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A Rainy Twilight

1905
20th century
6 5/8 in. x 9 1/2 in. (16.83 cm x 24.13 cm)

Bertha Lum (aka Bertha Boynton Lum), American, (1879–1954)

Object Type: Prints

Medium and Support: color woodblock print on paper

Credit Line: Carleton College Art Collection

Accession Number: 2010.058

Born in Iowa, this artist came of age when the vogue for Japonisme was visible in venues as various as the 1893 Chicago World’s Fair and Arthur Wesley Dow’s art textbook, “Composition.” Her marriage to lawyer Bert Lum in 1903 provided the resources to travel to Japan where she sought out printmaking tools and know-how on her honeymoon. A Rainy Twlight clearly invokes rainy scenes by ukiyo-e masters including Hiroshige; Lum’s treatment is much more dreamy and soft focus than the traditionally printed Japanese works.

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20th Century, 21st Century, American*, color woodcuts, Contemporary*, paper (fiber product)*, prints (visual works)*, temple blocks*, woodcuts (prints)*

20th Century
21st Century
American - Refers to the context of or associated specifically with the modern political entity of the United States of America.
color woodcuts
Contemporary - Refers to painting, sculpture, graphic arts, and architecture dating from the recent past and present. It differs from modern art in that the term 'contemporary art' does not carry the implication of a non-traditional style, but instead refers only to the time period in which the work was created. 'Modern' and 'contemporary' are inherently fluid terms. The term 'contemporary' is sometimes more narrowly used to refer to art from ca. 1960 or 1970 up to the present.
paper (fiber product) - Refers generally to all types of matted or felted sheets or webs of fiber formed and dried on a fine screen from a pulpy water suspension. The fibers may be animal, such as hair, silk or wool, or mineral, such as asbestos, or synthetic. However most paper is made from cellulosic plant fiber, such as from wood pulp, grass, cotton, linen, and straw.
prints (visual works) - Pictorial works produced by transferring images by means of a matrix such as a plate, block, or screen, using any of various printing processes. When emphasizing the individual printed image, use "impressions." Avoid the controversial expression "original prints," except in reference to discussions of the expression's use. If prints are neither "reproductive prints" nor "popular prints," use just "prints." With regard to photographs, see "photographic prints"; for types of reproductions of technical drawings and documents, see terms found under "reprographic copies."
temple blocks - Woodblocks used in temple rituals in China, Japan, and Korea.
woodcuts (prints) - Prints made using the process of woodcut.

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image Dimensions: 6 5/8 x 9 1/2 in. (168 x 241 mm)

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