Morning

1937

Thomas W. Nason

Associated Names
Thomas W. Nason

Artist, American, 1889 - 1971

Torch Press

Printer

The Woodcut Society

Publisher, 1932 - 1954

The image shows a landscape with a horse and rider near a detailed tree on the left. The rider, wearing a hat, is turned slightly to the side on a dirt path. In the background, there is a low horizon with land, a fence, and bushes. The sky takes up the top portion with horizontal cloud formations. The artwork features intricate brushstrokes or etching lines creating texture and depth in the tree leaves and horse. The color scheme is monochromatic with various black and grey tones. The piece is framed with a thin border.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    color wood engraving

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    image: 12.7 × 20.32 cm (5 × 8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.6704

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Comstock & Fletcher 1977, no. 217

Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1942

  • Fowler, Alfred. Catalogue Raisonné of The Woodcut Society. Kansas City, MO: The Woodcut Society, 1942, no. 11.

1977

  • Comstock, Francis Adams, and William D. Fletcher. The Work of Thomas W. Nason, N.A.. Boston: Boston Public Library, 1977, pp. 104-105, no. 217.

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. 142, no. 11.

Inscriptions

lower left in block: T. Nason 1937; lower left in graphite: Ed. 200; lower right in graphite: TW Nason

Wikidata ID

Q65026304

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