A Woman

A Woman

Paul LandacreWW-1937-100929
1937·Wood engraving in black on cream Japanese paper·Sheet: 37.1 × 27 cm (14 5/8 × 10 11/16 in.)

Catalogue

Year
1937
Dimensions
Sheet: 37.1 × 27 cm (14 5/8 × 10 11/16 in.)

Artist

Paul Landacre
Paul Landacre

Printmaking

Paul Landacre was an American woodcut artist whose bold, high-contrast black-and-white prints articulated the industrial and agricultural landscapes of twentieth-century America. Working primarily in the medium of wood engraving and relief printing, he developed a distinctive approach to social realism that emphasized geometric form and dramatic chiaroscuro. His prints documented labor, machinery, and rural life with a formal rigor that elevated the woodcut to a fine art medium. Landacre's work emerged during the 1930s as part of a broader American printmaking renaissance.

Columbus, OH, USA

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Year
1937
Dimensions
Sheet: 37.1 × 27 cm (14 5/8 × 10 11/16 in.)
Watts ID
WW-1937-100929

Source

Source
aic
Status
verified

Artist

Paul Landacre

Paul Landacre

Printmaking

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