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Winter Weather

1951

Asa Cheffetz

Associated Names

Asa Cheffetz

Artist, American, 1896 - 1965

Associated American Artists

Publisher

The image shows a wide snowy landscape with snowfall. The sky has dotted textures, and snow-covered buildings are visible along the horizon. The artist used a stippling technique to create textures resembling snowflakes and snow on wood. The color palette is monochromatic, with shades of black, white, and grey. The buildings provide structure in the open snowfield.

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Artwork overview

Medium

wood engraving in black on wove paper
Credit Line

Gift of John Nichols Estabrook and Dorothy Coogan Estabrook
Dimensions

image: 12.8 x 22.6 cm (5 1/16 x 8 7/8 in.)
sheet: 26 x 31.4 cm (10 1/4 x 12 3/8 in.)
Accession Number

1987.41.20
Catalogue Raisonné

Cheffetz 1984, no. 92

Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1984

New England Engraved: The Prints of Asa Cheffetz. Springfield, Massachusetts: Museum of Fine Arts, 1984, pp. 120, 131, no. 92.

2016

Windisch, Gail, and Sylvan Cole, Jr. Art for Every Home: An Illustrated Index of Associated American Artists Prints, Ceramics, and Textile Designs. Manhattan: Marianna Kistler Beach Museum of Art, Kansas State University, 2016, p. 126, no. 1139.

Inscriptions

lower right in graphite: Asa Cheffetz -

Wikidata ID

Q74876561

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