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"Rocky River": From Sketchbook No. 3, page 23

"Rocky River": From Sketchbook No. 3, page 23

c. 1937
(American, 1903–1984)
Sheet: 18 x 23 cm (7 1/16 x 9 1/16 in.)
Location: not on view

Description

This simple line drawing was Hewit’s first idea for Rocky River, a scene from a Cleveland suburb. She elaborated upon the landscape in a drawing executed in lithographic crayon in another sketchbook, but she continued to make changes when she drew on the lithographic stone.
  • Midwest Modern: The Color Woodcuts of Mabel Hewit. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 26-October 24, 2010).
  • {{cite web|title="Rocky River": From Sketchbook No. 3, page 23|url=false|author=Mabel A. Hewit|year=c. 1937|access-date=20 April 2024|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

Source URL:

https://www.clevelandart.org/art/2005.345.23