The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of April 25, 2024

Boy on a Raft

Boy on a Raft

1933
(American, 1903–1984)
America, 20th century
color woodcut
Sheet: 36.8 x 45.9 cm (14 1/2 x 18 1/16 in.); Image: 28.9 x 35.7 cm (11 3/8 x 14 1/16 in.)
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. William Jurey in memory of Mabel A. Hewit 2003.363
© Mabel A. Hewit
Location: not on view

Description

Like her teacher Blanche Lazzell, Hewit was fascinated with the possibilities inherent in the labor-intensive method of hand-printing white-line woodcuts. Both of them experimented and varied the hues for every impression so that each is unique. As Hewit explained, "The artist in block printing is responsible for every line and effect and so very quaint and personal things happen." In this impression, the rainbow of graduated colors arranged in stripes describes the river, the colors ranging from dark blue in the foreground to pale green in the background, creating the illusion of receding space. In the other impression, however, the stripes serve a more decorative function.
  • Collection of the artist
  • Midwest Modern: The Color Woodcuts of Mabel Hewit. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 26-October 24, 2010).
  • {{cite web|title=Boy on a Raft|url=false|author=Mabel A. Hewit|year=1933|access-date=25 April 2024|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

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