Mary Quite Contrary / Doris Scott. – Historic Print
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(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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This historic print of Mary Quite Contrary / Doris Scott. brings a moment of history to your wall. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Mary Quite Contrary / Doris Scott.
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Doris Scott's linocut takes its title from the old nursery rhyme about Mary Quite Contrary, and the catalog also lists birds among its subjects alongside the child. The print is dated around 1933 and comes from the Harmon Foundation records, a body that promoted African American artists during the 1920s and 1930s. It is associated with the Harlem Art Workshop, where students worked in printmaking. Linocut was a practical choice for beginners because the material was inexpensive and its bold black-and-white shapes were forgiving, so this piece is worth noticing as an early work by a young artist.
| Created / published | [1933?] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : linocut. |
| Genre | Juvenilia 1930-1940.Linocuts 1930-1940. |
| Notes | From Harmon Foundation Inc., Records. From Harlem Art Workshop. Unprocessed in PR 13 CN 1971:154 |
| Subjects | Fictitious characters--1930-1940. Children--1930-1940. Birds--1930-1940. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,629 × 2,093 px · prints to 5 × 7 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-215920 |
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