Road to the Forest (a.k.a. Road through the Forest at Nikko & Carmel Cottages) by Bertha Lum
Road to the Forest (a.k.a. Road through the Forest at Nikko & Carmel Cottages)
Bertha Lum
Title
Road to the Forest (a.k.a. Road through the Forest at Nikko & Carmel Cottages)
Artist
Year
1905
Technique
color woodcut
Image Size
12 9/16 x 7 1/4" image
Signature
signed in pencil, lr image
Edition Size
numbered 199 in lower right corner
Annotations
copyright 1905 by Bertha Lum, in pencil along lower image
Reference
Gravalos/Pulin 45; illustrated on page 41 in Bertha Lum
Paper
laid Japanese
State
published
Publisher
artist
Inventory ID
19601
Price
SOLD
Description
According to Mary Gravalos and Carol Pulin, Bertha Lum’s first voyage to Japan was undertaken in 1903 and they state that Lum had mastered the complex Japanese printmaking technique by 1912. Road to the Forest is listed in their book as having been produced in 1916 but this impression is clearly dated 1905 and would therefore place it among Lum's first color woodcuts.