id:			162889
accession number:	2003.370
share license status:	Copyrighted
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2003.370
updated:		2025-02-09 05:52:48.929000

Back Fence Gossip, c. 1935. Mabel A. Hewit (American, 1903–1984). Color woodcut; sheet: 40.8 x 29.1 cm (16 1/16 x 11 7/16 in.); image: 30.4 x 20.2 cm (11 15/16 x 7 15/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. William Jurey in memory of Mabel A. Hewit 2003.370 © Mabel A. Hewit

title:				Back Fence Gossip
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creation date:			c. 1935
creation date earliest:		1930
creation date latest:		1940
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creditline:			Gift of Mr. and Mrs. William Jurey in memory of Mabel A. Hewit
copyright:			© Mabel A. Hewit

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culture:	America
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: 40.8 x 29.1 cm (16 1/16 x 11 7/16 in.); Image: 30.4 x 20.2 cm (11 15/16 x 7 15/16 in.)
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support materials:

	description:	cream(3) laid imitation Japanese paper
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inscriptions:

	inscription:	lower left margin, in graphite: Back Fence Gossip; lower right margin, in graphite: Mabel A. Hewit; lower right margin, in graphite: 61 [This inscription by William Jurey]
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	remark:		

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	Collection of the artist
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Mabel Hewit scrapbooks. Cleveland  Museum of Art Archives.
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	url:		http://library.clevelandart.org/mabel-hewit-scrapbooks

	Artist biographical file for Mabel Hewit. Cleveland Museum of Art May Show Records, Cleveland Museum of Art Archives. March 27, 1957.
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	url:		https://archive.org/details/MSB0857

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