Richard Correll

Creation of San Juan Islands
c. 1930s

A black and white woodcut print depicting a stylized, muscular figure resembling Paul Bunyan swinging a pickaxe. The figure is set against a backdrop of water with wave patterns and a forested landscape. The bottom of the image includes the text "CREATION OF SAN JUAN ISLANDS (PAUL BUNYAN SERIES)" and is signed "Richard Correll."
A black and white woodcut print depicting a stylized, muscular figure resembling Paul Bunyan swinging a pickaxe. The figure is set against a backdrop of water with wave patterns and a forested landscape. The bottom of the image includes the text "CREATION OF SAN JUAN ISLANDS (PAUL BUNYAN SERIES)" and is signed "Richard Correll."

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Date
c. 1930s

Classification
Prints

Medium
Linoleum cut

Dimensions
Sheet (Irregular): 11 1/8 × 13 5/16in. (28.3 × 33.8 cm) Image: 9 1/8 × 11 3/8in. (23.2 × 28.9 cm)

Accession number
96.68.59

Series
Paul Bunyan series

Publication
Published by WPA/FAP--Washington Project

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase, with funds from The Lauder Foundation, Leonard and Evelyn Lauder Fund

Rights and reproductions
© artist or artist’s estate

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Richard Correll
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