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Dragon and Orchard

c. 1908

Arthur Wesley Dow

(American, 1857–1922)
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Culture
America
Medium
woodblock
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 1999.325.3
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 block of striated brown wood features two recessed rectangles carved into the left side. The bottom section contains jagged markings and dark ink residue, while wavy chisel marks run horizontally across the top and bottom. On the right, two cream-colored paper labels are tacked to the surface. An L-shaped label sits near the upper corner, with a smaller rectangular label below it. Faint, dark grid lines pattern the edges.

Dragon and Orchard

c. 1908

Arthur Wesley Dow

(American, 1857–1922)
America

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