id:			162878
accession number:	2003.362
share license status:	Copyrighted
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2003.362
updated:		2023-01-11 10:15:07.512000

Sun Bathing, 1937. Mabel A. Hewit (American, 1903–1984). Color woodcut; sheet: 32.7 x 40.4 cm (12 7/8 x 15 7/8 in.); image: 27.7 x 30.3 cm (10 7/8 x 11 15/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. William Jurey in memory of Mabel A. Hewit 2003.362 © Mabel A. Hewit

title:				Sun Bathing
title in original language:	
series:				
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creation date:			1937
creation date earliest:		1937
creation date latest:		1937
current location:		
creditline:			Gift of Mr. and Mrs. William Jurey in memory of Mabel A. Hewit
copyright:			© Mabel A. Hewit

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culture:	America, 20th century
technique:	color woodcut
department:	Prints
collection:	PR - Woodcut
type:		Print
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CREATORS

* Mabel A. Hewit (American, 1903–1984)  - artist
Biographical information exists in the Cleveland Museum of Art Archives.
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measurements: Sheet: 32.7 x 40.4 cm (12 7/8 x 15 7/8 in.); Image: 27.7 x 30.3 cm (10 7/8 x 11 15/16 in.)
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support materials:

	description:	heavy Japan paper
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inscriptions:

	inscription:	in graphite:  Sun Bathing Mabel A. Hewit
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Against the Grain: Woodcuts from the Collection
	opening date:   2003-08-17T00:00:00
	<i>Against the Grain: Woodcuts from the Collection</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (August 17-November 9, 2003).

	title:		Midwest Modern: The Color Woodcuts of Mabel Hewit
	opening date:   2010-06-26T04:00:00
	<i>Midwest Modern: The Color Woodcuts of Mabel Hewit</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 26-October 24, 2010).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	Collection of the artist
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wall description:
Following modernist trends, Hewit emphasized the two-dimensional nature of the support. The brilliant crisp forms of the sun bathers flatten the space and push the figures close to the viewer. This emphasis on the picture plane continues in the background, where Hewit described the water as a stack of flat, jagged shapes topped by a brown band that fills the space to the borderline.
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RELATED WORKS

	id: 		169018
	Sun Bathing (verso), c. 1937. Mabel A. Hewit (American, 1903-1984). Double-sided woodblock; block: 27.5 x 30.9 x 1.9 cm (10 13/16 x 12 3/16 x 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. William Jurey in memory of Mabel A. Hewit 2010.685.b © Mabel A. Hewit
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