The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of December 24, 2025

Three Red Roses

1942

Louis G. Rist

(American, 1888–1959)
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Published for the American Color Print Society

America
color woodcut printed from 10 blocks
Sheet: 30 x 24.9 cm (11 13/16 x 9 13/16 in.); Image: 26.5 x 21.3 cm (10 7/16 x 8 3/8 in.)
John L. Severance Fund 1999.94
Catalogue raisonné: Williams 8
Location: Not on view

Description

Between the 1930s and the 1950s Rist produced only 40 known prints—beautiful examples of the delicacy and fine color gradations possible with woodcut. Unlike other American artists of the period, Rist was not interested in abstraction or in scenes of urban or rural life. He preferred to depict realistic still lifes, exquisitely printed from numerous blocks. Ten blocks were used for Three Red Roses.
  • Against the Grain: Woodcuts from the Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (August 17-November 9, 2003).
    From Rembrandt to Rauschenberg: Recently Acquired Prints. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 17-November 26, 2000).
  • {{cite web|title=Three Red Roses|url=false|author=Louis G. Rist, Published for the American Color Print Society|year=1942|access-date=24 December 2025|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

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