Bert's Iris, William Seltzer Rice

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William Seltzer Rice, Bert's Iris
William Seltzer Rice, Bert's Iris
William Seltzer Rice
Bert's Iris
1920
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
Not on display
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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.