The Church (L'Eglise), from Xylographies

Date1909

MediumHeliogravure, after original woodcut

Credit LineArt History Department Fund

Dimensions12 5/8 x 12 5/8 in. (32.1 x 32.1 cm)

Object number2004.011.001E

Label TextIn the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries artists began to experiment with earlier printmaking techniques that had gradually fallen out of use. Vasily Kandinsky, working in Munich just after the turn of the century, became particularly interested in the woodcut. The prints in his Xylographies portfolio are executed in a style that combines elements of Jugendstil (the German version of art nouveau) and Russian folk art.
Exhibition HistoryInvention and Revival: Northern European Prints, Michael C. Carlos Museum, February 12 - May 15, 2005
Published ReferencesMCCM Newsletter, March - May 2004.

ProvenancePurchased by MCCM from F.A. Bernett, Boston, Massachusetts.

Status

Not on view

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