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Pierrot
(french for sparrow)
James Dexter Havens, 1900 - 1960
Havens, James Dexter
United States
1900 - 1960
Male
10 1/2 x 9 11/16 in. (26.7 x 24.6 cm)
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Printer's ink
Printer's ink
Support - two sheets of Japanese rice paper mounted together.
1936
1936
1936
1900-2000, 20th century, birds, by Rochester artists, flowers in art, wood engravings
Print
James Dexter Havens
American, 1900 – 1960
Pierrot (Sparrow), 1936
Color wood engraving
Gift of Mrs. John McKinney, 97.168
A Rochester native, Havens is considered part of the color woodblock revival of the early 20th century. Self- taught as a printmaker, he specialized in woodcuts and wood engravings, but he also painted. His design for the logo of the Print Club of Rochester, which he helped found, remains in use to this day.
Color wood engraving is a relief technique. A design is cut with sharp wood gouges on end-grain wood. The raised uncut surface is inked with a brayer. Paper is laid on it and the ink is transferred by burnishing with a hard surfaced tool, such as a baren or spoon. Multiple blocks are created for each separate color. In order to economize, some colors are intentionally printed together to create a third color.
Excerpted from installation text, Aug. 2011
Colleen Piccone, Curatorial Dept.
lower right, below imagelower right, in imagelower left, below imagelower left, in marginupper right, in margin, Framer's notations.
1997.168
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Memorial Art Gallery
9/8/1999
97.168SL1
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2 x 2
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8 x 10
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Zenith
James Dexter Havens, 1900 - 1960
Havens, James Dexter
United States
1900 - 1960
Male
11 9/16 x 9 1/16 in. (29.4 x 23 cm)
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Printer's ink
Printer's ink
1939
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1939
Print
lower right, below imagelower left, below image
2004.41
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Memorial Art Gallery
7/2/2004
2004.41DI1
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