The Fisherman

 

Louise Gilbert

  1913 - 2005 (biography)

c. 1955  

color woodcut 

18 x 16 1/4" image size 

pencil, lower right 

proof, outside the edition of 20 

pencil titled 

 

cream laid with partial watermark 

proof 

artist 

18796 

SOLD

In this color woodcut of a fisherman, Gilbert gives dignity and strength to both the fisherman and his catch. She was a life-long political and human rights activist and fought for the rights of the working class.