Metal Tag by Leona Pierce

Metal Tag by Leona Pierce

Metal Tag

Leona Pierce

Title

Metal Tag

 
Artist

Leona Pierce

  1921 - 2002 (biography)
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.