Carma
2000
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View on museum website →Medium
woodcut in black on Kitakata handmade paper
Dimensions
block: 26.3 x 32.4 cm (10 3/8 x 12 3/4 in.) sheet: 42.7 x 52 cm (16 13/16 x 20 1/2 in.)
Classification
Portfolio
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Doris and Don Fisher
Accession Number
2001.89.4
Art Historical Context
Martin Puryear's *Carma* (2000) is a striking woodcut print in black ink on delicate Kitakata handmade paper measuring 26.3 x 32.4 cm for the block and 427 x 52 cm for the full sheet. Acquired as a gift from collectors Doris and Don Fisher, resides in the National Gallery of's contemporary graphics collection, classified within a portfolio that highlights Puryear's ventures into printmaking. The artist, renowned for his sculptural mastery of wood and organic forms, brings his tactile sensibility to this two-dimensional medium late in his career. Woodcuts, one of the oldest printmaking techniq...