Lot #1829: BEULAH TOMLINSON - Leaves #2 - White line color woodcut

 

Artist: Beulah Tomlinson (American, 1898-1987).
Title: "Leaves #2 [Provincetown]".
Medium: White line color woodcut.
Date: Composed 1957. Printed 1957.
Dimensions: Overall size: 12 1/8 x 9 9/16 in. (308 x 243 mm). Image size: 9 3/4 x 7 1/4 in. (248 x 184 mm).
Lot Note(s): Signed and dated in pencil, lower left. Edition unknown, presumed extremely small, if any. Printed on cream wove paper. Ample margins. Fine, strong impression. Very good condition; paper discoloration verso, faintly visible lower left margin, recto; a few soft creases in the margins; 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. [30492-2-800]