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Sailboat.

  • ARTIST: Ferol Sibley Warthen

  • MEDIUM: White-line woodcut printed in color.

    DATE: Cut 1953, printed 1960.

  • EDITION SIZE: Image size 6 15/16 x 7 3/16" (17.4 x 18.2 cm).

  • DESCRIPTION: Signed, titled, and dated in blue ink. The artist has written on verso,"Block IX cut - 1953. Print 9 - Aug. - 1960. Watercolor one block method."

  • ADDITIONAL INFO: Inscribed "9-1960."

  • CONDITION: Good condition, save for faint mat line. This impression still has the crease line and tack holes in the margins. The printing method was a single block that was in a frame, the paper was tacked to the frame and folded up. Each color was painted one at a time and printed. Keeping the paper in position was important for registration.

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