Woman Washing or Woman Washing Clothes America, 20th century

Woman Washing or Woman Washing Clothes

1933

Mabel A. Hewit

(American, 1903–1984)

America, 20th century

color woodcut

Support: Japanese heavy laid tissue

Sheet: 46 x 34.1 cm (18 1/8 x 13 7/16 in.); Image: 35.6 x 24.4 cm (14 x 9 5/8 in.)

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. William Jurey in memory of Mabel A. Hewit 2004.189

Location: not on view

This artwork is known to be under copyright.

Description

Hewit began to exhibit her work both locally and nationally in 1933. In this year, she exhibited work in Latest Work of American Print Makers at the Philadelphia Art Alliance, and in 1937 her work was included in Paintings and Prints by Cleveland Artists at the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York. Every year from 1935 to 1956, she exhibited in the Cleveland Museum of Art's prestigious Annual Exhibition of Work by Cleveland Artists and Craftsmen, known locally as the May Show. During these years she also often participated in the Ohio Print Makers Exhibition organized by the Dayton Art Institute. Hewit continued to show her work through 1979.