The road to the forest / Bertha Lum. – Vintage Wall Art
(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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The road to the forest / Bertha Lum. comes to life in this historic print, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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The road to the forest / Bertha Lum.
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Here a winding road runs toward a stand of trees, the kind of rural path that the subject heading places in Japan. Bertha Lum, an American printmaker who spent much of her life in East Asia, produced color woodcuts in the Japanese tradition, using multiple carved blocks to build up layers of ink. Her 1916 print is signed and dated in pencil on the image itself, which was common for artists who wanted their hand on the finished impression. The work reflects the mid-1910s vogue among Western artists for the flat color, careful line, and quiet landscape of Japanese woodblock prints.
| Created / published | 1916 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : woodcut, color. |
| Genre | Woodcuts Color 1910-1920. |
| Notes | Signed and dated in pencil on image. |
| Subjects | Roads--Japan--1910-1920. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 926 × 1,536 px · prints to 3 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-173727 |
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