Bird on a Branch

Arthur Wesley Dow

1857–1922

Bird on a Branch, circa 1910

Where object was made: United States

Material/technique: mulberry paper

Dimensions:
Sheet/Paper Dimensions (Height x Width): 228 x 274 mm
Sheet/Paper Dimensions (Height x Width): 9 0.97638 x 10 13/16 in
Mat Dimensions (Height x Width): 16 x 20 in

Credit line: Museum purchase: Lucy Shaw Schultz Fund

Accession number: 2002.0003

Not on display

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Exhibition Label:
"Inspired by Japan," Mar-2003, Cori Shrman
Dow applied Japanese-style composition in all the media he employed, whether lithography, painting, photography, or fabric design. This fabric stencil cut in Japanese mulberry paper, now attributed to Dow, was from the estate of Helen Hyde, an artist also featured in this exhibition. Dow visited Hyde in 1903 while she resided in Tokyo and was in turn introduced to the Japanese woodcut professionals with whom Hyde collaborated. During his stay in Japan, Dow studied color woodcut production, ceramic methods, and textile dying techniques, learning firsthand the practical concerns of creating the arts he so admired.