Bert's Iris

William Seltzer Rice, artist

1873–1963

Bert's Iris, 1920

Where object was made: United States

Material/technique: color woodcut; laid paper

Dimensions:
Image Dimensions Height/Width (Height x Width): 304 x 230 mm
Image Dimensions Height/Width (Height x Width): 11 15/16 x 9 1/16 in
Sheet/Paper Dimensions (Height x Width): 390 x 262 mm
Sheet/Paper Dimensions (Height x Width): 15 3/8 x 10 5/16 in
Mat Dimensions (Height x Width): 19 x 14 in

Credit line: Museum purchase: Letha Churchill Walker Memorial Art Fund

Accession number: 1990.0004

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Exhibition Label:
"Quilts: A Thread of Modernism," Aug-2005, Debra Thimmesch and Barbara Brackman
The iris motif appears frequently in Arts and Crafts decoration. In William Seltzer Rice’s woodcut, a bouquet of irises flourishes in an Arts-and-Crafts-style earthenware bowl. This color woodcut was itself produced by hand
utilizing simple tools and equally straightforward design such as the broad areas of solid color and the very adamant outlining of forms. The emphases on the handcrafted character of objects and the simplicity of materials were fundamental to the Arts and Crafts movement.