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Lot 128:
This original color woodcut print by (signed) Margaret Whittemore (1897-1983) titled "Sod House" measures 7.75×9.5, in fair condition, tape residue in lower margin and some of image is matted over. Total dimensions are 14x17x1. It’s pencil signed "Margaret Whittemore" in the lower right and titled in the lower left, signature is slightly matted over. Whittemore was born September 7, 1897, in Topeka, Kansas, Margaret Whittemore was the daughter of Luther D. Whittemore, a professor of Latin and education at Washburn University, and Frances Davis Whittemore, director of its art department. She earned a degree in 1919 from Washburn University, and studied graphic arts at the Art Institute of Chicago and Taos Art Colony in New Mexico. She developed a reputation as a writer, graphic artist, illustrator, and block printer. Whittemore worked as an artist in the Works Progress Administration museum extension program and created a series of prints depicting Kansas landmarks. She was a member of the Prairie Print Makers, formed in 1930 in Lindsborg, at the studio of artist Birger Sandzen.
Condition: fair condition, tape residue in lower margin and some of image is matted over
Weight: 2.2 lb
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