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Dragon and Orchard

c. 1908

Arthur Wesley Dow

(American, 1857–1922)
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Culture
America
Medium
wood block
Support
Pine wood
Measurements
Overall: 25.5 x 18.7 x 2.1 cm (10 1/16 x 7 3/8 x 13/16 in.)
Credit Line
John L. Severance Fund 1999.325.1
Catalogue raisonné
Acton and Goddu 39
Public Domain
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Location
Not on view
Print

Description

Dow carved these blocks, two of them on both sides, for Dragon and Orchard. Influenced by his own cyanotypes (an early photographic process that produced blue images), he printed this impression, a nocturnal version, in ten shades of blue.
A vertical rectangular wood block, featuring warm brown grain, is carved with a wide horizontal band of rough-hewn texture. Gouge marks create a recessed area holding a deeply carved, jagged horizontal form across the center. The smoother upper half shows faint pencil lines and traces of green and red pigment within the crevices. This hand-carved block contrasts the raw, textured interior with the natural, flat surfaces of the wood above and below.

Dragon and Orchard

c. 1908

Arthur Wesley Dow

(American, 1857–1922)
America

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