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 title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: 1935–45 creation date earliest: 1935 creation date latest: 1945 current location: creditline: Gift of James and Hanna Bartlett copyright: --- culture: America, 20th century technique: color woodcut on Japanese paper department: Prints collection: PR - Woodcut type: Print find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS * Mabel A. Hewit (American, 1903–1984) - artist Biographical information exists in the Cleveland Museum of Art Archives. --- 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.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: description: Japanese paper watermarks: inscriptions: inscription: In graphite at lower right below image on recto: “Mabel A. Hewit” translation: remark: inscription: In graphite at lower right below image on recto: “Up the Hill / #2” translation: remark: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS --- PROVENANCE Mabel A. Hewit (the artist) [1903-1984] date: footnotes: citations: Estate of Mabel A. Hewit date: footnotes: citations: Mary Ryan Gallery, New York, NY date: footnotes: citations: James and Hanna Bartlett, Lincoln, MA date: 2003-2018 footnotes: citations: the Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH date: December 3, 2018 footnotes: citations: --- 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. wall description: --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS Mabel Hewit scrapbooks. Cleveland Museum of Art Archives page number: 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. page number: url: https://archive.org/details/MSB0857 --- IMAGES