Artist: Beulah Tomlinson (American, 1898-1987). Title: "Provincetown". Medium: White line color woodcut. Date: Composed 1955. Printed 1955. Dimensions: Overall size: 14 5/8 x 10 13/16 in. (371 x 275 mm). Image size: 14 x 10 in. (356 x 254 mm). Lot Note(s): Signed and dated in pencil, lower left. Edition unknown, presumed extremely small, if any. Printed on cream wove paper. Ample, uneven margins. Fine, strong impression. Good to very good condition; paper discoloration and smudges, verso; two tears left margin into image, longest 7/8"; creasing upper and lower right corners, not into the image; presents very well. 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. [30490-3-2400] |