Reflection in Crystal

c. 1945 (published 1946)

Asa Cheffetz

Associated Names
Asa Cheffetz

Artist, American, 1896 - 1965

Torch Press

Printer

The Woodcut Society

Publisher, 1932 - 1954

The image shows a large, intricately designed glass goblet against a dark background. The color palette is stark and limited, contrasting between the reflective highlights on the glass and the deep black of the background. The goblet is centrally positioned, occupying most of the space from top to bottom.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    wood engraving in black

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    image: 19.4 × 14.9 cm (7 5/8 × 5 7/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1947.7.19

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Cheffetz 1984, no. 72

Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1984

  • New England Engraved: The Prints of Asa Cheffetz. Springfield, Massachusetts: Museum of Fine Arts, 1984, pp. 100, 129, no. 72.

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. 150, no. 29.

Inscriptions

lower right in graphite: Asa Cheffetz

Wikidata ID

Q65070847

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