Manuel of Tesuque

1935

Treva Wheete

Associated Names
Treva Wheete

Artist, American, 1890 - 1963

Torch Press

Printer

The Woodcut Society

Publisher, 1932 - 1954

The image depicts a person from the chest up, with strong, well-defined facial features. Their head is turned to the left in profile. The person has dark straight hair styled with bangs above the eyebrows and the rest in a low bun. They are wearing a salmon-colored high-collared garment over a white shawl. Adorned with turquoise jewelry, including a necklace and triangle-shaped earring, the person stands against a plain, textured background with lighting from the left.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    color woodcut

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    image (irregular): 24.4 × 19.7 cm (9 5/8 × 7 3/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.8375

Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1942

  • Fowler, Alfred. Catalogue Raisonné of The Woodcut Society. Kansas City, MO: The Woodcut Society, 1942, no. 8.

1990

  • Czestochowski, Joseph S. James Swann: In Quest of a Printmaker, with Presentation Prints of the Chicago Society of Etchers, Prairie Print Makers, and the Woodcut Society. Iowa: Cedar Rapids Museum of Art, 1990, appendix C, p. 141, no. 8.

Inscriptions

lower left in graphite: Manuel of Tesuque 200/99; lower right in graphite: Treva Wheete 35

Wikidata ID

Q65026312

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