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Woodcut: A Technical Appreciation

Stephen Goddard, curator

White Gallery, Spencer Museum of Art, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas

Prints from the Spencer collection are featured in this exhibition, which includes a precious metalcut page from a book printed around 1500, Renaissance and Baroque masterworks, delicate nineteenth-century wood engravings, and commanding expressionist prints from the early twentieth century and the 1980s. Organized by the Spencer Museum.

Works of art

Iohannes Bämler (active circa 1450–1475); Artist Unknown, The Bride of Christ (1 column of text & illustration) from Buch der Kunst, da durch der weltliche Mensch mag geistlich werden (Book of Art through which the worldly man may become spiritual) — The Bride of Christ (1 column of text & illustration) from Buch der Kunst, da durch der weltliche Mensch mag geistlich werden (Book of Art through which the worldly man may become spiritual)

Iohannes Bämler, Artist Unknown

1477

Parmigianino (1503–1540), Circe and the Companions of Ulysses — Circe and the Companions of Ulysses

Parmigianino

circa 1527–1530

Death of Absalom from the Lübeck Bible — Death of Absalom from the Lübeck Bible

1494

Josef Albers (1888–1976), Above the Water — Above the Water

Josef Albers

1944

Max Beckmann (1884–1950), Self-portrait — Self-portrait

Max Beckmann

1922

Emile Bernard (1868–1941), La Lessive (The Laundry) — La Lessive (The Laundry)

Emile Bernard

1889

Thomas Bewick (1753–1828), The Yellow Macauco; The Ring-Tailed Macauco — The Yellow Macauco; The Ring-Tailed Macauco

Thomas Bewick

late 1700s–early 1800s

Nicoló Boldrini (active 1530–1570); Titian (1485 or 1490–1576), Caricature of the Laocoön represented as a Monkey in a Landscape — Caricature of the Laocoön represented as a Monkey in a Landscape

Nicoló Boldrini, Titian

1500s

Richard Bosman (born 1944), Mutiny — Mutiny

Richard Bosman

1980–1981

Roger Brown (1941–1997), Family Tree Mourning Print — Family Tree Mourning Print

Roger Brown

1987

John E. Buck (born 1946); Landfall Press (active 1970–2004), Les Grandes Eclipse — Les Grandes Eclipse

John E. Buck, Landfall Press

1982

Asa Cheffetz (1896–1965), Clouds over Enfield (Connecticut) — Clouds over Enfield (Connecticut)

Asa Cheffetz

1935

Chuck Close (1940–2021); Crown Point Press; Tadashi Toda (1936–2000); Shunza Matsuda, Leslie — Leslie

Chuck Close, Crown Point Press, Tadashi Toda, Shunza Matsuda

1986

Timothy Cole (1852–1931), Landscape with Windmill — Landscape with Windmill

Timothy Cole

1920

Bartolomeo Coriolano (circa 1599–circa 1676); Guido Reni (1575–1642), Sibyl — Sibyl

Bartolomeo Coriolano, Guido Reni

1600s

Robert Cumming (1943–2021); Vinalhaven Press (active 1985–1999), Odessa — Odessa

Robert Cumming, Vinalhaven Press

1988

Ernest Hubert Deines (1894–1967), Joy on the Kaw Valley Loam — Joy on the Kaw Valley Loam

Ernest Hubert Deines

1946

Jim Dine (born 1935), Bathrobe — Bathrobe

Jim Dine

1975

Albrecht Dürer (1471–1528), The Triumphal Car of Emperor Maximilian I — The Triumphal Car of Emperor Maximilian I

Albrecht Dürer

1523

Albrecht Dürer (1471–1528), The Apocalyptic Woman — The Apocalyptic Woman

Albrecht Dürer

1498

Lyonel Feininger (1871–1956), Hafen (Port) — Hafen (Port)

Lyonel Feininger

1899

Erich Heckel (1883–1970), Liegende (Reclining figure) — Liegende (Reclining figure)

Erich Heckel

1913

Winslow Homer (1836–1910), On the Bluff at Long Branch at the Bathing House — On the Bluff at Long Branch at the Bathing House

Winslow Homer

1870

Helen Hyde (1868–1919), New Year's Day, Tokyo — New Year's Day, Tokyo

Helen Hyde

1914

John Baptist Jackson (circa 1701–circa 1780); Paolo Veronese (1528–1588), The Presentation in the Temple (Circumcision) — The Presentation in the Temple (Circumcision)

John Baptist Jackson, Paolo Veronese

1739

Vassily Kandinsky (1866–1944), Kleine Welten VI (Small Worlds VI) — Kleine Welten VI (Small Worlds VI)

Vassily Kandinsky

1922

Clare Leighton (1898 or 1899–1989), Breaking Camp — Breaking Camp

Clare Leighton

1931

Auguste Louis Lepère (1849–1918), La Seine au Pont d'Austerlitz — La Seine au Pont d'Austerlitz

Auguste Louis Lepère

1887

Franz Marc (1880–1916), Reitschule (Riding School) — Reitschule (Riding School)

Franz Marc

1913

Emil Nolde (1867–1956), Familie — Familie

Emil Nolde

1917

Henri Rivière (1864–1951), Petit vague montante, pointe de La Haye (Small Wave Rising, Pointe de la Haye) (L'Eume apres la Vague) — Petit vague montante, pointe de La Haye (Small Wave Rising, Pointe de la Haye) (L'Eume apres la Vague)

Henri Rivière

1892

Susan Rothenberg (1945–2020), Doubles — Doubles

Susan Rothenberg

1980

David Salle (born 1952); Crown Point Press; Tadashi Toda (1936–2000); Shunza Matsuda, Portrait with Scissors and Nightclub — Portrait with Scissors and Nightclub

David Salle, Crown Point Press, Tadashi Toda, Shunza Matsuda

1987

Birger Sandzén (1871–1954), Sentinel Pines — Sentinel Pines

Birger Sandzén

1919

Jeanette Pasin Sloan (born 1946); Landfall Press (active 1970–2004), Boston Red — Boston Red

Jeanette Pasin Sloan, Landfall Press

1986

Carol Summers (1925–2016), Athos — Athos

Carol Summers

1982

Félix Edouard Vallotton (1865–1925), Les Nécrophores (The Pall Bearers) — Les Nécrophores (The Pall Bearers)

Félix Edouard Vallotton

1891

Max Weber (1881–1961), Standing Figure — Standing Figure

Max Weber

circa 1919–1920

H. C. Westermann (1922–1981), Airplane and Building — Airplane and Building

H. C. Westermann

1962

H. C. Westermann (1922–1981), envelope — envelope

H. C. Westermann

1975

Anton Maria Zanetti (1680–1757); Parmigianino (1503–1540), Young man standing — Young man standing

Anton Maria Zanetti, Parmigianino

date unknown

Utagawa Kunisada (1786–1864), Portrait of the actor Bando Hikosaburō V as Iwasuji — Portrait of the actor Bando Hikosaburō V as Iwasuji

Utagawa Kunisada

1862, Edo period (1600–1868)

Inbutsu (stamp print) of Fudō Myōō — Inbutsu (stamp print) of Fudō Myōō

1200s–1300s, Kamakura period (1185–1333) or Muromachi period (1336–1573)

Hagiwara Hideo (1913–2007), Memories of the East — Memories of the East

Hagiwara Hideo

1983, Showa period (1926–1989)

Hashiguchi Goyō (1880–1921), Woman kneeling before mirror — Woman kneeling before mirror

Hashiguchi Goyō

1920, Taisho period (1912–1926)

Utagawa Hiroshige (1797–1858), #53 Kusatsu kara Yabase wa michi no yumi to tsuru (Sailing from Kusatsu to Yabase) — #53 Kusatsu kara Yabase wa michi no yumi to tsuru (Sailing from Kusatsu to Yabase)

Utagawa Hiroshige

1855–1857, Edo period (1600–1868)

Kawachi Seikō (born 1948), Katsura X — Katsura X

Kawachi Seikō

1984, Showa period (1926–1989)

Utagawa Kunisada (1786–1864), four actors from the play, "The 4 Modern Guardians Kings Return from Mt.Oyama" — four actors from the play, "The 4 Modern Guardians Kings Return from Mt.Oyama"

Utagawa Kunisada

1858, Edo period (1600–1868)

Takahashi Rikio (1917–1999), The Letter (From Kyoto) — The Letter (From Kyoto)

Takahashi Rikio

1984, Showa period (1926–1989)

月岡芳年 Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (1839–1892), Fuwa Bansaku and the Monster — Fuwa Bansaku and the Monster

月岡芳年 Tsukioka Yoshitoshi

1865, 8th month, Edo period (1600–1868)

月岡芳年 Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (1839–1892), Fuwa Bansaku and the Monster — Fuwa Bansaku and the Monster

月岡芳年 Tsukioka Yoshitoshi

after 1865, Edo period (1600–1868)

月岡芳年 Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (1839–1892), Priest Raigō of Mii Temple Transformed into a Rat — Priest Raigō of Mii Temple Transformed into a Rat

月岡芳年 Tsukioka Yoshitoshi

1891, Meiji period (1868–1912)

Utagawa Hiroshige (1797–1858), #14 Hara, Kambara, Yoshiwara, Yui, Okitsu — #14 Hara, Kambara, Yoshiwara, Yui, Okitsu

Utagawa Hiroshige

circa 1852, Edo period (1600–1868)