Grace Albee Wood Engraving "Duc de la Rochefoucauld"

Item Details

A wood-engraved print on paper titled Duc de la Rochefoucauld by well listed printmaker Grace Albee (American, 1890 – 1985). This work depicts the profile of a male figure used as an illustration for the book A Little Book of Aphorisms by F. B. Wilcox, published by Charles Scribner’s Sons in 1947. The artist’s initials are present to the bottom right and a gallery label is adhered to the verso. A copy of Grace Albee; An American Printmaker published by The National Museum of Women in the Arts is also included with the item. The print is presented in a white mat in a plastic sleeve.

Grace Arnold Albee was born in Rhode Island in 1890 and studied at the Rhode Island School of Design until 1912 where she married fellow artist Percy F. Albee (1883 – 1959). During the mid 1920’s she began to experiment with linocut printmaking and underwent formal woodblock training when she moved to Paris in 1928. Albee is known for her exquisitely detailed woodblocks and actively shaping the wood engraving revival of the early 1900’s. Her work is still displayed in national collections including Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Permanent Collection of the National Museum of Women in the Arts, and the Smithsonian Institution.

Condition

- some wear to the edges of the mat; some smudges to the surface of the mat; scratches and wear to the plastic sleeve.

Dimensions

- measurements of mat; measurements of plate 3" W x 3.75" H.

Item #

18BOS020-034