Saint Francis Preaching to the Birds
Arthur Allen Lewis, American, 1873 - 1957
1932; published 1933
Chiaroscuro woodcut on wove paper
Edition of 200
Block: 9 5/8 × 6 7/8 in. (24.5 × 17.5 cm)
Sheet: 16 × 12 13/16 in. (40.6 × 32.6 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Museum Purchase
PR.933.4
Printer
Arthur Allen Lewis
Publisher
The Woodcut Society, Kansas City, Missouri
Geography
Place Made: United States, North America
Period
20th century
Object Name
Research Area
Not on view
Inscriptions
Signed, in graphite, lower left margin: Allen Lewis; signed, in block, lower left: AL [in monogram][printing and copyright information printed on reverse of folder]
Provenance
The Woodcut Society, Kansas City, Missouri; sold to present collection, 1933.
Catalogue Raisonne
J. Czestochowski, In James Swann, Cedar Rapids, 1990, App. C, no. 3.
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