between the visible and the hidden, revealing deeper truths in their transitions. The horizon plays a central role in her work, both separating and connecting what lies above and below, the seen and the concealed. Rather than decoding these layers, she preserves their mystery and beauty. Since 2001, she has focused on abstract landscape painting. Her recent works depict landscapes veiled by lines, stripes, and distortions, creating a sense of distance, like reflections in a train window...
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2010s Contemporary Art by Medium: Woodcut

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Paper, Woodcut

Seascape Diptych 23, Large Blue Horizontal Woodcut Print of Water, Ocean Waves
Located in Kent, CT
This large, horizontal diptych of two woodcut prints on paper evokes the peacefulness of ocean waves depicted in shades of blue, bright royal blue offset by soft, pale blue tones. Th...
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2010s Contemporary Art by Medium: Woodcut

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Archival Ink, Watercolor, Archival Paper, Color Pencil, Monotype, Woodcut

Fujikawa - Woodcut by Utagawa Kunisada - 1832
Located in Roma, IT
Fujikawa is a woodcut print realized by Utagawa Hiroshige in 1833.  It is part of the suite "The Fifty-three Stations of Tokaido". Very good condition.
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1830s Modern Art by Medium: Woodcut

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Woodcut

Cove Variation Eight, Trees, Water, Lime Green, Sky Blue, Dark Violet Forest
Located in Kent, CT
This woodcut print on paper evokes the peacefulness of looking across a stream towards a thicket of trees in a forest in shades of light grass green, yellow, sky blue and dark violet...
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2010s Contemporary Art by Medium: Woodcut

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Monotype, Woodcut

Taira no Munekiyo Captures -Woodcut Print by Utagawa Hirosada - 1856
Located in Roma, IT
Taira no Munekiyo Captures Tokiwa no Mae is an original modern artwork realized by Utagawa Hirosada (Japanese, active 1825–75) in 1856. Woodcut print oban format. Signature Ichiyosa...
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19th Century Modern Art by Medium: Woodcut

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Woodcut

Sculptor at Work - Woodcut after Takakane Fujiwara - 1950s
Located in Roma, IT
Sculptor at work is an artwork realized in the Early 20th Century after Takakane Fujiwara. Sheet dimensions: 30 x 19.5 cm. Reprint. Good conditions.
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1950s Modern Art by Medium: Woodcut

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Paper, Woodcut

Men Who Are Men
Located in Brooklyn, NY
"Men Who Are Men" is a pseudo-documentary written and directed by Jeff Balsmeyer and Kirby Dick. The film was showcased at the Bleecker Street Cinema, a renowned venue in New York Ci...
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1980s Contemporary Art by Medium: Woodcut

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Woodcut

Men Who Are Men
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Roy Lichtenstein 'Two Paintings' (Corlett 205) Multiple Media Print 1984
Located in Miami, FL
ROY LICHTENSTEIN (1923-1997) Roy Lichtenstein's 'Two Paintings (Corlett 205)' is a 1984 multimedia relief print in colors using woodcut, lithograph and screen print techniques on wo...
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1980s Contemporary Art by Medium: Woodcut

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Woodcut

Woodcut art for sale on 1stDibs.

Find a wide variety of authentic Woodcut art available on 1stDibs. While artists have worked in this medium across a range of time periods, art made with this material during the 21st Century is especially popular. If you’re looking to add art created with this material to introduce a provocative pop of color and texture to an otherwise neutral space in your home, the works available on 1stDibs include elements of orange, yellow, purple, blue and other colors. There are many well-known artists whose body of work includes ceramic sculptures. Popular artists on 1stDibs associated with pieces like this include Mino Maccari, Utagawa Kunisada (Toyokuni III), Eric Gill, and Utagawa Hiroshige. Frequently made by artists working in the Modern, Contemporary, all of these pieces for sale are unique and many will draw the attention of guests in your home. Not every interior allows for large Woodcut art, so small editions measuring 0.04 inches across are also available

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