View of Ipswich, or A Bend in the River, ca. 1895, Color woodcut, image: 5 x 2 5/16 in. (12.7 x 5.9 cm), Prints, Arthur Wesley Dow (American, Ipswich, Massachusetts 1857–1922 New York State), Part of a series titled 'Along Ipswich River,' this upright composition echoes Japanese pillar prints and reflects the artist's study of Hokusai and Hiroshige. Dow was one of the first Americans to master Japanese woodblock printing techniques, wedding an admiration for Oriental aesthetics with an English Arts and Crafts sensibility
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View, Ipswich, Bend, River, ca, 1895, Color woodcut, image, 5 x 2 5/16, 12.7 5.9 cm, Prints, Arthur Wesley Dow, American, Massachusetts, 1857–1922, New York State, Part, series titled, Ipswich River, upright composition echoes, Japanese, pillar, prints, reflects, artist, study, Hokusai, Hiroshige, Dow, first Americans, master Japanese, woodblock, printing, techniques, wedding, admiration, Oriental aesthetics, English Arts, Crafts sensibility
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