Portal
1993
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color woodcut on wove paper
Dimensions
overall: 31 x 29 cm (12 3/16 x 11 7/16 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Wally Reinhardt
Accession Number
2000.101.6
Art Historical Context
**Portal** by Robert Keyser, in 1993, is a striking color woodcut on w paper, measuring 31 x 29 cm. Housed in the National Gallery of Art's of Prints (CG-W), this work was generously gifted by Wally Reinhardt. As a late-20th-century print, it exemplifies the continued vitality of woodcut techniques in contemporary art, bridging traditional craftsmanship with modern expression. Woodcuts involve carving designs into wooden blocks, inking them and pressing onto paper—a labor-intensive relief printing method that dates back centuries but thrives in the hands of artists like Keyser. The use of col...