Garden Bouquet (Gartenstrauss), 20th century
Johanna Metznerexpand_more
Color woodcut and hand paintingexpand_more
Gift of Marla J. Kinneyexpand_more 2019.57.14
Not on Viewexpand_more
Johanna Metzner studied in Weimar, Germany, and is thought to have lived in nearby Erfurt. After printing Garden Bouquet, she went back in with a brush and added hand coloring to the blues and purples, and decorated the background with slashes of tan.
Because woodcuts didn’t require a printing press, people could make them at home. They simply needed a knife, a block of wood or linoleum, inks, and a wooden spoon to rub along the back of the paper to transfer color from the inked block.
Details
- Title
- Garden Bouquet (Gartenstrauss)
- Artist Life
- German, 1880 - 1927
- Role
- Artist
- Accession Number
- 2019.57.14
- Provenance
- (Gerbrand Caspers, Sneek, Netherlands, until 2017; sold to Kinney); Marla J. Kinney, Minneapolis (2017-19)
- Curator Approved
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