Additional information
| Artist | Smith |
|---|---|
| Country | American |
| Region | North American |
ArtistSmith, Wuanita
Artist Years1866-1959
Artist NationalityAmerican
TitleStreet in Brittany
Yearca. 1935
MediumPrint > Etching
DimensionsPlate: 4.9 X 3.9 inches
Description
Etching, signed in pencil and annotated with title and “Imp.”, printed on thin, fine-grained, cream wove paper, 1.2 – 2.7 inch margins. Rare. Fine condition. Free shipping to US address.
Accession Number670255
NotesWuanita was a native of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, she was a painter, printmaker, and illustrator of children’s books. Smith was a part of the Provincetown, Massachusetts, group that developed the “white line” color block-print method, based on Japanese woodcut techniques, during World War I. She exhibited in Provincetown in the 1920s and 1930s, and also had a studio on Nantucket. She was a regular exhibitor at the summer art colony in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, as well as the Pennsylvania Academy, the Plastic Club, and the Woodmere Art Museum.
Smith studied at the Philadelphia School of Design for Women (now Moore College of Art) and co-founded the American Color Print Society of Philadelphia. A student of Howard Pyle at the Drexel Institute, she also studied at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, the Art Students League in New York, and in Paris with printmaker Allen Lewis.
(source: Nantucket Historical Association)
Price $950.00