The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of April 24, 2024

The Trash Barrel

The Trash Barrel

c. 1936
(American, 1903–1984)
America, 20th century
color woodcut
Sheet: 33.9 x 46.5 cm (13 3/8 x 18 5/16 in.); Image: 23.7 x 31.2 cm (9 5/16 x 12 5/16 in.)
Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland 1936.368
© Mabel A. Hewit
Location: not on view

Description

Hewit occasionally superimposed different hues, placing darker tones over lighter tones to achieve subtle combinations, seen here in the sky in The Trash Barrel. The first work by Hewit to enter the collection, The Trash Barrel was purchased from the May Show by the Print Club in 1936. The club added Hewit’s lithograph Backyard Fences in 1938, also acquired from that year’s May Show.
  • Hewit, Mabel. Mabel Hewit scrapbooks. Cleveland Museum of Art Archives. library.clevelandart.org
    Mabel A. Hewit Entry Card to 1936 May Show. Cleveland Museum of Art May Show Records, Cleveland Museum of Art Archives. archive.org
    Artist biographical file for Mabel Hewit. Cleveland Museum of Art May Show Records, Cleveland Museum of Art Archives. archive.org
  • Midwest Modern: The Color Woodcuts of Mabel Hewit. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 26-October 24, 2010).
    May Show Prints: Purchases for 1936-1938. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 9-December 4, 1938).
    Recent Accessions of Prints and Drawings. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 6-31, 1937).
    The May Show: 18th Annual Exhibition of Works by Cleveland Artists and Craftsmen. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (May 6-June 14, 1936).
  • {{cite web|title=The Trash Barrel|url=false|author=Mabel A. Hewit|year=c. 1936|access-date=24 April 2024|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

Source URL:

https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1936.368