Colonial Memories

Artists

Description

The woodcut was printed on cotton cloth, and then the fabric was nailed with closely set nails to a backing from which it was then ripped, leaving ragged punctures throughout the background to the figure. Another impression of the same print was left nailed; see the departmental files for a photograph of this work.

Dimensions

block: 197.9 x 104.2 cm (77 15/16 x 41 in.)

Provenance

[Tepper Takayama Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusetts], sold; to Harvard University Art Museums, January 20, 1998.