"God's Acre, Caanan, CT" by Walter Dubois Richards, Amer., (1907-2006) Woodcut 1940's-60's

1940's-60's

all absorbed from study of Native American sources and art of the Northwest Coast instead of that of Europe

on smooth cream wove parchment type paper

8-3/8 x 13-1/16

Based in Newport

"God's Acre, Caanan, CT" by Walter Dubois Richards, Amer., (1907-2006) Woodcut 1940's-60'sLithograph, ca. 1940, ed. 200, 14 x 9 7 8, signed, titled and annotated A. P. in pencil, on warm white wove paper. This large and stunning lithograph is a tour de force showing Richards technical precision and emotive command of the medium. This beautiful and stately congregational church is located in New Caanan, CT; the meeting house for which dates to 1843, the chapel, parlor and church school dating to 1953. It was a favorite subject for Richards,