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Woodcut: A Technical Appreciation

Stephen Goddard, curator

White Gallery, Spencer Museum of Art, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas

Prints from the Spencer collection are featured in this exhibition, which includes a precious metalcut page from a book printed around 1500, Renaissance and Baroque masterworks, delicate nineteenth-century wood engravings, and commanding expressionist prints from the early twentieth century and the 1980s. Organized by the Spencer Museum.

Works of art

The Bride of Christ (1 column of text & illustration) from Buch der Kunst, da durch der weltliche Mensch mag geistlich werden (Book of Art through which the worldly man may become spiritual), Iohannes Bämler; Artist Unknown — Iohannes Bämler; Artist Unknown

The Bride of Christ (1 column of text & illustration) from Buch der Kunst, da durch der weltliche Mensch mag geistlich werden (Book of Art through which the worldly man may become spiritual), 1477

Circe and the Companions of Ulysses, Parmigianino — Parmigianino

Circe and the Companions of Ulysses, circa 1527–1530

Death of Absalom from the Lübeck Bible — Parmigianino

Death of Absalom from the Lübeck Bible, 1494

Above the Water, Josef Albers — Josef Albers

Above the Water, 1944

Self-portrait, Max Beckmann — Max Beckmann

Self-portrait, 1922

La Lessive (The Laundry), Emile Bernard — Emile Bernard

La Lessive (The Laundry), 1889

The Yellow Macauco; The Ring-Tailed Macauco, Thomas Bewick — Thomas Bewick

The Yellow Macauco; The Ring-Tailed Macauco, late 1700s–early 1800s

Caricature of the Laocoön represented as a Monkey in a Landscape, Nicoló Boldrini; Titian — Nicoló Boldrini; Titian

Caricature of the Laocoön represented as a Monkey in a Landscape, 1500s

Mutiny, Richard Bosman — Richard Bosman

Mutiny, 1980–1981

Family Tree Mourning Print, Roger Brown — Roger Brown

Family Tree Mourning Print, 1987

Les Grandes Eclipse, John E. Buck; Landfall Press — John E. Buck; Landfall Press

Les Grandes Eclipse, 1982

Clouds over Enfield (Connecticut), Asa Cheffetz — Asa Cheffetz

Clouds over Enfield (Connecticut), 1935

Leslie, Chuck Close; Crown Point Press; Tadashi Toda; Shunza Matsuda — Chuck Close; Crown Point Press; Tadashi Toda; Shunza Matsuda

Leslie, 1986

Landscape with Windmill, Timothy Cole — Timothy Cole

Landscape with Windmill, 1920

Sibyl, Bartolomeo Coriolano; Guido Reni — Bartolomeo Coriolano; Guido Reni

Sibyl, 1600s

Odessa, Robert Cumming; Vinalhaven Press — Robert Cumming; Vinalhaven Press

Odessa, 1988

Joy on the Kaw Valley Loam, Ernest Hubert Deines — Ernest Hubert Deines

Joy on the Kaw Valley Loam, 1946

Bathrobe, Jim Dine — Jim Dine

Bathrobe, 1975

The Triumphal Car of Emperor Maximilian I, Albrecht Dürer — Albrecht Dürer

The Triumphal Car of Emperor Maximilian I, 1523

The Apocalyptic Woman, Albrecht Dürer — Albrecht Dürer

The Apocalyptic Woman, 1498

Hafen (Port), Lyonel Feininger — Lyonel Feininger

Hafen (Port), 1899

Liegende (Reclining figure), Erich Heckel — Erich Heckel

Liegende (Reclining figure), 1913

On the Bluff at Long Branch at the Bathing House, Winslow Homer — Winslow Homer

On the Bluff at Long Branch at the Bathing House, 1870

New Year's Day, Tokyo, Helen Hyde — Helen Hyde

New Year's Day, Tokyo, 1914

The Presentation in the Temple (Circumcision), John Baptist Jackson; Paolo Veronese — John Baptist Jackson; Paolo Veronese

The Presentation in the Temple (Circumcision), 1739

Kleine Welten VI (Small Worlds VI), Vassily Kandinsky — Vassily Kandinsky

Kleine Welten VI (Small Worlds VI), 1922

Breaking Camp, Clare Leighton — Clare Leighton

Breaking Camp, 1931

La Seine au Pont d'Austerlitz, Auguste Louis Lepère — Auguste Louis Lepère

La Seine au Pont d'Austerlitz, 1887

Reitschule (Riding School), Franz Marc — Franz Marc

Reitschule (Riding School), 1913

Familie, Emil Nolde — Emil Nolde

Familie, 1917

Petit vague montante, pointe de La Haye (Small Wave Rising, Pointe de la Haye) (L'Eume apres la Vague), Henri Rivière — Henri Rivière

Petit vague montante, pointe de La Haye (Small Wave Rising, Pointe de la Haye) (L'Eume apres la Vague), 1892

Doubles, Susan Rothenberg — Susan Rothenberg

Doubles, 1980

Portrait with Scissors and Nightclub, David Salle; Crown Point Press; Tadashi Toda; Shunza Matsuda — David Salle; Crown Point Press; Tadashi Toda; Shunza Matsuda

Portrait with Scissors and Nightclub, 1987

Sentinel Pines, Birger Sandzén — Birger Sandzén

Sentinel Pines, 1919

Boston Red, Jeanette Pasin Sloan; Landfall Press — Jeanette Pasin Sloan; Landfall Press

Boston Red, 1986

Athos, Carol Summers — Carol Summers

Athos, 1982

Les Nécrophores (The Pall Bearers), Félix Edouard Vallotton — Félix Edouard Vallotton

Les Nécrophores (The Pall Bearers), 1891

Standing Figure, Max Weber — Max Weber

Standing Figure, circa 1919–1920

Airplane and Building, H. C. Westermann — H. C. Westermann

Airplane and Building, 1962

envelope, H. C. Westermann — H. C. Westermann

envelope, 1975

Young man standing, Anton Maria Zanetti; Parmigianino — Anton Maria Zanetti; Parmigianino

Young man standing, date unknown

Portrait of the actor Bando Hikosaburō V as Iwasuji, Utagawa Kunisada — Utagawa Kunisada

Portrait of the actor Bando Hikosaburō V as Iwasuji, 1862, Edo period (1600–1868)

Inbutsu (stamp print) of Fudō Myōō — Utagawa Kunisada

Inbutsu (stamp print) of Fudō Myōō, 1200s–1300s, Kamakura period (1185–1333) or Muromachi period (1336–1573)

Memories of the East, Hagiwara Hideo — Hagiwara Hideo

Memories of the East, 1983, Showa period (1926–1989)

Woman kneeling before mirror, Hashiguchi Goyō — Hashiguchi Goyō

Woman kneeling before mirror, 1920, Taisho period (1912–1926)

#53 Kusatsu kara Yabase wa michi no yumi to tsuru (Sailing from Kusatsu to Yabase), Utagawa Hiroshige — Utagawa Hiroshige

#53 Kusatsu kara Yabase wa michi no yumi to tsuru (Sailing from Kusatsu to Yabase), 1855–1857, Edo period (1600–1868)

Katsura X, Kawachi Seikō — Kawachi Seikō

Katsura X, 1984, Showa period (1926–1989)

four actors from the play, "The 4 Modern Guardians Kings Return from Mt.Oyama", Utagawa Kunisada — Utagawa Kunisada

four actors from the play, "The 4 Modern Guardians Kings Return from Mt.Oyama", 1858, Edo period (1600–1868)

The Letter (From Kyoto), Takahashi Rikio — Takahashi Rikio

The Letter (From Kyoto), 1984, Showa period (1926–1989)

Fuwa Bansaku and the Monster, 月岡芳年 Tsukioka Yoshitoshi — 月岡芳年 Tsukioka Yoshitoshi

Fuwa Bansaku and the Monster, 1865, 8th month, Edo period (1600–1868)

Fuwa Bansaku and the Monster, 月岡芳年 Tsukioka Yoshitoshi — 月岡芳年 Tsukioka Yoshitoshi

Fuwa Bansaku and the Monster, after 1865, Edo period (1600–1868)

Priest Raigō of Mii Temple Transformed into a Rat, 月岡芳年 Tsukioka Yoshitoshi — 月岡芳年 Tsukioka Yoshitoshi

Priest Raigō of Mii Temple Transformed into a Rat, 1891, Meiji period (1868–1912)

#14 Hara, Kambara, Yoshiwara, Yui, Okitsu, Utagawa Hiroshige — Utagawa Hiroshige

#14 Hara, Kambara, Yoshiwara, Yui, Okitsu, circa 1852, Edo period (1600–1868)