Harvesting Rice
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linocut
Dimensions
image: 84 x 115 mm sheet: 115 x 172 mm
Classification
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Reba and Dave Williams Collection, Gift of Reba and Dave Williams
Accession Number
2008.115.4716
Art Historical Context
**Harvesting Rice** (1937) is a delicate linocut by American artist Anna Heyward Taylor, capturing the timeless rhythm of rural labor. Measuring just 84 x 115 mm on a 115 x 172 mm sheet, this intimate print invites viewers into a serene scene of rice harvesting, likely inspired by Taylor's fascination with Asian cultures during her travels in the 1920s and 1930s. Printed in the Reba and Dave Williams Collection at the National Gallery of Art, it exemplifies the artist's skill in translating everyday moments into evocative art. Linocut, Taylor's favored medium here, involves carving designs in...