Minstrel
c. 1935
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View on museum website →Medium
wood engraving
Dimensions
block: 159 x 292 mm sheet: 265 x 381 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
2008.115.2010
Art Historical Context
**Minstrel** by Geary, created around 1935, is a wood engraving from the National of Art's Reba and Dave Williams Collection This print captures the essence of a solitary minstrel figure, rendered with the meticulous precision characteristic of wood engraving—a technique where artists incise fine lines into the end grain of hardwood blocks. Measuring 159 x 292 mm on the block and 265 381 mm on the, its intimate scale invites close viewing, revealing the medium's capacity for intricate detail and tonal depth, akin to metal engraving but achieved through wood's natural texture. In the 1930s, am...