Whittemore, Margaret - color woodcut, fair condition

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Estimated price: $100 - $500

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This original color woodcut print by (signed) Margaret Whittemore (1897-1983) titled "St Jacob’s Well" measures s/b 8.5×10. in fair condition, some of image has been matted over. Total dimensions are 13.5×14.5x.75. It’s pencil signed "Margaret Whittemore" in the lower right and titled in the lower left, both are partly 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, some of image has been matted over

Weight: 2.4 lb

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