The Race by Wuanita Smith, Amer., (1866-1959) Woodcut

The Race by Wuanita Smith, Amer., (1866-1959) WoodcutWhite Line Color Woodcut, circa 1930, Ed. not stated, 9 1 2 x 7 7 8, light toning within old mat opening, the colors strong, signed, titled, annotated imp (printed by the artist), and dedicated "To Edith Rogers", in pencil, on a thick, grayish tan wove paper, full margins measuring 12 x 9. There are a few penciled framers notations at bottom margin edge. The scene is a boat race off of New Bedford, MA. Wuanita Smith mastered the white line color

Scarce or not

paper tone faded to a cool white within old mat opening

tree and houses

rich early impression of this elegantly reductive early winter scene by the ex-Connecticut artist

of similar size

Several of his prints are regionalist in feeling

Small repaired tear to u

likely the same used as a chine colle for the other signed Boutet nude study in stock

but this imp

many drawings which look as if they are from life are from imagination and memory

with which Mr

in a rare lifetime impression