MAG Collection - Blue Forest

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Blue Forest

1961
17 5/16 x 29 1/8 in. (44 x 74 cm)

Werner Drewes
American (Canig, Germany, 1899 - 1985, Reston, VA)

Object Type: Print

Medium and Support: Woodcut

Credit Line: The Charles Rand Penney Collection of the Memorial Art Gallery

Accession Number: 1975.341

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Location: Not currently on view

Collection: The Charles Rand Penney Collection

According to the artist's son, this print "is one of a very few that Werner Drewes had a commission to print [as] a larger number than his usual 10, 20 or 30 per edition...Two wood blocks are at the Cleveland Museum of Art, the others for this print were destroyed."

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Bibliography

For general reference see Ingrid Rose, "Werner Drewes : a catalogue raisonné of his prints," München ; New York : Verlag Kunstgalerie Esslingen, 1984, Rose 195, p. 348

Provenance

1961 Presentation Print of the Cleveland Print Club; Charles Rand Penney, Olcott, NY; given to the Gallery in 1975

Exhibition List

This object was included in the following exhibitions:

Charles Rand Penney Collection Memorial Art Gallery 2/27/1976 - 3/28/1976
American Woodblock Prints Memorial Art Gallery 2/16/1996 - 5/12/1996
Collection Connections: Crafting Modernism 1/24/2012 - 4/23/2012

Bibliography

This object has the following bibliographic references:

Article Title: Acquisition: The Charles Rand Penney Foundation Collection. Article Scope: article. Memorial Art Gallery. Gallery Notes. Rochester, New York: Memorial Art Gallery, 1935-1995. Volume Number: 41, Issue Number: 6. Issue Date: February 1976.
Article Scope: Mention. Elizabeth Brayer. Magnum Opus: The Story of the Memorial Art Gallery, 1913-1988. Rochester, NY: Memorial Art Gallery, 1988.
Ralph Jentsch, ed. Werner Drewes: A Catalogue Raisonné of His Prints. München; New York: Verlag Kunstgalerie Esslingen, 1984.
The Charles Rand Penney Collection of the Memorial Art Gallery of the University of Rochester. Rochester, NY: Memorial Art Gallery of the University of Rochester, 1976.