Wharton Esherick

Winter Play
1928

A black and white woodcut print depicting a stylized tornado funneling down towards a small house with a figure standing nearby. The sky above is filled with linear patterns suggesting wind or movement. Handwritten text and signatures are visible at the bottom of the print.
A black and white woodcut print depicting a stylized tornado funneling down towards a small house with a figure standing nearby. The sky above is filled with linear patterns suggesting wind or movement. Handwritten text and signatures are visible at the bottom of the print.

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Date
1928

Classification
Prints

Medium
Wood engraving

Dimensions
Sheet: 14 9/16 × 10 5/8in. (37 × 27 cm) Image: 6 5/8 × 4 9/16in. (16.8 × 11.6 cm)

Accession number
96.68.98

Publication
Printed by Wharton Esherick

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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