id:			317609
accession number:	2018.1077
share license status:	Copyrighted
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2018.1077
updated:		2022-04-12 09:01:27.606000

The Storm, c. 1935. Mabel A. Hewit (American, 1903-1984). Color woodcut on Japanese paper; image: 27.4 x 22.7 cm (10 13/16 x 8 15/16 in.); sheet: 46 x 35.7 cm (18 1/8 x 14 1/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of James and Hanna Bartlett 2018.1077

title:				The Storm
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creation date:			c. 1935
creation date earliest:		1930
creation date latest:		1940
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creditline:			Gift of James and Hanna Bartlett
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culture:	America, 20th century
technique:	color woodcut on Japanese paper
department:	Prints
collection:	PR - Woodcut
type:		Print
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CREATORS

* Mabel A. Hewit (American, 1903-1984)  - artist

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measurements: Image: 27.4 x 22.7 cm (10 13/16 x 8 15/16 in.); Sheet: 46 x 35.7 cm (18 1/8 x 14 1/16 in.)
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	inscription:	In graphite at lower left below image on recto: “The Storm”
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	inscription:	In graphite at lower right below image on recto: “Mabel A. Hewitt”
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	inscription:	In graphite at lower left on recto: “#3”
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	inscription:	Stamped at lower center on recto: “01312”
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	Mabel A. Hewit (the artist) [1903-1984]
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	Estate of Mabel A. Hewit
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	Mary Ryan Gallery, New York, NY
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	James and Hanna Bartlett, Lincoln, MA
	date: 2003-2018
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	the Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: December 3, 2018
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fun fact: 
Hewit may have learned about color woodblock prints through an exhibition of these works held at the Cleveland Museum of Art in 1920.

digital description: 
This print was made using a technique called white-line woodcut, in which black outlines are replaced by un-inked areas where the paper’s tone shows through. Cleveland-based artist Mabel Hewit worked prolifically in this medium, using it to depict aspects of modern life. Here, men and women rush down a city street holding umbrellas to avoid rain—represented in the image through repeated diagonals.

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