Red Barn Studio Museum
212 S. Main Street, Lindsborg, Ks 67456
Phone: (785) 227-2217
email: raymer@redbarnstudio.org
© 2023 redbarnstudio.org
Raymer Society Consignment Art Auction
Lot 43:
This original color woodcut print by (signed) Margaret Whittemore (1897-1983) titled "Kickapoo Mission" measures 7×9.5, appears to be in good condition, some of image has been matted over. Total dimensions are 16.75×19.75×1. It’s pencil signed "Margaret Whittemore" in the lower right and titled in the lower left. 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: appears to be in good condition, some of image has been matted over
Weight: 3.8 lb
Share this lot:
Red Barn Studio Museum
212 S. Main Street, Lindsborg, Ks 67456
Phone: (785) 227-2217
email: raymer@redbarnstudio.org
© 2023 redbarnstudio.org