Death of a Forest
1937
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wood engraving on wove paper
Dimensions
image: 20.96 × 28.26 cm (8 1/4 × 11 1/8 in.) sheet: 26.99 × 28.26 cm (10 5/8 × 11 1/8 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Bob Stana and Tom Judy
Accession Number
2015.115.29
Art Historical Context
Paul Landacre's *Death of a Forest*1937) is a poignant wood engraving on wove paper, measuring nearly 9 by 11 inches. Created during the Great Depression era, this print captures a stark vision of environmental devastation, likely evoking the widespread logging and land exploitation that scarred America's landscapes. Landacre, a master American printmaker, was celebrated for his meticulous depictions of nature, often infused with a quiet urgency about human impact on the wild. Wood engraving, Landacre's signature medium, involves incising fine lines into the end-grain of hardwood blocks, allo...