USS Louisville by Waldo Spore Chase

USS Louisville by Waldo Spore Chase

USS Louisville

Waldo Spore Chase

Title

USS Louisville

 
Artist
Year
1931  
Technique
color woodcut 
Image Size
5 11/16 x 9 15/16"  
Signature
pencil, lower right 
Edition Size
not stated, presumed small 
Annotations
pencil titled and dated "'31" 
Reference
 
Paper
cream laid 
State
proof 
Publisher
artist 
Inventory ID
18785 
Price
SOLD
Description
Waldo S. Chase had learned woodcut while in college and taught the techiniqueshis to his brother, Wendell Corwin Chase. The brothers began to try to make a living as woodcut artists in the early 1920's. During the 20's and early 1930's the Chase brothers lived in tepees on the Olympic Peninsula, The Cascades and Mt Rainier, creating woodcuts to pay their way. Their story is chronicled in W. Corwin Chases's book "Tepee Fires" published in 1981. The USS Louisville was launched on September 1, 1931 at the Puget Sound Navy Yard in Bemerton, Washington where Waldo Chase saw the ship and did this woodcut. Ths was the third ship to be named after the city of Louisville, KY and fought in the Pacific in WWII. The ship is officially called the USS Louisville (CA-28).