Carpenter

 

Emmy Lou Packard

  1914 - 1998 (biography)

c. 1950  

two-color linoleum block print 

18 3/8 x 13 1/2" image 

pencil signed within image 

state proof, edition not stated 

 

 

soft laid Japanese 

proof 

artist 

19454 

SOLD

This impression is an artist's proof, a state proof before the background block and the wood block that the carpenter is sawing were added. In this impression the tools are in dark blue, they will be found in other colors. This state is quite dramatic and abstracted, the figure appears to be in motion - in stark contrast to the inanimate tools. Packard liked this proof enought to sign it, before adding the additional blocks and colors. The final proof was used in the exhibition "At Work, The Art of California Labor", which was originated by the California Historical Society and the San Francisco State University and curated by Mark Dean Johnson, Director, Fine Arts Gallery, San Francisco State University.