colorful bouquet of flowers in a blue vase; muted yellow background with diagonal yellow lines; blue patterned surface under vase

Garden Bouquet (Gartenstrauss), 20th century

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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)
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colorful bouquet of flowers in a blue vase; muted yellow background with diagonal yellow lines; blue patterned surface under vase