A black-and-white print of a stylized male figure in silhouette cutting down a tree in front of a sun that is either setting or rising.

Man Felling Tree

Konrad Cramer (1888-1963)

Date

1919
Object Type

Prints
Medium

Linocut
Dimensions

Image: 8 5/16 x 7 5/16 in.
Sheet: 13 13/16 x 10 1/16 in.
Edition

unknown
Inscriptions

Recto:
l.l. on block: KC
Verso:
l.l. in graphite: LINOCUT BY MY FATHER KONRAD CRAMER ca. 1915 Aileen B.
Cramer
Credit Line

Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, Texas
Accession Number

1990.29
Copyright

© Estate of Konrad Cramer

American Masters of the Woodcut

March 29–October 12, 2003

This exhibition presents a survey of the resurgence of relief printmaking in America, when it was transformed into a lively art form well suited to accommodate a highly personal and experimental approach to graphic expression.
Modern Masters of the Woodcut

November 8, 2014–January 18, 2015

This exhibition showcases the evolution of the woodcut, proving that while the methodology of woodblock printing is not much changed over the last century, the pliant medium is capable of bold new forms of artistic expression.

Location: Off view

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