Untitled from For Carl Zigrosser
1964
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View on museum website →Medium
woodcut on wove paper
Dimensions
image: 26.1 × 18.5 cm (10 1/4 × 7 5/16 in.) sheet: 40.6 × 30.5 cm (16 × 12 in.)
Classification
Portfolio
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Rosenwald Collection
Accession Number
1980.45.1475.11
Art Historical Context
Claire Van Vliet's *Untitled* from the portfolio *For Carl Zigrosser*1964) is a striking example of mid-20th-century print, housed in the National Gallery of's esteemed Rosenwald Collection. Created as a woodcut on wove paper, this work measures 26.1 × 18.5 cm for the image and 40.6 × 30.5 cm for the sheet, inviting close contemplation. The portfolio honors Carl Zigrosser, a pivotal curator who championed prints and drawings at institutions like the Philadelphia Museum of, reflecting the era's vibrant exchange among artists and advocates of graphic arts. Woodcut, one of the oldest printmaking...
About the Artist
Claire Van Vliet
Claire Van Vliet (born 1933) is a Canadian-born American printmaker, book artist, and publisher whose career has placed her at the forefront of the fine press and artist's book movement in North America for more than six decades. She studied at the San Diego School of Arts and Crafts and San Diego State University before completing graduate work at Claremont Graduate School in California, where sh...