Medium: Reduction woodcut Dimensions: 24 x 38 inches (Image) 26 1/4 x 40 inches (Sheet) Signature: Signed Artist details: American, 1938 Date Finished: 1981 Edition: of 130
Medium: Reduction woodcut Dimensions: 29 x 40 inches (image) 31 x 42 inches (sheet) Signature: Signed Artist details: American, 1938 Date Finished: 1995 Edition: of 50
Medium: Reduction woodcut Dimensions: 17 1/4 x 24 inches (Image) 19 3/4 x 26 1/2 inches (Sheet) Signature: Signed Artist details: American, 1938 Date Finished: 1989 Edition: of 130
Medium: Reduction woodcut Dimensions: 12 x 18 1/2 inches (image) Signature: Signed Artist details: American, 1938 Date Finished: 1977 Edition: AP of 13
Medium: Reduction woodcut Dimensions: 40 x 29 inches (Image) 42 x 31 inches (Sheet) Signature: Signed Artist details: American, 1938 Date Finished: 1990 Edition: of 130
Medium: Woodcut and drypoint Dimensions: 18 x 11 3/4 inches (image) 25 1/4 x 18 inches (sheet) Artist details: American, 1983 Date Finished: 2013 Edition: 1/6 Signature: Signed
Medium: Woodcut and drypoint Dimensions: 14 x 9 inches (image) Signature: Signed Artist details: American, 1983 Date Finished: 2014 Edition: 9/9 EV
Recommended by Suzannah (Marketing and Communications Manager):
"There is an aching tenderness and familiarity in Ellen Heck’s portraits of young people. Each child is full of peace and personality, and the combination of woodcut and drypoint mediums produces playful blocks of color and precise feathery lines. I was particularly struck by “Two”, a portrait of a child obscured but looking directly out of the page, holding two hearts against their chest. Worked exclusively in grey tones, the child’s expression shows such freedom and soulfulness, an ineffable emotion and state of being that feels unreachable in adult life. The child does not wonder who they are or how they must be in the world. They simply are themself, and have never considered being otherwise."
Medium: Woodcut and drypoint Dimensions:14 x 9 inches (image) 22 x 15 1/4 inches (sheet) Signature: Signed Artist details: American, 1983 Date Finished: 2014 Edition: 6/9
Medium: Woodcut and drypoint Dimensions:17 3/4 x 12 inches (image) 25 1/2 x 18 inches (sheet) Signature: Signed Artist details: American, 1983 Edition: 6/9
Medium: Woodcut and drypoint Dimensions:14 x 9 inches (image) 22 x 15 inches (sheet)
Signature: Signed Artist details: American, 1983 Date Finished: 2014 Edition: AP
Recommended by Nikki (Art Photographer / Marketing and Exhibitions Specialist):
Heck’s ability to meld drypoint and woodcut together with perfect registration is incredible. The little girl is focused on tying her heart wing strings, while we watch her busy at work. Children are immensely talented at dreaming and imagining. This piece reminds me that it takes careful consideration and softness to dream, but it is just as important to do as an adult, as it is for a child.
Medium: Woodcut and drypoint Dimensions:14 x 9 inches (image) 22 x 15 inches (sheet) Artist details: American, 1983 Date Finished: 2014 Edition: 6/9 Signature: Signed
Medium: Woodcut and drypoint Dimensions:18 x 12 inches (image) 25 1/4 x 18 1/4 inches (sheet) Artist details: American, 1983 Edition: 5/7 Signature: Signed
Medium: Woodcut and drypoint Dimensions:18 x 11 3/4 inches (image) 25 1/4 x 18 inches (sheet) Artist details: American, 1983 Date Finished: 2013 Edition: 1/6
Medium: Woodcut and drypoint Dimensions: 14 x 9 inches (Image) 22 x 15 inches (Sheet) Signature: Signed Artist details: American, 1983 Date Finished: 2015 Edition: of 9
Medium: Woodcut and pochoir Dimensions: 16 x 20 inches (image/sheet) Signature: Signed Artist details: American, 1955 Date Finished: 2014 Edition: of 42
Medium: Woodcut and pochoir Dimensions: 15 x 39 inches (image/sheet) Signature: Signed Artist details: American, 1955 Date Finished: 2011 Edition: 10/16 Condition: 3 1/2 inch repaired tear in lower right corner. Not visible from the front.
Medium: Woodcut and Pochior Dimensions: 15 x 11 inches (image/sheet) Signature: Signed Verso Artist details: American, 1955 Date Finished: 2013 Edition: of 13
Recommended by Catherine (Collections Specialist):
"Jean Gumpper's woodcuts are expressions of her experiences in nature and each print feels like a spontaneous glimpse into the natural world, dynamic and full of depth. For her piece titled 'Tracery', Jean combines traditional woodcut printing with pochoir, a French stencil-based technique, to create a deeply layered and multi-textured quality. The lively leaves and vines in the foreground wind over an intricate web of dark branches, which resembles tracery on a gothic window. I'm drawn to any metaphor between the natural world and historical architecture, and the play of light shining through this nature-formed window inspires my imagination."
Medium: Woodcut and pochoir Dimensions: 20 x 30 inches (image/sheet) Signature: Signed Verso Artist details: American, 1955 Date Finished: 2014 Edition: of 20
Medium: Woodcut and pochoir Dimensions: 20 x 30 inches (image/sheet) Signature: Signed Artist details: American, 1955 Date Finished: 2017 Edition: 4/20 Condition: Skinning on verso from previous framing strengthened with Japanese hinging tape.
Medium: Reduction woodcut Dimensions: 20 x 30 inches (image/sheet) Signature: Signed Artist details: American, 1955 Date Finished: 2004 Edition: of 15 Condition: Small repaired tear at edge of paper on right.
Medium: Woodcut and pochoir Dimensions: 15 x 19 inches (image/sheet) Signature: Signed Artist details: American, 1955 Date Finished: 2017 Edition: of 19