"Back Fences (Provincetown)" by Mabel Hewit, Amer., (1903-1984) Woodcut adding a "flutter" of life

adding a "flutter" of life to it's subject

The bright white at right edge is a reflection from the sheen of the japan paper

Originally an illustrator who studied with Harvey Dunn and N

on buff wove simili vellum paper

"Back Fences (Provincetown)" by Mabel Hewit, Amer., (1903-1984) Woodcut adding a "flutter" of lifeLithograph, 1930's 40's, ed. unknown but small, 7 3 4 x 11 1 4, signed & titled in pencil, on warm white BFK paper. Light trace of mat line. Hewit was a modernist painter and printmaker based in Ohio who spent time in Provincetown and studied at the Pennsylvania Academy. Her white line color woodcuts were showcased recently in an exhibition at the Cleveland Museum of Art.