id:			317608
accession number:	2018.1081
share license status:	Copyrighted
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2018.1081
updated:		2023-09-01 11:01:03.233000

Up the Hill, 1935–45. Mabel A. Hewit (American, 1903–1984). Color woodcut on Japanese paper; image: 23.6 x 29.6 cm (9 5/16 x 11 5/8 in.); sheet: 34.5 x 40.6 cm (13 9/16 x 16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of James and Hanna Bartlett 2018.1081

title:				Up the Hill
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creation date:			1935–45
creation date earliest:		1935
creation date latest:		1945
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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
Biographical information exists in the Cleveland Museum of Art Archives.
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measurements: Image: 23.6 x 29.6 cm (9 5/16 x 11 5/8 in.); Sheet: 34.5 x 40.6 cm (13 9/16 x 16 in.)
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	description:	Japanese paper
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inscriptions:

	inscription:	In graphite at lower right below image on recto: “Mabel A. Hewit”
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	inscription:	In graphite at lower right below image on recto: “Up the Hill / #2”
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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 in which 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, a row of houses borders an expansive field with the forms of a factory in the far distance.

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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.
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	url:		https://archive.org/details/MSB0857

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