id: 113296
accession number: 1932.308
share license status: Copyrighted
url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1932.308
updated: 2023-03-17 19:04:37.036000
At the Seashore, 1932. Emil Ganso (American, 1895–1941). Woodblock; The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland 1932.308
title: At the Seashore
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creation date: 1932
creation date earliest: 1932
creation date latest: 1932
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creditline: Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland
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culture: America, 20th century
technique: woodblock
department: Prints
collection: PR - Apparatus
type: Woodblock
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catalogue raisonne: Smith R-3
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CREATORS
* Emil Ganso (American, 1895–1941) - artist
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
title: Print Club Publications: Past Fifteen Years
opening date: 1938-02-09T05:00:00
Print Club Publications: Past Fifteen Years. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 9-March 20, 1938).
title: Against the Grain: Woodcuts from the Collection
opening date: 2003-08-17T00:00:00
Against the Grain: Woodcuts from the Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (August 17-November 9, 2003).
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PROVENANCE
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The first great exponent of wood engraving was the Englishman Thomas Bewick. The endgrain of hard boxwood (Turkish boxwood is especially good) has a smooth, uniform texture that can be engraved with a sharp instrument, making closely set lines possible for the production of a great range of textures and tones as well as minute detail. The surface of the block is inked so that engraved areas on the printed image appear as white lines (the white of the paper) against an inked background. Because the block is very strong, large numbers of impressions can be printed, and because the block can be printed along with type, wood engraving became the principal method for illustrating books, magazines, and newspapers in the 19th century.
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