Lot #1419: BEULAH TOMLINSON - The Wharf - White line color woodcut

 

Artist: Beulah Tomlinson (American, 1898-1987).
Title: "The Wharf [Provincetown]".
Medium: White line color woodcut.
Date: Composed 1957. Printed 1957.
Dimensions: Overall size: 10 1/2 x 13 3/16 in. (267 x 335 mm). Image size: 9 3/4 x 12 1/2 in. (248 x 317 mm).
Lot Note(s): Signed and dated in pencil, lower left. Edition unknown, presumed extremely small, if any. Printed on light cream laid paper. Uneven margins. Fine, strong impression. Good condition; staining in the image lower right and near the center left margin; scattered foxing in the margins but not in the image; soft horizontal crease upper center. Provenance: Provincetown Bookshop, Provincetown, Massachusetts. Comment(s): Woodcuts by Tomlinson are rare and highly sought after. She was a resident of Provincetown, a New England town located at the extreme tip of Cape Cod in Barnstable County, Massachusetts. It is famed for its "White Line Color Woodcut" artists, of whom she was one. Tomlinson actively created prints there from at least the early 1950s to the mid 1970s. Image copyright © The Estate of Beulah Tomlinson. [30487-2-1200]