Dragon and Orchard

Arthur Wesley Dow · c. 1908 · Cleveland Museum of Art

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Dow carved these blocks, two of them on both sides, for Dragon and Orchard. Influenced by his own cyanotypes (an early photographic process that produced blue images), he printed this impression, a nocturnal version, in ten shades of blue.

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Maker: Arthur Wesley Dow (American, 1857–1922)
Date: c. 1908
Medium: wood block
Dimensions: Overall: 25.5 x 18.7 x 2.1 cm (10 1/16 x 7 3/8 x 13/16 in.)
Place of origin: America
Held by: Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland · Not on view
Credit line: John L. Severance Fund

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Details

Maker

Arthur Wesley Dow (American, 1857–1922)

Date

c. 1908

Medium

wood block

Dimensions

Overall: 25.5 x 18.7 x 2.1 cm (10 1/16 x 7 3/8 x 13/16 in.)

Place of origin

America

Held by

Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland · Not on view

Credit line

John L. Severance Fund

See this work at Cleveland Museum of Art

Image: Cleveland Museum of Art, CC0