The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of April 25, 2024
Vacation Photographers
1954
(American, 1903–1984)
Sheet: 40.5 x 30.3 cm (15 15/16 x 11 15/16 in.); Image: 29.7 x 24 cm (11 11/16 x 9 7/16 in.)
© Mabel A. Hewit
Location: not on view
Description
The strong light of southern venues changed Hewit’s palette. While the bright red on the roof in Vacation Photographers transmits the warmth of a hot sun, the large patch of lavender in the sky and other pastel hues signify a new direction. Although Hewit did transfer scale drawings to blocks using tracing paper, she sometimes drew directly onto the woodblock. Uncut graphite lines on the block for Vacation Photographers were transferred to the paper during the printing process and can be seen in the light green foliage in the middle foreground.- Midwest Modern: The Color Woodcuts of Mabel Hewit. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 26-October 24, 2010).
- {{cite web|title=Vacation Photographers|url=false|author=Mabel A. Hewit|year=1954|access-date=25 April 2024|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}
Source URL:
https://www.clevelandart.org/art/2004.194