The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of April 20, 2024
The Dog and the Crocodile
1950
(American, 1919–2013)
Overall: 41 x 29 cm (16 1/8 x 11 7/16 in.)
Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland 1952.216
© Estate of Antonio Frasconi / Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY
Catalogue raisonné: CMA, 1952, 170
Location: not on view
Description
Antonio Frasconi created this woodblock as one of two used to produce the print The Dog and the Crocodile. Cutting wood by hand with a knife is one of the oldest forms of printmaking and the most traditional technique for book illustration. However, in the 1800s, woodcuts were mostly replaced by wood engravings, which use harder woods carved across the grain, offering a smoother surface and greater detail. Artists like Frasconi used woodcuts to differentiate their work from industrialized visual culture. Their prints tend to showcase the visible traces of their production: jagged edges and irregular wood grain.- {{cite web|title=The Dog and the Crocodile|url=false|author=Antonio Frasconi|year=1950|access-date=20 April 2024|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}
Source URL:
https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1952.216