Title
Metal Tag
Artist
Year
1954
Technique
color woodcut
Image Size
18 1/2 x 21 1/8" image
Signature
pencil, lower right
Edition Size
not stated
Annotations
after title, in pencil: "to Lois for baby sitting!"
Reference
Paper
antique-white Japanese laid
State
proof
Publisher
artist
Inventory ID
16721
Price
SOLD
Description
Leona Pierce is known for her spirited color woodcuts of children at play. Metal Tag depicts four city kids playing tag at an intersection. Three of them are safely touching metal—the truck, the wire garbage basket, and the metal light pole. Pierce's interest in hand-printed textiles is clearly evident in the girl's boldly patterned dress.